diff --git a/packages/tracing/src/span.ts b/packages/tracing/src/span.ts
index 43fbef08f623..be070c0cbfa3 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/src/span.ts
+++ b/packages/tracing/src/span.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
-import { Instrumenter, Primitive, Span as SpanInterface, SpanContext, Transaction } from '@sentry/types';
+import { Instrumenter, Primitive, Span as SpanInterface, SpanContext, TraceContext, Transaction } from '@sentry/types';
 import { dropUndefinedKeys, logger, timestampWithMs, uuid4 } from '@sentry/utils';
 
 /**
@@ -305,17 +305,7 @@ export class Span implements SpanInterface {
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
-  public getTraceContext(): {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    data?: { [key: string]: any };
-    description?: string;
-    op?: string;
-    parent_span_id?: string;
-    span_id: string;
-    status?: string;
-    tags?: { [key: string]: Primitive };
-    trace_id: string;
-  } {
+  public getTraceContext(): TraceContext {
     return dropUndefinedKeys({
       data: Object.keys(this.data).length > 0 ? this.data : undefined,
       description: this.description,
diff --git a/packages/types/src/context.ts b/packages/types/src/context.ts
index 3a342373c3fe..120bd82cda9d 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/context.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { Primitive } from './misc';
+
 export type Context = Record<string, unknown>;
 
 export interface Contexts extends Record<string, Context | undefined> {
@@ -79,3 +81,14 @@ export interface ResponseContext extends Record<string, unknown> {
   status_code?: number;
   body_size?: number; // in bytes
 }
+
+export interface TraceContext extends Record<string, unknown> {
+  data?: { [key: string]: any };
+  description?: string;
+  op?: string;
+  parent_span_id?: string;
+  span_id: string;
+  status?: string;
+  tags?: { [key: string]: Primitive };
+  trace_id: string;
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index a3437df77f1f..0b52fac74e02 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ export type { Attachment } from './attachment';
 export type { Breadcrumb, BreadcrumbHint } from './breadcrumb';
 export type { Client } from './client';
 export type { ClientReport, Outcome, EventDropReason } from './clientreport';
-export type { Context, Contexts, DeviceContext, OsContext, AppContext, CultureContext } from './context';
+export type { Context, Contexts, DeviceContext, OsContext, AppContext, CultureContext, TraceContext } from './context';
 export type { DataCategory } from './datacategory';
 export type { DsnComponents, DsnLike, DsnProtocol } from './dsn';
 export type { DebugImage, DebugImageType, DebugMeta } from './debugMeta';