diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 55c1c77700c..0cebf81bef0 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "clean": "rm -rf dist @types"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@actual-app/crdt": "workspace:^",
     "better-sqlite3": "^9.6.0",
     "compare-versions": "^6.1.0",
     "node-fetch": "^3.3.2",
diff --git a/packages/loot-core/webpack/webpack.api.config.js b/packages/loot-core/webpack/webpack.api.config.js
index 9db83f1e755..78f09fc49d8 100644
--- a/packages/loot-core/webpack/webpack.api.config.js
+++ b/packages/loot-core/webpack/webpack.api.config.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ config.resolve.extensions = [
   '.json',
 ];
 config.resolve.fallback = {};
+config.externals.push('@actual-app/crdt');
 config.output.filename = 'bundle.api.js';
 config.output.sourceMapFilename = 'bundle.api.js.map';
 config.output.path = path.join(
diff --git a/upcoming-release-notes/2738.md b/upcoming-release-notes/2738.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e557a0a2f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upcoming-release-notes/2738.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+category: Maintenance
+authors: [twk3]
+---
+
+Include crdt as a dependency in the API to include its types
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index eb68972cf21..5bc6445e872 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ __metadata:
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@actual-app/api@workspace:packages/api"
   dependencies:
+    "@actual-app/crdt": "workspace:^"
     "@swc/core": "npm:^1.5.3"
     "@swc/jest": "npm:^0.2.36"
     "@types/jest": "npm:^27.5.2"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
-"@actual-app/crdt@npm:*, @actual-app/crdt@workspace:packages/crdt":
+"@actual-app/crdt@npm:*, @actual-app/crdt@workspace:^, @actual-app/crdt@workspace:packages/crdt":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@actual-app/crdt@workspace:packages/crdt"
   dependencies:
@@ -5527,14 +5528,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/node@npm:*":
-  version: 18.16.3
-  resolution: "@types/node@npm:18.16.3"
-  checksum: 4f4425ba49a46e7efa88346dc2ea63ea9aab88c04d244d77710fe8019587f3c163ba2ea1e4854fd20cb5cdec9abd3bfb324ad60aabddf395cee6b0b195bd57bb
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"@types/node@npm:^20.9.0":
+"@types/node@npm:*, @types/node@npm:^20.9.0":
   version: 20.12.11
   resolution: "@types/node@npm:20.12.11"
   dependencies: