diff --git a/api-report/driver-base.api.md b/api-report/driver-base.api.md
index 296afb0a7c3f..3673833090e7 100644
--- a/api-report/driver-base.api.md
+++ b/api-report/driver-base.api.md
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ import { ISignalClient } from '@fluidframework/protocol-definitions';
 import { ISignalMessage } from '@fluidframework/protocol-definitions';
 import { ITelemetryLogger } from '@fluidframework/common-definitions';
 import { ITokenClaims } from '@fluidframework/protocol-definitions';
+import type { Socket } from 'socket.io-client';
 import { TypedEventEmitter } from '@fluidframework/common-utils';
 
 // @public
 export class DocumentDeltaConnection extends TypedEventEmitter<IDocumentDeltaConnectionEvents> implements IDocumentDeltaConnection, IDisposable {
-    protected constructor(socket: SocketIOClient.Socket, documentId: string, logger: ITelemetryLogger, enableLongPollingDowngrades?: boolean);
+    protected constructor(socket: Socket, documentId: string, logger: ITelemetryLogger, enableLongPollingDowngrades?: boolean);
     // (undocumented)
     protected addTrackedListener(event: string, listener: (...args: any[]) => void): void;
     checkpointSequenceNumber: number | undefined;
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ export class DocumentDeltaConnection extends TypedEventEmitter<IDocumentDeltaCon
     protected readonly queuedSignals: ISignalMessage[];
     get serviceConfiguration(): IClientConfiguration;
     // (undocumented)
-    protected readonly socket: SocketIOClient.Socket;
+    protected readonly socket: Socket;
     submit(messages: IDocumentMessage[]): void;
     // (undocumented)
     protected submitCore(type: string, messages: IDocumentMessage[]): void;
diff --git a/api-report/odsp-driver.api.md b/api-report/odsp-driver.api.md
index 07f93fe4a57d..2176c0124623 100644
--- a/api-report/odsp-driver.api.md
+++ b/api-report/odsp-driver.api.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { IdentityType } from '@fluidframework/odsp-driver-definitions';
 import { IDocumentService } from '@fluidframework/driver-definitions';
 import { IDocumentServiceFactory } from '@fluidframework/driver-definitions';
 import { IFluidCodeDetails } from '@fluidframework/core-interfaces';
+import type { io } from 'socket.io-client';
 import { IOdspResolvedUrl } from '@fluidframework/odsp-driver-definitions';
 import { IOdspUrlParts } from '@fluidframework/odsp-driver-definitions';
 import { IPersistedCache } from '@fluidframework/odsp-driver-definitions';
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ export class OdspDocumentServiceFactory extends OdspDocumentServiceFactoryCore i
 
