diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/CHANGELOG.md b/bindings/nodejs/CHANGELOG.md
index ab6bc7e6fd..fa85242583 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Security -->
 
-## 1.0.4 - 2023-MM-DD
+## 1.0.5 - YYYY-MM-DD
+
+
+## 1.0.4 - 2023-08-03
+
+### Changed
+
+- Prevent loading of bindings when importing UTXOInput type (changed UTXOInput.fromOutputId implementation)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/lib/index.ts b/bindings/nodejs/lib/index.ts
index b4820072c3..59d996af3c 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/lib/index.ts
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/lib/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 // Needed for class-transformer json deserialisation
 import 'reflect-metadata';
+import { callUtilsMethod } from './bindings';
+import { OutputId, UTXOInput } from './types';
 import { bigIntToHex } from './utils';
 
 // Allow bigint to be serialized as hex string.
@@ -14,6 +16,23 @@ import { bigIntToHex } from './utils';
     return bigIntToHex(this);
 };
 
+// Assign the util method on UTXOInput here,
+// to prevent loading bindings (callUtilsMethod) when importing UTXOInput just for typing.
+Object.assign(UTXOInput, {
+    /**
+     * Creates a `UTXOInput` from an output id.
+     */
+    fromOutputId(outputId: OutputId): UTXOInput {
+        const input = callUtilsMethod({
+            name: 'outputIdToUtxoInput',
+            data: {
+                outputId,
+            },
+        });
+        return new UTXOInput(input.transactionId, input.transactionOutputIndex);
+    },
+});
+
 export * from './client';
 export * from './secret_manager';
 export * from './types';
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/lib/types/block/input/input.ts b/bindings/nodejs/lib/types/block/input/input.ts
index 661d737be8..59cd37077a 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/lib/types/block/input/input.ts
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/lib/types/block/input/input.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2023 IOTA Stiftung
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { callUtilsMethod } from '../../../bindings';
 import { HexEncodedString } from '../../utils';
 import { OutputId } from '../output';
 
@@ -68,14 +67,10 @@ class UTXOInput extends Input {
     /**
      * Creates a `UTXOInput` from an output id.
      */
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
     static fromOutputId(outputId: OutputId): UTXOInput {
-        const input = callUtilsMethod({
-            name: 'outputIdToUtxoInput',
-            data: {
-                outputId,
-            },
-        });
-        return new UTXOInput(input.transactionId, input.transactionOutputIndex);
+        // Implementation injected in lib/index.ts, as it uses bindings.
+        return null as unknown as UTXOInput;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/bindings/nodejs/package.json b/bindings/nodejs/package.json
index a307cc7c5d..b8fd9dbcb2 100644
--- a/bindings/nodejs/package.json
+++ b/bindings/nodejs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@iota/sdk",
-    "version": "1.0.3",
+    "version": "1.0.4",
     "description": "Node.js binding to the IOTA SDK library",
     "main": "out/index.js",
     "types": "out/index.d.ts",