diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 39c4484a1b..495265e72d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
     "@svgr/webpack": "5.5.x",
     "@types/start-server-webpack-plugin": "^2.2.0",
     "@types/webpack-env": "^1.15.2",
-    "@types/webpack-node-externals": "^2.5.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^v4.28.3",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^v4.28.3",
     "@yarnpkg/lockfile": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/types.d.ts b/packages/cli/src/types.d.ts
index 9088a86369..04f90e370c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/types.d.ts
@@ -31,3 +31,67 @@ declare module '@svgr/rollup' {
 declare module '@rollup/plugin-yaml';
 
 declare module 'terser-webpack-plugin';
+
+declare module 'webpack-node-externals' {
+  export default function webpackNodeExternals(
+    options?: webpackNodeExternals.Options,
+  ): any;
+
+  namespace webpackNodeExternals {
+    type AllowlistOption = string | RegExp | AllowlistFunctionType;
+    type ImportTypeCallback = (moduleName: string) => string;
+    /** a function that accepts the module name and returns whether it should be included */
+    type AllowlistFunctionType = (moduleName: string) => boolean;
+    interface ModulesFromFileType {
+      exclude?: string | string[];
+      include?: string | string[];
+    }
+
+    interface Options {
+      /**
+       * An array for the externals to allow, so they will be included in the bundle.
+       * Can accept exact strings ('module_name'), regex patterns (/^module_name/), or a
+       * function that accepts the module name and returns whether it should be included.
+       * Important - if you have set aliases in your webpack config with the exact
+       * same names as modules in node_modules, you need to allowlist them so Webpack will know
+       * they should be bundled.
+       * @default []
+       */
+      allowlist?: AllowlistOption[] | AllowlistOption;
+      /**
+       * @default ['.bin']
+       */
+      binaryDirs?: string[];
+      /**
+       * The method in which unbundled modules will be required in the code. Best to leave as
+       * 'commonjs' for node modules.
+       * @default 'commonjs'
+       */
+      importType?:
+        | 'var'
+        | 'this'
+        | 'commonjs'
+        | 'amd'
+        | 'umd'
+        | ImportTypeCallback;
+      /**
+       * The folder in which to search for the node modules.
+       * @default 'node_modules'
+       */
+      modulesDir?: string;
+      /**
+       * Additional folders to look for node modules.
+       */
+      additionalModuleDirs?: string[];
+      /**
+       * Read the modules from the package.json file instead of the node_modules folder.
+       * @default false
+       */
+      modulesFromFile?: boolean | ModulesFromFileType;
+      /**
+       * @default false
+       */
+      includeAbsolutePaths?: boolean;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9df3260e6d..27b0576c41 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6969,13 +6969,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/webpack-env/-/webpack-env-1.16.0.tgz#8c0a9435dfa7b3b1be76562f3070efb3f92637b4"
   integrity sha512-Fx+NpfOO0CpeYX2g9bkvX8O5qh9wrU1sOF4g8sft4Mu7z+qfe387YlyY8w8daDyDsKY5vUxM0yxkAYnbkRbZEw==
 
-"@types/webpack-node-externals@^2.5.0":
-  version "2.5.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/webpack-node-externals/-/webpack-node-externals-2.5.2.tgz#d6e0c90147472304b6b5cfcd1bbd7138e6b9eb65"
-  integrity sha512-MeNdcLW9Wqtj20057ixY35oFl+m59LlyPCi7GbjkJlf2043SJQg8br/5sQDAiSIIBPi7fqdJ+dVwLvhH5NLZtQ==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/webpack" "^4"
-
 "@types/webpack-sources@*":
   version "0.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-0.1.6.tgz#3d21dfc2ec0ad0c77758e79362426a9ba7d7cbcb"