diff --git a/packages/node/src/types.ts b/packages/node/src/types.ts
index 2ec8b93c0408..c78741e39230 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/types.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import { ClientOptions, Options, TracePropagationTargets } from '@sentry/types';
+import { ClientOptions, Instrumenter, Options, TracePropagationTargets } from '@sentry/types';
 
 import { NodeTransportOptions } from './transports';
 
-type SentryNodeInstrumenter = 'sentry' | 'otel';
-
 export interface BaseNodeOptions {
   /** Sets an optional server name (device name) */
   serverName?: string;
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ export interface BaseNodeOptions {
    *
    * NOTE: Any option except for `sentry` is highly experimental and subject to change!
    */
-  instrumenter?: SentryNodeInstrumenter;
+  instrumenter?: Instrumenter;
 
   /** Callback that is executed when a fatal global error occurs. */
   onFatalError?(error: Error): void;
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index 3de84113225a..f3bc63feda4c 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@ export type {
 } from './transport';
 export type { User, UserFeedback } from './user';
 export type { WrappedFunction } from './wrappedfunction';
+export type { Instrumenter } from './instrumenter';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/instrumenter.ts b/packages/types/src/instrumenter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4212d53b11f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/instrumenter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export type Instrumenter = 'sentry' | 'otel';