diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e559b1bb5b6..f09a485e9f3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ For notes on migrating to 2.x / 0.200.x see [the upgrade guide](doc/upgrade-to-2
 
 ### :bug: Bug Fixes
 
+* fix(core): Avoid using DOM types for otperformance export [#6278](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/pull/6278) @samchungy
+
 ### :books: Documentation
 
 ### :house: Internal
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/index.ts
index 9a531d82a43..a480b0243ae 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-core/src/platform/node/index.ts
@@ -26,4 +26,5 @@ export { SDK_INFO } from './sdk-info';
 /**
  * @deprecated Use performance directly.
  */
-export const otperformance = performance;
+export const otperformance: { now(): number; readonly timeOrigin: number } =
+  performance;