diff --git a/packages/kad-dht/src/providers.ts b/packages/kad-dht/src/providers.ts
index 8f8381de20..c90180edff 100644
--- a/packages/kad-dht/src/providers.ts
+++ b/packages/kad-dht/src/providers.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class Providers implements Startable {
   private readonly provideValidity: number
   private readonly syncQueue: Queue
   private started: boolean
-  private cleaner?: NodeJS.Timer
+  private cleaner?: ReturnType<typeof setInterval>
 
   constructor (components: ProvidersComponents, init: ProvidersInit = {}) {
     const { cacheSize, cleanupInterval, provideValidity } = init
diff --git a/packages/kad-dht/src/query-self.ts b/packages/kad-dht/src/query-self.ts
index a6daa8c3a4..49f3826dbd 100644
--- a/packages/kad-dht/src/query-self.ts
+++ b/packages/kad-dht/src/query-self.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class QuerySelf implements Startable {
   private readonly initialInterval: number
   private readonly queryTimeout: number
   private started: boolean
-  private timeoutId?: NodeJS.Timer
+  private timeoutId?: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
   private controller?: AbortController
   private initialQuerySelfHasRun?: DeferredPromise<void>
   private querySelfPromise?: DeferredPromise<void>
diff --git a/packages/kad-dht/src/routing-table/refresh.ts b/packages/kad-dht/src/routing-table/refresh.ts
index f163317af7..242253ee54 100644
--- a/packages/kad-dht/src/routing-table/refresh.ts
+++ b/packages/kad-dht/src/routing-table/refresh.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class RoutingTableRefresh {
   private readonly refreshInterval: number
   private readonly refreshQueryTimeout: number
   private readonly commonPrefixLengthRefreshedAt: Date[]
-  private refreshTimeoutId?: NodeJS.Timer
+  private refreshTimeoutId?: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
 
   constructor (init: RoutingTableRefreshInit) {
     const { peerRouting, routingTable, refreshInterval, refreshQueryTimeout, lan } = init
diff --git a/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/src/query.ts b/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/src/query.ts
index f1ae075a82..2bc97b262c 100644
--- a/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/src/query.ts
+++ b/packages/peer-discovery-mdns/src/query.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { MulticastDNS, QueryPacket, ResponsePacket } from 'multicast-dns'
 
 const log = logger('libp2p:mdns:query')
 
-export function queryLAN (mdns: MulticastDNS, serviceTag: string, interval: number): NodeJS.Timer {
+export function queryLAN (mdns: MulticastDNS, serviceTag: string, interval: number): ReturnType<typeof setInterval> {
   const query = (): void => {
     log('query', serviceTag)