diff --git a/.changeset/loud-crews-itch.md b/.changeset/loud-crews-itch.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75ca6663a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/loud-crews-itch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@graphql-codegen/visitor-plugin-common': patch
+---
+
+avoid using TypeScript namespace imports for enums
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-types-visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-types-visitor.ts
index 624ceab739f..05fb85ecc0d 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-types-visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-types-visitor.ts
@@ -796,13 +796,17 @@ export class BaseTypesVisitor<
     sourceIdentifier: string | null,
     sourceFile: string | null
   ): string[] {
-    const importStatement = this._buildTypeImport(importIdentifier || sourceIdentifier, sourceFile);
-
-    if (importIdentifier !== sourceIdentifier || sourceIdentifier !== typeIdentifier) {
-      return [importStatement, `import ${typeIdentifier} = ${sourceIdentifier};`];
+    if (importIdentifier !== sourceIdentifier) {
+      // use namespace import to dereference nested enum
+      // { enumValues: { MyEnum: './my-file#NS.NestedEnum' } }
+      return [
+        this._buildTypeImport(importIdentifier || sourceIdentifier, sourceFile),
+        `import ${typeIdentifier} = ${sourceIdentifier};`,
+      ];
+    } else if (sourceIdentifier !== typeIdentifier) {
+      return [this._buildTypeImport(`${sourceIdentifier} as ${typeIdentifier}`, sourceFile)];
     }
-
-    return [importStatement];
+    return [this._buildTypeImport(importIdentifier || sourceIdentifier, sourceFile)];
   }
 
   public getEnumsImports(): string[] {
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/typescript/tests/typescript.spec.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/typescript/tests/typescript.spec.ts
index eb71b656c52..85c2a8f39a4 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/typescript/tests/typescript.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/typescript/tests/typescript.spec.ts
@@ -3308,7 +3308,7 @@ describe('TypeScript', () => {
       validateTs(result);
     });
 
-    it('Should build enum correctly with custom imported enum from namspace with different name', async () => {
+    it('Should build enum correctly with custom imported enum from namespace with different name', async () => {
       const schema = buildSchema(`enum MyEnum { A, B, C }`);
       const result = (await plugin(
         schema,
@@ -3325,7 +3325,7 @@ describe('TypeScript', () => {
       validateTs(result);
     });
 
-    it('Should build enum correctly with custom imported enum from namspace with same name', async () => {
+    it('Should build enum correctly with custom imported enum from namespace with same name', async () => {
       const schema = buildSchema(`enum MyEnum { A, B, C }`);
       const result = (await plugin(
         schema,
@@ -3352,8 +3352,7 @@ describe('TypeScript', () => {
       )) as Types.ComplexPluginOutput;
 
       expect(result.content).not.toContain(`export enum MyEnum`);
-      expect(result.prepend).toContain(`import { MyCustomEnum } from './my-file';`);
-      expect(result.prepend).toContain(`import MyEnum = MyCustomEnum;`);
+      expect(result.prepend).toContain(`import { MyCustomEnum as MyEnum } from './my-file';`);
       expect(result.content).toContain(`export { MyEnum };`);
 
       validateTs(result);
@@ -3387,7 +3386,7 @@ describe('TypeScript', () => {
 
       expect(result.content).toContain(`export { MyEnum };`);
       expect(result.content).toContain(`export { MyEnum2 };`);
-      expect(result.prepend).toContain(`import MyEnum2 = MyEnum2X;`);
+      expect(result.prepend).toContain(`import { MyEnum2X as MyEnum2 } from './my-file';`);
 
       validateTs(result);
     });
@@ -3401,6 +3400,8 @@ describe('TypeScript', () => {
         { outputFile: '' }
       )) as Types.ComplexPluginOutput;
 
+      expect(result.prepend).toContain(`import { MyEnum } from './my-file';`);
+      expect(result.prepend).toContain(`import { MyEnum2 } from './my-file';`);
       expect(result.content).toContain(`export { MyEnum };`);
       expect(result.content).toContain(`export { MyEnum2 };`);