diff --git a/packages/devtools-evm-hardhat/src/runtime.ts b/packages/devtools-evm-hardhat/src/runtime.ts
index 1b6a5e302..a10901954 100644
--- a/packages/devtools-evm-hardhat/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools-evm-hardhat/src/runtime.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type { HardhatRuntimeEnvironment, EthereumProvider } from 'hardhat/types'
 
 import pMemoize from 'p-memoize'
-import type { JsonRpcProvider } from 'ethers'
 import { ConfigurationError } from './errors'
 import { HardhatContext } from 'hardhat/internal/context'
 import { Environment as HardhatRuntimeEnvironmentImplementation } from 'hardhat/internal/core/runtime-environment'
@@ -10,6 +9,7 @@ import { EndpointBasedFactory, Factory, formatEid } from '@layerzerolabs/devtool
 import { HardhatEthersProvider } from '@nomicfoundation/hardhat-ethers/internal/hardhat-ethers-provider'
 import assert from 'assert'
 import memoize from 'micro-memoize'
+import { Provider } from '@layerzerolabs/devtools-evm'
 
 /**
  * Helper type for when we need to grab something asynchronously by the network name
@@ -130,10 +130,8 @@ export const createGetHreByEid = (
  * @param {EIP1193Provider} provider
  * @returns {JsonRpcProvider}
  */
-export const wrapEIP1193Provider = (
-    provider: EthereumProvider,
-    networkName: string = 'unnamed network'
-): JsonRpcProvider => new HardhatEthersProvider(provider, networkName)
+export const wrapEIP1193Provider = (provider: EthereumProvider, networkName: string = 'unnamed network'): Provider =>
+    new HardhatEthersProvider(provider, networkName)
 
 /**
  * Gets an EndpointId defined in the hardhat config