diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 893bde713..ac51ae0c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ lib
 .nyc_output/
 coverage/
 *.d.ts
+!test/register-bson.d.ts
 *.tgz
 docs/public
 
diff --git a/api-extractor.json b/api-extractor.json
index 165a7260e..77da83f70 100644
--- a/api-extractor.json
+++ b/api-extractor.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/api-extractor/v7/api-extractor.schema.json",
-  "mainEntryPointFilePath": "<projectFolder>/lib/bson.d.ts",
+  "mainEntryPointFilePath": "<projectFolder>/lib/index.d.ts",
   "apiReport": {
     "enabled": false
   },
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 74aa6eaab..000000000
--- a/bower.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "bson",
-  "description": "A bson parser for node.js and the browser",
-  "keywords": [
-    "mongodb",
-    "bson",
-    "parser"
-  ],
-  "author": "Christian Amor Kvalheim <christkv@gmail.com>",
-  "main": "./dist/bson.js",
-  "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "moduleType": [
-    "globals",
-    "node"
-  ],
-  "ignore": [
-    "**/.*",
-    "alternate_parsers",
-    "benchmarks",
-    "bower_components",
-    "node_modules",
-    "test",
-    "tools"
-  ],
-  "version": "4.7.0"
-}
diff --git a/docs/upgrade-to-v5.md b/docs/upgrade-to-v5.md
index 4fa30e48a..34713d2d1 100644
--- a/docs/upgrade-to-v5.md
+++ b/docs/upgrade-to-v5.md
@@ -179,3 +179,9 @@ EJSON.parse("...",  { strict: false }); /* migrate to */ EJSON.parse("...",  { r
 // stringify
 EJSON.stringify({}, { strict: true  }); /* migrate to */ EJSON.stringify({}, { relaxed: false });
 EJSON.stringify({}, { strict: false }); /* migrate to */ EJSON.stringify({}, { relaxed: true });
+
+### The BSON default export has been removed.
+
+* If you import BSON commonjs style `const BSON = require('bson')` then the `BSON.default` property is no longer present.
+* If you import BSON esmodule style `import BSON from 'bson'` then this code will crash upon loading. **TODO: This is not the case right now but it will be after NODE-4713.**
+  * This error will throw: `SyntaxError: The requested module 'bson' does not provide an export named 'default'`.
diff --git a/etc/benchmarks/lib_runner.mjs b/etc/benchmarks/lib_runner.mjs
index 5e5080e09..f0cea7c5b 100644
--- a/etc/benchmarks/lib_runner.mjs
+++ b/etc/benchmarks/lib_runner.mjs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export async function getLibs() {
       const hash = stdout.trim();
       return {
         name: 'local',
-        lib: await import('../../lib/bson.js'),
+        lib: await import('../../lib/index.js'),
         version: hash
       };
     })(),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c90afc7b5..1d1a5a7f1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
   "config": {
     "native": false
   },
-  "main": "lib/bson.js",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
   "module": "dist/bson.esm.js",
   "browser": {
-    "./lib/bson.js": "./dist/bson.browser.umd.js",
+    "./lib/index.js": "./dist/bson.browser.umd.js",
     "./dist/bson.esm.js": "./dist/bson.browser.esm.js"
   },
   "engines": {
diff --git a/rollup.config.mjs b/rollup.config.mjs
index e42462533..9d85b8d86 100644
--- a/rollup.config.mjs
+++ b/rollup.config.mjs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const tsConfig = {
   tsconfig: false,
   include: ['src/**/*']
 };
-const input = 'src/bson.ts';
+const input = 'src/index.ts';
 
 const plugins = (options = { browser: false }) => {
   return [
diff --git a/src/bson.ts b/src/bson.ts
index 89f49dfe3..fd012a332 100644
--- a/src/bson.ts
+++ b/src/bson.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ import { Code } from './code';
 import { DBRef } from './db_ref';
 import { Decimal128 } from './decimal128';
 import { Double } from './double';
-import { EJSON } from './extended_json';
 import { Int32 } from './int_32';
 import { Long } from './long';
 import { MaxKey } from './max_key';
 import { MinKey } from './min_key';
 import { ObjectId } from './objectid';
-import { BSONError, BSONTypeError } from './error';
 import { calculateObjectSize as internalCalculateObjectSize } from './parser/calculate_size';
 // Parts of the parser
 import { deserialize as internalDeserialize, DeserializeOptions } from './parser/deserializer';
@@ -247,39 +245,3 @@ export function deserializeStream(
   // Return object containing end index of parsing and list of documents
   return index;
 }
-
-/**
- * BSON default export
- * @deprecated Please use named exports
- * @privateRemarks
- * We want to someday deprecate the default export,
- * so none of the new TS types are being exported on the default
- * @public
- */
-const BSON = {
-  Binary,
-  Code,
-  DBRef,
-  Decimal128,
-  Double,
-  Int32,
-  Long,
-  UUID,
-  Map,
-  MaxKey,
-  MinKey,
-  ObjectId,
-  BSONRegExp,
-  BSONSymbol,
-  Timestamp,
-  EJSON,
-  setInternalBufferSize,
-  serialize,
-  serializeWithBufferAndIndex,
-  deserialize,
-  calculateObjectSize,
-  deserializeStream,
-  BSONError,
-  BSONTypeError
-};
-export default BSON;
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ef415756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import * as BSON from './bson';
+
+// Export all named properties from BSON to support
+// import { ObjectId, serialize } from 'bson';
+// const { ObjectId, serialize } = require('bson');
+export * from './bson';
+
+// Export BSON as a namespace to support:
+// import { BSON } from 'bson';
+// const { BSON } = require('bson');
+export { BSON };
+
+// BSON does **NOT** have a default export
+
+// The following will crash in es module environments
+// import BSON from 'bson';
+
+// The following will work as expected, BSON as a namespace of all the APIs (BSON.ObjectId, BSON.serialize)
+// const BSON = require('bson');
diff --git a/test/node/exports.test.ts b/test/node/exports.test.ts
index 161e55065..12c6807b8 100644
--- a/test/node/exports.test.ts
+++ b/test/node/exports.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as BSON from '../register-bson';
 import { sorted, byStrings } from './tools/utils';
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ const EXPECTED_EXPORTS = [
   'deserialize',
   'calculateObjectSize',
   'deserializeStream',
-  'default'
+  'BSON'
 ];
 
 const EXPECTED_EJSON_EXPORTS = ['parse', 'stringify', 'serialize', 'deserialize'];
diff --git a/test/register-bson.d.ts b/test/register-bson.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bdc94cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/register-bson.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from '../src/index'
diff --git a/test/register-bson.js b/test/register-bson.js
index a62bd5a61..d48cd05ce 100644
--- a/test/register-bson.js
+++ b/test/register-bson.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ let BSON;
 if (web) {
   BSON = loadBSONWithGlobal().BSON;
 } else {
-  BSON = require('../src/bson');
+  BSON = require('../src/index');
 }
 
 // Some mocha tests need to know the environment for instanceof assertions or be skipped