diff --git a/types/mongo-sanitize/index.d.ts b/types/mongo-sanitize/index.d.ts
index 44c5d04a7d..cf187384a4 100644
--- a/types/mongo-sanitize/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/mongo-sanitize/index.d.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Type definitions for mongo-sanitize 1.0
 // Project: https://github.com/vkarpov15/mongo-sanitize
-// Definitions by: Cedric Cazin <https://github.com/CedricCazin>
+// Definitions by: Cedric Cazin <https://github.com/CedricCazin>, Olga Isakova <https://github.com/penumbra1>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-// TypeScript Version: 2.3
+// TypeScript Version: 2.7
 
-export function sanitize<T extends object>(v: T): T;
+declare function sanitize<T>(v: T): T;
 
-export as namespace mongoSanitize;
+export = sanitize;
diff --git a/types/mongo-sanitize/mongo-sanitize-tests.ts b/types/mongo-sanitize/mongo-sanitize-tests.ts
index 4d4534bbeb..3f86dc256e 100644
--- a/types/mongo-sanitize/mongo-sanitize-tests.ts
+++ b/types/mongo-sanitize/mongo-sanitize-tests.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import * as mongoSanitize from 'mongo-sanitize';
+import sanitize from "mongo-sanitize";
 
-const objectSanitized = mongoSanitize.sanitize({ $gt: 5, a: 1 });
+const objectSanitized = sanitize({ $gt: 5, a: 1 });
 
-const arraySanitized = mongoSanitize.sanitize([1, 2, 3]);
+const arraySanitized = sanitize([1, 2, 3]);
 
 class Clazz {
     $gt = 5;
     a = 1;
 }
-const classSanitized = mongoSanitize.sanitize(new Clazz());
+const classSanitized = sanitize(new Clazz());