diff --git a/packages/ast-spec/package.json b/packages/ast-spec/package.json
index 96ec8a09b7d..8dddb73dceb 100644
--- a/packages/ast-spec/package.json
+++ b/packages/ast-spec/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "url": "https://opencollective.com/typescript-eslint"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@microsoft/api-extractor": "^7.15.2"
+    "@microsoft/api-extractor": "^7.15.2",
+    "typescript": "*"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/ast-spec/src/token/PunctuatorToken/PunctuatorTokenToText.ts b/packages/ast-spec/src/token/PunctuatorToken/PunctuatorTokenToText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3ab12ee856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ast-spec/src/token/PunctuatorToken/PunctuatorTokenToText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import type { SyntaxKind } from 'typescript';
+
+export interface PunctuatorTokenToText {
+  [SyntaxKind.OpenBraceToken]: '{';
+  [SyntaxKind.CloseBraceToken]: '}';
+  [SyntaxKind.OpenParenToken]: '(';
+  [SyntaxKind.CloseParenToken]: ')';
+  [SyntaxKind.OpenBracketToken]: '[';
+  [SyntaxKind.CloseBracketToken]: ']';
+  [SyntaxKind.DotToken]: '.';
+  [SyntaxKind.DotDotDotToken]: '...';
+  [SyntaxKind.SemicolonToken]: ';';
+  [SyntaxKind.CommaToken]: ',';
+  [SyntaxKind.QuestionDotToken]: '?.';
+  [SyntaxKind.LessThanToken]: '<';
+  [SyntaxKind.LessThanSlashToken]: '</';
+  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanToken]: '>';
+  [SyntaxKind.LessThanEqualsToken]: '<=';
+  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanEqualsToken]: '>=';
+  [SyntaxKind.EqualsEqualsToken]: '==';
+  [SyntaxKind.ExclamationEqualsToken]: '!=';
+  [SyntaxKind.EqualsEqualsEqualsToken]: '===';
+  [SyntaxKind.ExclamationEqualsEqualsToken]: '!==';
+  [SyntaxKind.EqualsGreaterThanToken]: '=>';
+  [SyntaxKind.PlusToken]: '+';
+  [SyntaxKind.MinusToken]: '-';
+  [SyntaxKind.AsteriskToken]: '*';
+  [SyntaxKind.AsteriskAsteriskToken]: '**';
+  [SyntaxKind.SlashToken]: '/';
+  [SyntaxKind.PercentToken]: '%';
+  [SyntaxKind.PlusPlusToken]: '++';
+  [SyntaxKind.MinusMinusToken]: '--';
+  [SyntaxKind.LessThanLessThanToken]: '<<';
+  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanGreaterThanToken]: '>>';
+  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanGreaterThanGreaterThanToken]: '>>>';
+  [SyntaxKind.AmpersandToken]: '&';
+  [SyntaxKind.BarToken]: '|';
+  [SyntaxKind.CaretToken]: '^';
+  [SyntaxKind.ExclamationToken]: '!';
+  [SyntaxKind.TildeToken]: '~';
+  [SyntaxKind.AmpersandAmpersandToken]: '&&';
+  [SyntaxKind.BarBarToken]: '||';
+  [SyntaxKind.QuestionToken]: '?';
+  [SyntaxKind.ColonToken]: ':';
+  [SyntaxKind.AtToken]: '@';
+  [SyntaxKind.QuestionQuestionToken]: '??';
+  [SyntaxKind.EqualsToken]: '=';
+  [SyntaxKind.PlusEqualsToken]: '+=';
+  [SyntaxKind.MinusEqualsToken]: '-=';
+  [SyntaxKind.AsteriskEqualsToken]: '*=';
+  [SyntaxKind.AsteriskAsteriskEqualsToken]: '**=';
+  [SyntaxKind.SlashEqualsToken]: '/=';
+  [SyntaxKind.PercentEqualsToken]: '%=';
+  [SyntaxKind.LessThanLessThanEqualsToken]: '<<=';
+  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanGreaterThanEqualsToken]: '>>=';
+  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanGreaterThanGreaterThanEqualsToken]: '>>>=';
+  [SyntaxKind.AmpersandEqualsToken]: '&=';
+  [SyntaxKind.BarEqualsToken]: '|=';
+  [SyntaxKind.BarBarEqualsToken]: '||=';
+  [SyntaxKind.AmpersandAmpersandEqualsToken]: '&&=';
+  [SyntaxKind.QuestionQuestionEqualsToken]: '??=';
+  [SyntaxKind.CaretEqualsToken]: '^=';
+}
diff --git a/packages/ast-spec/src/token/PunctuatorToken/spec.ts b/packages/ast-spec/src/token/PunctuatorToken/spec.ts
index 39b9507348c..68156aad663 100644
--- a/packages/ast-spec/src/token/PunctuatorToken/spec.ts
+++ b/packages/ast-spec/src/token/PunctuatorToken/spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import type { AST_TOKEN_TYPES } from '../../ast-token-types';
 import type { BaseToken } from '../../base/BaseToken';
+import type { PunctuatorTokenToText } from './PunctuatorTokenToText';
+
+export * from './PunctuatorTokenToText';
+
+type ValueOf<T> = T[keyof T];
 
 export interface PunctuatorToken extends BaseToken {
   type: AST_TOKEN_TYPES.Punctuator;
+  value: ValueOf<PunctuatorTokenToText>;
 }
diff --git a/packages/typescript-estree/src/node-utils.ts b/packages/typescript-estree/src/node-utils.ts
index ccdfe9d4b21..1969b6b2fb3 100644
--- a/packages/typescript-estree/src/node-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/typescript-estree/src/node-utils.ts
@@ -13,73 +13,14 @@ const LOGICAL_OPERATORS: (
   SyntaxKind.QuestionQuestionToken,
 ];
 
