diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/source/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/source/index.ts
index 3ed1063878..db7aa2f0bd 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/source/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/source/index.ts
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 export { LocationReaders } from './LocationReaders';
 export { FileLocationReader } from './readers/FileLocationReader';
 export { GitHubLocationReader } from './readers/GitHubLocationReader';
-export { LocationReader } from './readers/types';
+export type { LocationReader } from './readers/types';