diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 80a633f2d80ed..6b7d6662eb70b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -531,7 +531,6 @@
     "@types/file-saver": "^2.0.0",
     "@types/flot": "^0.0.31",
     "@types/geojson": "7946.0.7",
-    "@types/getopts": "^2.0.1",
     "@types/getos": "^3.0.0",
     "@types/glob": "^7.1.2",
     "@types/gulp": "^4.0.6",
@@ -568,6 +567,7 @@
     "@types/kbn__config": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-config/npm_module_types",
     "@types/kbn__config-schema": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-config-schema/npm_module_types",
     "@types/kbn__crypto": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-crypto/npm_module_types",
+    "@types/kbn__docs-utils": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-docs-utils/npm_module_types",
     "@types/kbn__i18n": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-i18n/npm_module_types",
     "@types/kbn__i18n-react": "link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-i18n-react/npm_module_types",
     "@types/license-checker": "15.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/BUILD.bazel b/packages/BUILD.bazel
index 96b1846147689..aa90c3c122171 100644
--- a/packages/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/BUILD.bazel
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ filegroup(
       "//packages/kbn-config:build_types",
       "//packages/kbn-config-schema:build_types",
       "//packages/kbn-crypto:build_types",
+      "//packages/kbn-docs-utils:build_types",
       "//packages/kbn-i18n:build_types",
       "//packages/kbn-i18n-react:build_types",
   ],
diff --git a/packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode/BUILD.bazel
index 66e00706e9e58..dfb441dffc6ef 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/kbn-cli-dev-mode/BUILD.bazel
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ TYPES_DEPS = [
   "@npm//chokidar",
   "@npm//elastic-apm-node",
   "@npm//execa",
+  "@npm//getopts",
   "@npm//moment",
   "@npm//rxjs",
   "@npm//supertest",
   "@npm//@types/hapi__h2o2",
   "@npm//@types/hapi__hapi",
-  "@npm//@types/getopts",
   "@npm//@types/jest",
   "@npm//@types/lodash",
   "@npm//@types/node",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-docs-utils/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/BUILD.bazel
index 6bb37b3500152..37e5bb06377cc 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-docs-utils/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-load("@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config", "ts_project")
-load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library", "pkg_npm")
-load("//src/dev/bazel:index.bzl", "jsts_transpiler")
+load("@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config")
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library")
+load("//src/dev/bazel:index.bzl", "jsts_transpiler", "pkg_npm", "pkg_npm_types", "ts_project")
 
 PKG_BASE_NAME = "kbn-docs-utils"
 PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@kbn/docs-utils"
+TYPES_PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@types/kbn__docs-utils"
 
 SOURCE_FILES = glob(
   [
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ ts_project(
 js_library(
   name = PKG_BASE_NAME,
   srcs = NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES,
-  deps = RUNTIME_DEPS + [":target_node", ":tsc_types"],
+  deps = RUNTIME_DEPS + [":target_node"],
   package_name = PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
   visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
@@ -96,3 +97,20 @@ filegroup(
   ],
   visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
+
+pkg_npm_types(
+  name = "npm_module_types",
+  srcs = SRCS,
+  deps = [":tsc_types"],
+  package_name = TYPES_PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
+  tsconfig = ":tsconfig",
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+  name = "build_types",
+  srcs = [
+    ":npm_module_types",
+  ],
+  visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/packages/kbn-docs-utils/package.json b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/package.json
index dcff832583f59..84fc3ccb0cded 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-docs-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-docs-utils/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "license": "SSPL-1.0 OR Elastic License 2.0",
   "private": "true",
   "main": "target_node/index.js",
-  "types": "target_types/index.d.ts",
   "kibana": {
     "devOnly": true
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 719f738f98e11..68eb7893fb00f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5502,11 +5502,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/geojson/-/geojson-7946.0.7.tgz#c8fa532b60a0042219cdf173ca21a975ef0666ad"
   integrity sha512-wE2v81i4C4Ol09RtsWFAqg3BUitWbHSpSlIo+bNdsCJijO9sjme+zm+73ZMCa/qMC8UEERxzGbvmr1cffo2SiQ==
 
-"@types/getopts@^2.0.1":
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/getopts/-/getopts-2.0.1.tgz#b7e5478fe7571838b45aff736a59ab69b8bcda18"
-  integrity sha512-JsQJHtzLYKunMz7acYOX6x5IJ/42CsjjHFfLCmis1Hn/qFoD/y0kJFUIAg8HoDigQpKUcWj55d8rxZQBnvz1Pw==
-
 "@types/getos@^3.0.0":
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/getos/-/getos-3.0.0.tgz#582c758e99e9d634f31f471faf7ce59cf1c39a71"
@@ -5851,6 +5846,10 @@
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""
 
+"@types/kbn__docs-utils@link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-docs-utils/npm_module_types":
+  version "0.0.0"
+  uid ""
+
 "@types/kbn__i18n-react@link:bazel-bin/packages/kbn-i18n-react/npm_module_types":
   version "0.0.0"
   uid ""