diff --git a/types/uid-generator/index.d.ts b/types/uid-generator/index.d.ts
index a27f808bc5..3ea3567141 100644
--- a/types/uid-generator/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/uid-generator/index.d.ts
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ interface UIDGeneratorClass {
 
 declare const UIDGenerator: UIDGeneratorClass;
 
-export { UIDGenerator as default, UIDGeneratorClass, UIDGeneratorInstance };
+export = UIDGenerator;
diff --git a/types/uid-generator/uid-generator-tests.ts b/types/uid-generator/uid-generator-tests.ts
index 3459feb5f7..952bb04cb3 100644
--- a/types/uid-generator/uid-generator-tests.ts
+++ b/types/uid-generator/uid-generator-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { default as UIDGenerator } from 'uid-generator';
+import UIDGenerator = require('uid-generator');
 
 new UIDGenerator('abc'); // $ExpectType UIDGeneratorInstance
 const generator = new UIDGenerator(128, 'abc'); // $ExpectType UIDGeneratorInstance