diff --git a/packages/entity/src/EntityConfiguration.ts b/packages/entity/src/EntityConfiguration.ts
index 4c3b4f8c..bc50b1df 100644
--- a/packages/entity/src/EntityConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/entity/src/EntityConfiguration.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { mapMap, invertMap, reduceMap } from './utils/collections/maps';
  * The data storage configuration for a type of Entity. Contains information relating to IDs,
  * cachable fields, field mappings, and types of cache and database adapter.
  */
-export default class EntityConfiguration<TFields extends Record<string, any>> {
+export default class EntityConfiguration<TFields extends Omit<Record<string, any>, 'constuctor'>> {
   readonly idField: keyof TFields;
   readonly tableName: string;
   readonly cacheableKeys: ReadonlySet<keyof TFields>;
@@ -86,15 +86,12 @@ export default class EntityConfiguration<TFields extends Record<string, any>> {
   }
 
   private static validateSchema<TFields extends Record<string, any>>(schema: TFields): void {
-    const disallowedFieldsKeys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Object.getPrototypeOf({}));
+    const disallowedFieldsKeys = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Object.prototype);
     for (const disallowedFieldsKey of disallowedFieldsKeys) {
-      // when `hasOwnProperty` is a field name, we can't call it as a method. it's still invalid though.
-      if (typeof schema.hasOwnProperty !== 'function') {
-        throw new Error(`Entity field name not allowed: hasOwnProperty`);
-      }
-
-      if (schema.hasOwnProperty(disallowedFieldsKey)) {
-        throw new Error(`Entity field name not allowed: ${disallowedFieldsKey}`);
+      if (Object.hasOwn(schema, disallowedFieldsKey)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Entity field name not allowed to prevent conflicts with standard Object prototype fields: ${disallowedFieldsKey}`
+        );
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/entity/src/__tests__/EntityConfiguration-test.ts b/packages/entity/src/__tests__/EntityConfiguration-test.ts
index 2ff8f85a..f9cfe954 100644
--- a/packages/entity/src/__tests__/EntityConfiguration-test.ts
+++ b/packages/entity/src/__tests__/EntityConfiguration-test.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ describe(EntityConfiguration, () => {
               databaseAdapterFlavor: 'postgres',
               cacheAdapterFlavor: 'redis',
             })
-        ).toThrow(`Entity field name not allowed: ${keyName}`);
+        ).toThrow(
+          `Entity field name not allowed to prevent conflicts with standard Object prototype fields: ${keyName}`
+        );
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index b95ea8e3..f50ab8b8 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es2021",
-    "lib": ["es2021"],
+    "target": "es2022",
+    "lib": ["es2023"],
     "module": "commonjs",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "moduleResolution": "node",