diff --git a/packages/annotations/src/block/index.js b/packages/annotations/src/block/index.js
index 3a5dee89607abc..8342eb8e326092 100644
--- a/packages/annotations/src/block/index.js
+++ b/packages/annotations/src/block/index.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 import { addFilter } from '@wordpress/hooks';
 import { withSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { STORE_NAME } from '../store/constants';
 /**
  * Adds annotation className to the block-list-block component.
  *
@@ -13,7 +17,7 @@ import { withSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 const addAnnotationClassName = ( OriginalComponent ) => {
 	return withSelect( ( select, { clientId, className } ) => {
 		const annotations = select(
-			'core/annotations'
+			STORE_NAME
 		).__experimentalGetAnnotationsForBlock( clientId );
 
 		return {
diff --git a/packages/annotations/src/format/annotation.js b/packages/annotations/src/format/annotation.js
index f3ea7096a37827..dd0d618f9c678c 100644
--- a/packages/annotations/src/format/annotation.js
+++ b/packages/annotations/src/format/annotation.js
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ import { applyFormat, removeFormat } from '@wordpress/rich-text';
 const FORMAT_NAME = 'core/annotation';
 
 const ANNOTATION_ATTRIBUTE_PREFIX = 'annotation-text-';
-const STORE_NAME = 'core/annotations';
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { STORE_NAME } from '../store/constants';
 
 /**
  * Applies given annotations to the given record.
diff --git a/packages/annotations/src/store/constants.js b/packages/annotations/src/store/constants.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4b8cf0416eb92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/annotations/src/store/constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/**
+ * The identifier for the data store.
+ *
+ * @type {string}
+ */
+export const STORE_NAME = 'core/annotations';
diff --git a/packages/annotations/src/store/index.js b/packages/annotations/src/store/index.js
index 81dee6efd82b44..50c3cab06a72e7 100644
--- a/packages/annotations/src/store/index.js
+++ b/packages/annotations/src/store/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import * as actions from './actions';
 /**
  * Module Constants
  */
-const STORE_NAME = 'core/annotations';
+import { STORE_NAME } from './constants';
 
 /**
  * Store definition for the annotations namespace.