diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/koa.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/koa.ts
index 5426a519cd..223223aece 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/koa.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-koa/src/koa.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   InstrumentationNodeModuleDefinition,
 } from '@opentelemetry/instrumentation';
 
-import * as koa from 'koa';
+import type * as koa from 'koa';
 import {
   KoaMiddleware,
   KoaContext,