diff --git a/libs/@wingcloud/framework/package.json b/libs/@wingcloud/framework/package.json
index 6c05fa76ff3..ff38d5ef373 100644
--- a/libs/@wingcloud/framework/package.json
+++ b/libs/@wingcloud/framework/package.json
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@
     "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
     "tag": "latest"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "constructs": "~10.2.69"
-  },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@winglang/sdk": "*",
     "typescript": "^5.3.3"
diff --git a/libs/@wingcloud/framework/src/index.ts b/libs/@wingcloud/framework/src/index.ts
index 6f1eaafdeae..fc39ac6ae4c 100644
--- a/libs/@wingcloud/framework/src/index.ts
+++ b/libs/@wingcloud/framework/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // re-exporting useful types from the sdk
 export { cloud, ex } from "@winglang/sdk";
+export { Construct } from "@winglang/sdk/lib/core/types";
 
 // typescript workflow primitives
 export { inflight, lift } from "./inflight";
diff --git a/libs/@wingcloud/framework/src/main.ts b/libs/@wingcloud/framework/src/main.ts
index f1e2acb948a..f07abec7367 100644
--- a/libs/@wingcloud/framework/src/main.ts
+++ b/libs/@wingcloud/framework/src/main.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { platform, std } from "@winglang/sdk";
-import { Construct } from "constructs";
+import type {
+  Construct
+} from "@winglang/sdk/lib/core/types";
 
 /**
  * Properties for a Wing app.
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 9850ddd6ba1..3bd626c999e 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1136,9 +1136,6 @@ importers:
 
   libs/@wingcloud/framework:
     dependencies:
-      constructs:
-        specifier: ~10.2.69
-        version: 10.2.70
       typescript:
         specifier: ^5.3.3
         version: 5.3.3