diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa43956c..88bda3be 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ You can configure the behavior of `vsce` by using CLI flags (run `vsce --help` t
 $ npx @vscode/vsce publish --baseImagesUrl https://my.custom/base/images/url
 ```
 
-Or you can also set them in the `package.json`, so that you avoid having to retype the common options again. Example:
+You can define the options for `publish` and `package` the `package.json` under the `vsce` property, so that you avoid having to retype the common options again. Example:
 
 ```jsonc
 // package.json
diff --git a/src/manifest.ts b/src/manifest.ts
index cb2d8234..eacbb756 100644
--- a/src/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/manifest.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import type { IPackageOptions } from "./package";
+import type { IPublishOptions } from "./publish";
+
 export interface Person {
 	name: string;
 	url?: string;
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ export interface ManifestPackage {
 	files?: string[];
 
 	// vsce
-	vsce?: any;
+	vsce?: Partial<IPackageOptions & IPublishOptions>;
 
 	// not supported (npm)
 	// bin
diff --git a/src/package.ts b/src/package.ts
index f795bfc1..ed645abc 100644
--- a/src/package.ts
+++ b/src/package.ts
@@ -2040,6 +2040,7 @@ interface ILSOptions {
 export async function ls(options: ILSOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
 	const cwd = process.cwd();
 	const manifest = await readManifest(cwd);
+	util.patchOptionsWithManifest(options, manifest);
 
 	const files = await listFiles({ ...options, cwd, manifest });
 
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index b18a4777..d7fde8bb 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { PublicGalleryAPI } from './publicgalleryapi';
 import { ISecurityRolesApi } from 'azure-devops-node-api/SecurityRolesApi';
 import { ManifestPackage } from './manifest';
 import { EOL } from 'os';
+import type { IPublishOptions } from './publish';
+import type { IPackageOptions } from './package';
 
 const __read = promisify<_read.Options, string>(_read);
 export function read(prompt: string, options: _read.Options = {}): Promise<string> {
@@ -171,16 +173,22 @@ export const log = {
 	error: _log.bind(null, LogMessageType.ERROR) as LogFn,
 };
 
-export function patchOptionsWithManifest(options: any, manifest: ManifestPackage): void {
+type Writable<T> = {
+	-readonly [key in keyof T]: T[key];
+};
+type PatchableOptions = IPublishOptions | IPackageOptions;
+
+export function patchOptionsWithManifest(options: PatchableOptions, manifest: ManifestPackage): void {
 	if (!manifest.vsce) {
 		return;
 	}
 
 	for (const key of Object.keys(manifest.vsce)) {
-		const optionsKey = key === 'yarn' ? 'useYarn' : key;
+		const optionsKey = (key === 'yarn' ? 'useYarn' : key) as keyof PatchableOptions;
 
 		if (options[optionsKey] === undefined) {
-			options[optionsKey] = manifest.vsce[key];
+			const value = manifest.vsce[key as keyof typeof manifest.vsce];
+			(options as Writable<IPackageOptions>)[optionsKey] = value as any;
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -229,7 +237,7 @@ export async function generateFileStructureTree(rootFolder: string, filePaths: {
 			// Create the node if it doesn't exist
 			if (!currentLevel[part]) {
 				if (isFile) {
-					// The file size is stored in the leaf node, 
+					// The file size is stored in the leaf node,
 					currentLevel[part] = 0;
 				} else {
 					// The folder size is stored in the folder node