diff --git a/packages/next-auth/src/providers/email.ts b/packages/next-auth/src/providers/email.ts
index 185fcb67f0..456fcffc6b 100644
--- a/packages/next-auth/src/providers/email.ts
+++ b/packages/next-auth/src/providers/email.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { createTransport } from "nodemailer"
 
 import type { CommonProviderOptions } from "."
-import type { Options as SMTPConnectionOptions } from "nodemailer/lib/smtp-connection"
+import type { Options as SMTPTransportOptions } from "nodemailer/lib/smtp-transport"
 import type { Awaitable } from ".."
 
 export interface EmailConfig extends CommonProviderOptions {
   type: "email"
   // TODO: Make use of https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/template-literal-types.html
-  server: string | SMTPConnectionOptions
+  server: string | SMTPTransportOptions
   /** @default "NextAuth <no-reply@example.com>" */
   from?: string
   /**