diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1b6d31f2..060f0091 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ members = [
   "./crates/napi",
   "./crates/sys",
   "./examples/napi",
+  "./examples/napi-shared",
   "./examples/napi-compat-mode",
   "./examples/binary",
   "./bench",
diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index 4fe7533a..977c24a9 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@napi-rs/cli",
-  "version": "2.15.0",
+  "version": "2.15.1-alpha.0",
   "description": "Cli tools for napi-rs",
   "keywords": [
     "cli",
diff --git a/cli/src/build.ts b/cli/src/build.ts
index 466c20d8..d5b78a59 100644
--- a/cli/src/build.ts
+++ b/cli/src/build.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import * as chalk from 'colorette'
 import envPaths from 'env-paths'
 import { groupBy } from 'lodash-es'
 
+import { version } from '../package.json'
+
 import { ARM_FEATURES_H } from './arm-features.h'
 import { getNapiConfig } from './consts'
 import { debugFactory } from './debug'
@@ -493,6 +495,7 @@ export class BuildCommand extends Command {
     }
     const cwdSha = createHash('sha256')
       .update(process.cwd())
+      .update(version)
       .digest('hex')
       .substring(0, 8)
     const intermediateTypeFile = join(
@@ -698,6 +701,15 @@ async function processIntermediateTypeFile(
     .split('\n')
     .map((line) => line.trim())
     .filter(Boolean)
+    .map((line) => {
+      // compatible with old version
+      if (line.startsWith('{')) {
+        return line
+      } else {
+        const [_crateName, ...rest] = line.split(':')
+        return rest.join(':')
+      }
+    })
 
   if (!lines.length) {
     return idents
diff --git a/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs b/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
index 2f0efdf7..4da7eead 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ fn escape_json(src: &str) -> String {
 
 impl ToString for TypeDef {
   fn to_string(&self) -> String {
+    let pkg_name = std::env::var("CARGO_PKG_NAME").expect("CARGO_PKG_NAME is not set");
     let js_mod = if let Some(js_mod) = &self.js_mod {
       format!(", \"js_mod\": \"{}\"", js_mod)
     } else {
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ impl ToString for TypeDef {
       "".to_owned()
     };
     format!(
-      r#"{{"kind": "{}", "name": "{}", "js_doc": "{}", "def": "{}"{}{}}}"#,
+      r#"{}:{{"kind": "{}", "name": "{}", "js_doc": "{}", "def": "{}"{}{}}}"#,
+      pkg_name,
       self.kind,
       self.name,
       escape_json(&self.js_doc),
diff --git a/crates/macro/src/lib.rs b/crates/macro/src/lib.rs
index f9fc6dd9..af5770f5 100644
--- a/crates/macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ pub fn napi(attr: RawStream, input: RawStream) -> RawStream {
   {
     // logic on first macro expansion
     #[cfg(feature = "type-def")]
-    if let Ok(type_def_file) = env::var("TYPE_DEF_TMP_PATH") {
-      if let Err(_e) = fs::remove_file(type_def_file) {
+    if let Ok(ref type_def_file) = env::var("TYPE_DEF_TMP_PATH") {
+      if let Err(_e) = remove_existed_type_def(type_def_file) {
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         {
           println!("Failed to manipulate type def file: {:?}", _e);
@@ -432,3 +432,38 @@ fn replace_napi_attr_in_mod(
     None
   }
 }
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "type-def", not(feature = "noop")))]
+fn remove_existed_type_def(type_def_file: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+  use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
+
+  let pkg_name = std::env::var("CARGO_PKG_NAME").expect("CARGO_PKG_NAME is not set");
+  if let Ok(content) = std::fs::File::open(type_def_file) {
+    let reader = BufReader::new(content);
+    let cleaned_content = reader
+      .lines()
+      .filter_map(|line| {
+        if let Ok(line) = line {
+          if let Some((package_name, _)) = line.split_once(':') {
+            if pkg_name == package_name {
+              return None;
+            }
+          }
+          Some(line)
+        } else {
+          None
+        }
+      })
+      .collect::<Vec<String>>()
+      .join("\n");
+    let mut content = std::fs::OpenOptions::new()
+      .read(true)
+      .write(true)
+      .truncate(true)
+      .open(type_def_file)?;
+
+    content.write_all(cleaned_content.as_bytes())?;
+    content.write_all(b"\n")?;
+  }
+  Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/napi-shared/Cargo.toml b/examples/napi-shared/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2106ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/napi-shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[package]
+authors = ["LongYinan <lynweklm@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2021"
+name = "napi-shared"
+publish = false
+version = "0.1.0"
+
+[dependencies]
+napi = { path = "../../crates/napi", default-features = false, features = [
+  "tokio_fs",
+  "napi8",
+  "tokio_rt",
+  "serde-json",
+  "async",
+  "experimental",
+  "latin1",
+  "chrono_date",
+] }
+napi-derive = { path = "../../crates/macro", features = ["type-def"] }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+napi-build = { path = "../../crates/build" }
diff --git a/examples/napi-shared/src/lib.rs b/examples/napi-shared/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef4b2251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/napi-shared/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use napi_derive::napi;
+
+#[napi(object)]
+pub struct Shared {
+  pub value: u32,
+}
diff --git a/examples/napi/Cargo.toml b/examples/napi/Cargo.toml
index 1a7ee3bc..7ccf12a6 100644
--- a/examples/napi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/napi/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ napi = { path = "../../crates/napi", default-features = false, features = [
   "chrono_date",
 ] }
 napi-derive = { path = "../../crates/macro", features = ["type-def"] }
+napi-shared = { path = "../napi-shared" }
 serde = "1"
 serde_derive = "1"
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
index 1a513ae4..dcb71156 100644
--- a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
+++ b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
         [K: symbol]: T␊
       }␊
     }␊
+    export interface Shared {␊
+      value: number␊
+    }␊
     /** This is a const */␊
     export const DEFAULT_COST: number␊
     export function getWords(): Array<string>␊
@@ -192,6 +195,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
     export function readPackageJson(): PackageJson␊
     export function getPackageJsonName(packageJson: PackageJson): string␊
     export function testSerdeRoundtrip(data: any): any␊
+    export function returnFromSharedCrate(): Shared␊
     export function contains(source: string, target: string): boolean␊
     export function concatStr(s: string): string␊
     export function concatUtf16(s: string): string␊
diff --git a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap
index 85740da6..51bfd98d 100644
Binary files a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap and b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap differ
diff --git a/examples/napi/__test__/values.spec.ts b/examples/napi/__test__/values.spec.ts
index b5bb7847..12cf64e8 100644
--- a/examples/napi/__test__/values.spec.ts
+++ b/examples/napi/__test__/values.spec.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ import {
   runScript,
   tsfnReturnPromise,
   tsfnReturnPromiseTimeout,
+  returnFromSharedCrate,
 } from '../'
 
