diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 818afe2b66..7b82681f54 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Please read through this document before submitting any issues or pull requests
 information to effectively respond to your bug report or contribution.
 
 ## Security issue notifications
-
 If you discover a potential security issue in this project we ask that you notify AWS/Amazon Security via our [vulnerability reporting page](http://aws.amazon.com/security/vulnerability-reporting/). Please do **not** create a public GitHub issue.
 
 ## Reporting Bugs/Feature Requests
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ Contributions via pull requests are much appreciated. Before sending us a pull r
 To send us a pull request, please follow these steps:
 
 1. Fork the repository.
-2. Install dependencies: `npm ci`
+2. Install dependencies: `npm install`
 3. Prepare utilities like commit hooks: `npm run init-environment`
 4. Create a new branch to focus on the specific change you are contributing e.g. `git checkout -b improv/logger-debug-sampling`
 5. Run all tests, and code baseline checks: `npm run test`
@@ -55,9 +54,8 @@ You might find useful to run both the documentation website and the API referenc
 * **Docs website**:
 
 You can build and start a local docs website by running these two commands.
-
-* `npm run docs-buildDockerImage` OR `docker build -t squidfunk/mkdocs-material ./docs/`
-* `npm run docs-runLocalDocker` OR `docker run --rm -it -p 8000:8000 -v ${PWD}:/docs squidfunk/mkdocs-material`
+  - `npm run docs-buildDockerImage` OR `docker build -t squidfunk/mkdocs-material ./docs/`
+  - `npm run docs-runLocalDocker` OR `docker run --rm -it -p 8000:8000 -v ${PWD}:/docs squidfunk/mkdocs-material`
 
 ### Tests
 
@@ -181,4 +179,4 @@ TODO
 
 See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for our project's licensing. We will ask you to confirm the licensing of your contribution.
 
-We may ask you to sign a [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement) for larger changes.
+We may ask you to sign a [Contributor License Agreement (CLA)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_License_Agreement) for larger changes.
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diff --git a/packages/commons/tsconfig.json b/packages/commons/tsconfig.json
index 460e4ec937..cbd9922f32 100644
--- a/packages/commons/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/commons/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
-        "composite": true,
         "experimentalDecorators": true,
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "target": "ES2020",
diff --git a/packages/logger/package-lock.json b/packages/logger/package-lock.json
index 1e5843fa76..7cbe1f93aa 100644
--- a/packages/logger/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/logger/package-lock.json
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@aws-lambda-powertools/logger",
-      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "version": "0.3.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "0.2.0",
+        "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.2.0",
         "@middy/core": "^2.5.3",
         "@types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.72",
         "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/logger/package.json b/packages/logger/package.json
index 1cd32cf7b7..e8860cac7e 100644
--- a/packages/logger/package.json
+++ b/packages/logger/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-typescript/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.3.0",
+    "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.2.0",
     "@middy/core": "^2.5.3",
     "@types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.72",
     "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/logger/tsconfig.json b/packages/logger/tsconfig.json
index 8c88af047a..20da6e39a9 100644
--- a/packages/logger/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/logger/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,10 +26,5 @@
     "types": [
         "jest",
         "node"
-    ],
-    "references": [
-        {
-            "path": "../commons"
-        }
     ]
 }
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diff --git a/packages/metrics/package-lock.json b/packages/metrics/package-lock.json
index bb7b7716dd..db096118c9 100644
--- a/packages/metrics/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/metrics/package-lock.json
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@aws-lambda-powertools/metrics",
-      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "version": "0.3.0",
       "license": "MIT-0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "0.2.0",
+        "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.2.0",
         "@types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.72"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/metrics/package.json b/packages/metrics/package.json
index 9d68016998..d18c9f7a22 100644
--- a/packages/metrics/package.json
+++ b/packages/metrics/package.json
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-typescript/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.3.0",
+    "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.2.0",
     "@types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.72"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/metrics/tsconfig.json b/packages/metrics/tsconfig.json
index de7412a5c3..582618277f 100644
--- a/packages/metrics/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/metrics/tsconfig.json
@@ -28,10 +28,5 @@
     "types": [
         "jest",
         "node"
-    ],
-    "references": [
-        {
-            "path": "../commons"
-        }
     ]
 }
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diff --git a/packages/tracing/package-lock.json b/packages/tracing/package-lock.json
index 7093167d80..f7a3c60054 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/tracing/package-lock.json
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@aws-lambda-powertools/tracer",
-      "version": "0.2.0",
+      "version": "0.3.0",
       "license": "MIT-0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "0.2.0",
+        "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.2.0",
         "@middy/core": "^2.5.3",
         "aws-xray-sdk-core": "^3.3.3"
       },
diff --git a/packages/tracing/package.json b/packages/tracing/package.json
index 1e27324f13..cc3d897347 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/package.json
+++ b/packages/tracing/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/awslabs/aws-lambda-powertools-typescript/issues"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.3.0",
+    "@aws-lambda-powertools/commons": "^0.2.0",
     "@middy/core": "^2.5.3",
     "aws-xray-sdk-core": "^3.3.3"
   }
diff --git a/packages/tracing/tsconfig.json b/packages/tracing/tsconfig.json
index 723ebdaf7e..8b93f8c299 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/tracing/tsconfig.json
@@ -28,10 +28,5 @@
     "types": [
         "jest",
         "node"
-    ],
-    "references": [
-        {
-            "path": "../commons"
-        }
     ]
 }
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