diff --git a/types/dotenv/dotenv-tests.ts b/types/dotenv/dotenv-tests.ts
index 2776e6d202..9e57d1546f 100644
--- a/types/dotenv/dotenv-tests.ts
+++ b/types/dotenv/dotenv-tests.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import dotenv = require("dotenv");
 const env = dotenv.config();
 const dbUrl: string | null = env.error || !env.parsed ? null : env.parsed["BASIC"];
 
-dotenv.load({
+dotenv.config({
   path: ".env-example",
   encoding: "utf8",
   debug: true
diff --git a/types/dotenv/index.d.ts b/types/dotenv/index.d.ts
index f8675ec22e..30b346b0bd 100644
--- a/types/dotenv/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/dotenv/index.d.ts
@@ -62,4 +62,5 @@ export interface DotenvConfigOutput {
  *
  */
 export function config(options?: DotenvConfigOptions): DotenvConfigOutput;
+/** @deprecated since v7.0.0 Use config instead. */
 export const load: typeof config;