diff --git a/packages/integrations/src/offline.ts b/packages/integrations/src/offline.ts
index 03f9949dde15..1f7efb5b1798 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, normalize, 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: typeof localForage;
 
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
diff --git a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.build.json
index 92cb0f228930..731fc26a5330 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "declarationMap": false,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "outDir": "dist",
     "types": ["node"]
diff --git a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.esm.json b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.esm.json
index f374261494cb..c43cb7564d49 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.esm.json
+++ b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.esm.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.esm.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "declarationMap": false,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "outDir": "esm",
     "types": ["node"]
diff --git a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.json b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.json
index 8cbf422e8cd9..6564f8267130 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/integrations/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts", "test/**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["dist"],
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "declarationMap": false,
     "rootDir": ".",
     "types": ["node", "jest"]