diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapter.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapter.ts
index 34d214f38dbd..2a9561d3a8ad 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapter.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import type {JestEnvironment} from '@jest/environment';
 import type {TestResult} from '@jest/test-result';
-import Runtime = require('jest-runtime');
+import type {RuntimeType as Runtime} from 'jest-runtime';
 import type {SnapshotStateType} from 'jest-snapshot';
 
 const FRAMEWORK_INITIALIZER = require.resolve('./jestAdapterInit');
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
index d87e3451feee..f8ab81713895 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type {Config, Global} from '@jest/types';
 import type {AssertionResult, TestResult} from '@jest/test-result';
 import type {JestEnvironment} from '@jest/environment';
 import type {SnapshotStateType} from 'jest-snapshot';
-import Runtime = require('jest-runtime');
+import type {RuntimeType as Runtime} from 'jest-runtime';
 
 import {getCallsite} from '@jest/source-map';
 import installEach from './each';
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
index 11bb29aa2850..cfef2ebf1704 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ type CacheFS = {[path: string]: string};
 
 namespace Runtime {
   export type Context = JestContext;
+  // ditch this export when moving to esm - for now we need it for to avoid faulty type elision
+  export type RuntimeType = Runtime;
 }
 
 const testTimeoutSymbol = Symbol.for('TEST_TIMEOUT_SYMBOL');