diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-abi/types/index.d.ts b/packages/web3-eth-abi/types/index.d.ts
index 4343b578967..b06c2b31f49 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-abi/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-abi/types/index.d.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import { AbiInput, AbiItem } from 'web3-utils';
 
-export class AbiCoder {
+declare class AbiCoder {
     encodeFunctionSignature(functionName: string | AbiItem): string;
 
     encodeEventSignature(functionName: string | AbiItem): string;
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ export class AbiCoder {
         topics: string[]
     ): { [key: string]: string };
 }
+
+export type { AbiCoder }
+
+declare const abiCoder: AbiCoder
+
+export default abiCoder
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-abi/types/tests/abi-coder-test.ts b/packages/web3-eth-abi/types/tests/abi-coder-test.ts
index 0ed89e58c0a..9a76bb4d2e2 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-abi/types/tests/abi-coder-test.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-abi/types/tests/abi-coder-test.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@
  * @date 2018
  */
 
-import { AbiCoder } from 'web3-eth-abi';
-
-const abiCoder = new AbiCoder();
+import abiCoder from 'web3-eth-abi';
 
 // $ExpectType string
 abiCoder.encodeFunctionSignature('myMethod(uint256,string)');