diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b19e1b857..cef1ac28f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "react-native-snap-carousel",
-    "version": "4.0.0-beta.6",
+    "version": "4.0.0-beta.7",
     "description": "Swiper/carousel component for React Native with previews, multiple layouts, parallax images, performant handling of huge numbers of items, and more. Compatible with Android & iOS.",
     "main": "lib/commonjs/index",
     "module": "lib/module/index",
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         "eslint-plugin-standard": "4.0.1",
         "react": "16.13.1",
         "react-native": "0.63.2",
-        "typescript": "3.9.7"
+        "typescript": "^5.8.3"
     },
     "eslintIgnore": [
         "node_modules/",
diff --git a/src/carousel/Carousel.tsx b/src/carousel/Carousel.tsx
index e9daf5b1f..9f094809d 100644
--- a/src/carousel/Carousel.tsx
+++ b/src/carousel/Carousel.tsx
@@ -261,19 +261,19 @@ export class Carousel<TData> extends React.Component<
   componentWillUnmount () {
       this._mounted = false;
       this.stopAutoplay();
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._initTimeout);
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._apparitionTimeout);
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._hackSlideAnimationTimeout);
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._enableAutoplayTimeout);
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._autoplayTimeout);
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._snapNoMomentumTimeout);
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._androidRepositioningTimeout);
   }
 
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ export class Carousel<TData> extends React.Component<
 
       this._scrollTo({ offset: offset + scrollDelta, animated: false });
 
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._hackSlideAnimationTimeout);
       this._hackSlideAnimationTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
           this._scrollTo({ offset, animated: false });
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ export class Carousel<TData> extends React.Component<
       // The touchEnd event is buggy on Android, so this will serve as a fallback whenever needed
       // https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/9439
       if (IS_ANDROID && this._autoplay && !this._autoplaying) {
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
           clearTimeout(this._enableAutoplayTimeout);
           this._enableAutoplayTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
               this.startAutoplay();
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ export class Carousel<TData> extends React.Component<
           return;
       }
 
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._autoplayTimeout);
       this._autoplayTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
           this._autoplaying = true;
@@ -1072,11 +1072,11 @@ export class Carousel<TData> extends React.Component<
 
   pauseAutoPlay () {
       this._autoplaying = false;
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._autoplayTimeout);
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearTimeout(this._enableAutoplayTimeout);
-      // @ts-expect-error setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
+      // @ts-ignore setTimeout / clearTiemout is buggy :/
       clearInterval(this._autoplayInterval);
   }
 
@@ -1146,19 +1146,23 @@ export class Carousel<TData> extends React.Component<
       const mainDimension = this.props.vertical ?
           { height: this.props.itemHeight } :
           { width: this.props.itemWidth };
-      const specificProps = this._needsScrollView() ?
-          {
-              key: keyExtractor ?
-                  keyExtractor(item, index) :
-                  this._getKeyExtractor(item, index)
-          } :
-          {};
-
+    //   const specificProps = this._needsScrollView() ?
+    //       {
+    //           key: keyExtractor ?
+    //               keyExtractor(item, index) :
+    //               this._getKeyExtractor(item, index)
+    //       } :
+    //       {};
+      const uniqueKey = this._needsScrollView() 
+      ?(keyExtractor 
+        ? keyExtractor(item, index) 
+        : this._getKeyExtractor(item, index))
+        :undefined;
       return (
           <Component
             style={[mainDimension, slideStyle, animatedStyle]}
             pointerEvents='box-none'
-            {...specificProps}
+            key={uniqueKey}
           >
               {this.props.vertical ? this.props.renderItem({ item, index, dataIndex }, {
                   scrollPosition: this._scrollPos,
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 02d160622..00f02b792 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "allowUnreachableCode": false,
     "allowUnusedLabels": false,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "importsNotUsedAsValues": "error",
+    // "importsNotUsedAsValues": "error",
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
     "jsx": "react",
     "lib": ["esnext"],