-interface TokenToText {
-  [SyntaxKind.OpenBraceToken]: '{';
-  [SyntaxKind.CloseBraceToken]: '}';
-  [SyntaxKind.OpenParenToken]: '(';
-  [SyntaxKind.CloseParenToken]: ')';
-  [SyntaxKind.OpenBracketToken]: '[';
-  [SyntaxKind.CloseBracketToken]: ']';
-  [SyntaxKind.DotToken]: '.';
-  [SyntaxKind.DotDotDotToken]: '...';
-  [SyntaxKind.SemicolonToken]: ';';
-  [SyntaxKind.CommaToken]: ',';
-  [SyntaxKind.LessThanToken]: '<';
-  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanToken]: '>';
-  [SyntaxKind.LessThanEqualsToken]: '<=';
-  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanEqualsToken]: '>=';
-  [SyntaxKind.EqualsEqualsToken]: '==';
-  [SyntaxKind.ExclamationEqualsToken]: '!=';
-  [SyntaxKind.EqualsEqualsEqualsToken]: '===';
-  [SyntaxKind.InstanceOfKeyword]: 'instanceof';
-  [SyntaxKind.ExclamationEqualsEqualsToken]: '!==';
-  [SyntaxKind.EqualsGreaterThanToken]: '=>';
-  [SyntaxKind.PlusToken]: '+';
-  [SyntaxKind.MinusToken]: '-';
-  [SyntaxKind.AsteriskToken]: '*';
-  [SyntaxKind.AsteriskAsteriskToken]: '**';
-  [SyntaxKind.SlashToken]: '/';
-  [SyntaxKind.PercentToken]: '%';
-  [SyntaxKind.PlusPlusToken]: '++';
-  [SyntaxKind.MinusMinusToken]: '--';
-  [SyntaxKind.LessThanLessThanToken]: '<<';
-  [SyntaxKind.LessThanSlashToken]: '</';
-  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanGreaterThanToken]: '>>';
-  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanGreaterThanGreaterThanToken]: '>>>';
-  [SyntaxKind.AmpersandToken]: '&';
-  [SyntaxKind.BarToken]: '|';
-  [SyntaxKind.CaretToken]: '^';
-  [SyntaxKind.ExclamationToken]: '!';
-  [SyntaxKind.TildeToken]: '~';
-  [SyntaxKind.AmpersandAmpersandToken]: '&&';
-  [SyntaxKind.BarBarToken]: '||';
-  [SyntaxKind.QuestionToken]: '?';
-  [SyntaxKind.ColonToken]: ':';
-  [SyntaxKind.EqualsToken]: '=';
-  [SyntaxKind.PlusEqualsToken]: '+=';
-  [SyntaxKind.MinusEqualsToken]: '-=';
-  [SyntaxKind.AsteriskEqualsToken]: '*=';
-  [SyntaxKind.AsteriskAsteriskEqualsToken]: '**=';
-  [SyntaxKind.SlashEqualsToken]: '/=';
-  [SyntaxKind.PercentEqualsToken]: '%=';
-  [SyntaxKind.LessThanLessThanEqualsToken]: '<<=';
-  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanGreaterThanEqualsToken]: '>>=';
-  [SyntaxKind.GreaterThanGreaterThanGreaterThanEqualsToken]: '>>>=';
-  [SyntaxKind.AmpersandEqualsToken]: '&=';
-  [SyntaxKind.AmpersandAmpersandEqualsToken]: '&&=';
-  [SyntaxKind.BarEqualsToken]: '|=';
-  [SyntaxKind.BarBarEqualsToken]: '||=';
-  [SyntaxKind.CaretEqualsToken]: '^=';
-  [SyntaxKind.QuestionQuestionEqualsToken]: '??=';
-  [SyntaxKind.AtToken]: '@';
+interface TokenToText extends TSESTree.PunctuatorTokenToText {
+  [SyntaxKind.ImportKeyword]: 'import';
   [SyntaxKind.InKeyword]: 'in';
-  [SyntaxKind.UniqueKeyword]: 'unique';
-  [SyntaxKind.KeyOfKeyword]: 'keyof';
+  [SyntaxKind.InstanceOfKeyword]: 'instanceof';
   [SyntaxKind.NewKeyword]: 'new';
-  [SyntaxKind.ImportKeyword]: 'import';
+  [SyntaxKind.KeyOfKeyword]: 'keyof';
   [SyntaxKind.ReadonlyKeyword]: 'readonly';
-  [SyntaxKind.QuestionQuestionToken]: '??';
-  [SyntaxKind.QuestionDotToken]: '?.';
+  [SyntaxKind.UniqueKeyword]: 'unique';
 }
 
 /**
@@ -609,6 +550,8 @@ export function convertToken(
       },
     };
   } else {
+    // @ts-expect-error TS is complaining about `value` not being the correct
+    // type but it is
     return {
       type: tokenType,
       value,