diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bb8326282019..d84b3bce67c9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- `[jest-circus]` Fix type ellision of jest-runtime imports ([#9717](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/9717))
+
 ### Chore & Maintenance
 
 ### Performance
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/package.json b/packages/jest-circus/package.json
index c5c5626c56a5..7e4e6e62fbaa 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/package.json
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "jest-each": "^25.2.3",
     "jest-matcher-utils": "^25.2.3",
     "jest-message-util": "^25.2.3",
+    "jest-runtime": "^25.2.3",
     "jest-snapshot": "^25.2.3",
     "jest-util": "^25.2.3",
     "pretty-format": "^25.2.3",
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@
     "@types/babel__traverse": "^7.0.4",
     "@types/co": "^4.6.0",
     "@types/stack-utils": "^1.0.1",
-    "execa": "^3.2.0",
-    "jest-runtime": "^25.2.3"
+    "execa": "^3.2.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 8.3"
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapter.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapter.ts
index 34d214f38dbd..2a9561d3a8ad 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/legacy-code-todo-rewrite/jestAdapter.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import type {Config} from '@jest/types';
 import type {JestEnvironment} from '@jest/environment';
 import type {TestResult} from '@jest/test-result';
-import Runtime = require('jest-runtime');
+import type {RuntimeType as Runtime} from 'jest-runtime';
 import type {SnapshotStateType} from 'jest-snapshot';
 
 const FRAMEWORK_INITIALIZER = require.resolve('./jestAdapterInit');
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
index d87e3451feee..f8ab81713895 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import type {Config, Global} from '@jest/types';
 import type {AssertionResult, TestResult} from '@jest/test-result';
 import type {JestEnvironment} from '@jest/environment';
 import type {SnapshotStateType} from 'jest-snapshot';
-import Runtime = require('jest-runtime');
+import type {RuntimeType as Runtime} from 'jest-runtime';
 
 import {getCallsite} from '@jest/source-map';
 import installEach from './each';
diff --git a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
index 11bb29aa2850..cfef2ebf1704 100644
--- a/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-runtime/src/index.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ type CacheFS = {[path: string]: string};
 
 namespace Runtime {
   export type Context = JestContext;
+  // ditch this export when moving to esm - for now we need it for to avoid faulty type elision
+  export type RuntimeType = Runtime;
 }
 
 const testTimeoutSymbol = Symbol.for('TEST_TIMEOUT_SYMBOL');