diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/offline.ts b/packages/integrations/src/offline.ts
index 2168815a2f16..77ee1deb4b5c 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/src/offline.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/src/offline.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
 import { Event, EventProcessor, Hub, Integration } from '@sentry/types';
 import { getGlobalObject, logger, uuid4 } from '@sentry/utils';
-import * as localForageType from 'localforage';
+import localForage from 'localforage';
 
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-const localForage = require('localforage');
 /**
  * cache offline errors and send when connected
  */
@@ -38,7 +36,7 @@ export class Offline implements Integration {
   /**
    * event cache
    */
-  public offlineEventStore: typeof localForageType; // type imported from localforage
+  public offlineEventStore: LocalForage;
 
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
diff --git a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.build.json
index 92cb0f228930..c6981a81c3cf 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "declarationMap": false,
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "outDir": "dist",
diff --git a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.esm.json b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.esm.json
index f374261494cb..228046859a8a 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.esm.json
+++ b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.esm.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.esm.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "declarationMap": false,
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "outDir": "esm",