 test('export const', (t) => {
@@ -650,6 +651,12 @@ test('should be able to run script', async (t) => {
   t.is(await runScript(`Promise.resolve(1)`), 1)
 })
 
+test('should be able to return object from shared crate', (t) => {
+  t.deepEqual(returnFromSharedCrate(), {
+    value: 42,
+  })
+})
+
 const AbortSignalTest =
   typeof AbortController !== 'undefined' ? test : test.skip
 
diff --git a/examples/napi/index.d.ts b/examples/napi/index.d.ts
index 3dc1da08..1d04fd43 100644
--- a/examples/napi/index.d.ts
+++ b/examples/napi/index.d.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ export class ExternalObject<T> {
     [K: symbol]: T
   }
 }
+export interface Shared {
+  value: number
+}
 /** This is a const */
 export const DEFAULT_COST: number
 export function getWords(): Array<string>
@@ -182,6 +185,7 @@ export interface PackageJson {
 export function readPackageJson(): PackageJson
 export function getPackageJsonName(packageJson: PackageJson): string
 export function testSerdeRoundtrip(data: any): any
+export function returnFromSharedCrate(): Shared
 export function contains(source: string, target: string): boolean
 export function concatStr(s: string): string
 export function concatUtf16(s: string): string
diff --git a/examples/napi/src/lib.rs b/examples/napi/src/lib.rs
index e03619e1..9fd31d27 100644
--- a/examples/napi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/napi/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ mod object;
 mod promise;
 mod reference;
 mod serde;
+mod shared;
 mod string;
 mod symbol;
 mod task;
diff --git a/examples/napi/src/shared.rs b/examples/napi/src/shared.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a892518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/napi/src/shared.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use napi_derive::napi;
+use napi_shared::Shared;
+
+#[napi]
+pub fn return_from_shared_crate() -> Shared {
+  Shared { value: 42 }
+}
diff --git a/examples/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs b/examples/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
index d54ee7b6..468c6e51 100644
--- a/examples/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
+++ b/examples/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ pub async fn tsfn_return_promise_timeout(func: ThreadsafeFunction<u32>) -> Resul
   let sleep = time::sleep(Duration::from_nanos(1));
   tokio::select! {
     _ = sleep => {
-      return Err(Error::new(Status::GenericFailure, "Timeout".to_owned()));
+      Err(Error::new(Status::GenericFailure, "Timeout".to_owned()))
     }
     value = promise => {
-      return Ok(value? + 2);
+      Ok(value? + 2)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/memory-testing/test-util.mjs b/memory-testing/test-util.mjs
index e2744bb9..1e442c4e 100644
--- a/memory-testing/test-util.mjs
+++ b/memory-testing/test-util.mjs
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ export async function createSuite(testFile, maxMemoryUsage) {
     stats.on('data', (d) => {
       const { memory_stats } = JSON.parse(d.toString('utf8'))
       if (Date.now() - initialDate > 10000 && !shouldAssertMemoryUsage) {
-        resolve()
         initialMemoryUsage = memory_stats.usage
         shouldAssertMemoryUsage = true
+        resolve()
       }
       if (shouldAssertMemoryUsage && memory_stats?.usage) {
         const memoryGrowth = memory_stats.usage - initialMemoryUsage