diff --git a/packages/bundler-plugins/package.json b/packages/bundler-plugins/package.json
index 6cd9ce64fdf8..210eda6be54c 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-plugins/package.json
+++ b/packages/bundler-plugins/package.json
@@ -119,14 +119,10 @@
     "supports-color": "^8.1.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@babel/core": "^7.18.5",
     "rollup": ">=3.2.0",
     "webpack": ">=5.1.0"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-    "@babel/core": {
-      "optional": true
-    },
     "rollup": {
       "optional": true
     },
diff --git a/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/experimental.ts b/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/experimental.ts
index a5d05ec7ab6e..b80dc0595907 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/experimental.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/experimental.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 import type * as Babel from '@babel/core';
 import type { PluginObj, PluginPass } from '@babel/core';
 
+import type { BabelApi, BabelPlugin } from './types';
+
 const REACT_NATIVE_ELEMENTS: string[] = [
   'Image',
   'Text',
@@ -92,7 +94,11 @@ interface JSXProcessingContext {
 }
 
 // We must export the plugin as default, otherwise the Babel loader will not be able to resolve it when configured using its string identifier
-export function experimentalComponentNameAnnotatePlugin({ types: t }: typeof Babel): AnnotationPlugin {
+export function experimentalComponentNameAnnotatePlugin(babel: BabelApi): BabelPlugin {
+  return createPlugin(babel as typeof Babel);
+}
+
+function createPlugin({ types: t }: typeof Babel): AnnotationPlugin {
   return {
     visitor: {
       Program: {
diff --git a/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/index.ts b/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/index.ts
index ac97b5ff2be8..94f7347a3f87 100644
--- a/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/index.ts
+++ b/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/index.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import {
   type ComponentAnnotationAttributeNames,
 } from './component-annotation';
 import { KNOWN_INCOMPATIBLE_PLUGINS } from './constants';
+import type { BabelApi, BabelPlugin } from './types';
 
 const SENTRY_LABEL_ATTRIBUTE = 'sentry-label';
 const MAX_LABEL_LENGTH = 64;
@@ -100,9 +101,14 @@ interface JSXProcessingContext {
 }
 
 export { experimentalComponentNameAnnotatePlugin } from './experimental';
+export type { BabelApi, BabelPlugin } from './types';
 
 // We must export the plugin as default, otherwise the Babel loader will not be able to resolve it when configured using its string identifier
-export default function componentNameAnnotatePlugin({ types: t }: typeof Babel): AnnotationPlugin {
+export default function componentNameAnnotatePlugin(babel: BabelApi): BabelPlugin {
+  return createPlugin(babel as typeof Babel);
+}
+
+function createPlugin({ types: t }: typeof Babel): AnnotationPlugin {
   return {
     visitor: {
       Program: {
diff --git a/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/types.ts b/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c68ecc600e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bundler-plugins/src/babel-plugin/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// The public signatures use these instead of `@babel/core` types, so
+// consumers do not need Babel's types installed.
+
+export interface BabelApi {
+  types: object;
+}
+
+export interface BabelPlugin {
+  visitor: object;
+}