 // @public
 export class OdspDocumentServiceFactoryCore implements IDocumentServiceFactory {
-    constructor(getStorageToken: TokenFetcher<OdspResourceTokenFetchOptions>, getWebsocketToken: TokenFetcher<OdspResourceTokenFetchOptions> | undefined, getSocketIOClient: () => Promise<SocketIOClientStatic>, persistedCache?: IPersistedCache, hostPolicy?: HostStoragePolicy);
+    constructor(getStorageToken: TokenFetcher<OdspResourceTokenFetchOptions>, getWebsocketToken: TokenFetcher<OdspResourceTokenFetchOptions> | undefined, getSocketIOClient: () => Promise<typeof io>, persistedCache?: IPersistedCache, hostPolicy?: HostStoragePolicy);
     // (undocumented)
     createContainer(createNewSummary: ISummaryTree | undefined, createNewResolvedUrl: IResolvedUrl, logger?: ITelemetryBaseLogger): Promise<IDocumentService>;
     // (undocumented)
diff --git a/lerna-package-lock.json b/lerna-package-lock.json
index a3420838977b..df47f31af0cb 100644
--- a/lerna-package-lock.json
+++ b/lerna-package-lock.json
@@ -13296,11 +13296,6 @@
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/sinon/-/sinon-7.5.2.tgz",
 			"integrity": "sha512-T+m89VdXj/eidZyejvmoP9jivXgBDdkOSBVQjU9kF349NEx10QdPNGxHeZUaj1IlJ32/ewdyXJjnJxyxJroYwg=="
 		},
-		"@types/socket.io-client": {
-			"version": "1.4.36",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/socket.io-client/-/socket.io-client-1.4.36.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-ZJWjtFBeBy1kRSYpVbeGYTElf6BqPQUkXDlHHD4k/42byCN5Rh027f4yARHCink9sKAkbtGZXEAmR0ZCnc2/Ag=="
-		},
 		"@types/source-list-map": {
 			"version": "0.1.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/source-list-map/-/source-list-map-0.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/drivers/driver-base/package.json b/packages/drivers/driver-base/package.json
index 4d9f32fb51e4..da775f8a0b44 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/driver-base/package.json
+++ b/packages/drivers/driver-base/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
     "@microsoft/api-extractor": "^7.16.1",
     "@rushstack/eslint-config": "^2.5.1",
     "@types/node": "^14.18.0",
-    "@types/socket.io-client": "^1.4.32",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~5.9.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~5.9.0",
     "concurrently": "^6.2.0",
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react": "~7.28.0",
     "eslint-plugin-unicorn": "~40.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "socket.io-client": "^4.4.1",
     "typescript": "~4.1.3",
     "typescript-formatter": "7.1.0"
   }
diff --git a/packages/drivers/driver-base/src/documentDeltaConnection.ts b/packages/drivers/driver-base/src/documentDeltaConnection.ts
index 498fb5a79b31..01349b1a803f 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/driver-base/src/documentDeltaConnection.ts
+++ b/packages/drivers/driver-base/src/documentDeltaConnection.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
     loggerToMonitoringContext,
     MonitoringContext,
 } from "@fluidframework/telemetry-utils";
+import type { Socket } from "socket.io-client";
 // For now, this package is versioned and released in unison with the specific drivers
 import { pkgVersion as driverVersion } from "./packageVersion";
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ export class DocumentDeltaConnection
      * @param enableLongPollingDowngrades - allow connection to be downgraded to long-polling on websocket failure
      */
     protected constructor(
-        protected readonly socket: SocketIOClient.Socket,
+        protected readonly socket: Socket,
         public documentId: string,
         logger: ITelemetryLogger,
         private readonly enableLongPollingDowngrades: boolean = false,
diff --git a/packages/drivers/driver-base/tsconfig.json b/packages/drivers/driver-base/tsconfig.json
index f579caf4a3a6..d6f00b7bb583 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/driver-base/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/drivers/driver-base/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
         "rootDir": "./src",
         "outDir": "./dist",
-        "types": [
-            "@types/socket.io-client"
-        ]
     },
     "include": [
         "src/**/*"
diff --git a/packages/drivers/driver-web-cache/package.json b/packages/drivers/driver-web-cache/package.json
index f2c0c169e837..5664079a7ccd 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/driver-web-cache/package.json
+++ b/packages/drivers/driver-web-cache/package.json
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
     "@rushstack/eslint-config": "^2.5.1",
     "@types/jest": "22.2.3",
     "@types/node": "^14.18.0",
-    "@types/socket.io-client": "^1.4.32",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~5.9.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~5.9.0",
     "concurrently": "^6.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/drivers/iframe-driver/package.json b/packages/drivers/iframe-driver/package.json
index ff42e932cc53..f100ab688506 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/iframe-driver/package.json
+++ b/packages/drivers/iframe-driver/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^8.2.2",
     "@types/nock": "^9.3.0",
     "@types/node": "^14.18.0",
-    "@types/socket.io-client": "^1.4.32",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~5.9.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~5.9.0",
     "concurrently": "^6.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/drivers/local-driver/package.json b/packages/drivers/local-driver/package.json
index 28348e1e1d5b..769841272115 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/local-driver/package.json
+++ b/packages/drivers/local-driver/package.json
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     "mocha": "^8.4.0",
     "nyc": "^15.0.0",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "socket.io-client": "^4.4.1",
     "typescript": "~4.1.3",
     "typescript-formatter": "7.1.0"
   }
diff --git a/packages/drivers/local-driver/src/localDocumentDeltaConnection.ts b/packages/drivers/local-driver/src/localDocumentDeltaConnection.ts
index dfc552df6614..ebf8ae92b24c 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/local-driver/src/localDocumentDeltaConnection.ts
+++ b/packages/drivers/local-driver/src/localDocumentDeltaConnection.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from "@fluidframework/protocol-definitions";
 import { LocalWebSocketServer } from "@fluidframework/server-local-server";
 import * as core from "@fluidframework/server-services-core";
+import type { Socket } from "socket.io-client";
 
 const testProtocolVersions = ["^0.3.0", "^0.2.0", "^0.1.0"];
 
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export class LocalDocumentDeltaConnection extends DocumentDeltaConnection {
 
         // Cast LocalWebSocket to SocketIOClient.Socket which is the socket that the base class needs. This is hacky
         // but should be fine because this delta connection is for local use only.
-        const socketWithListener = socket as unknown as SocketIOClient.Socket;
+        const socketWithListener = socket as unknown as Socket;
 
         const deltaConnection = new LocalDocumentDeltaConnection(socketWithListener, id);
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export class LocalDocumentDeltaConnection extends DocumentDeltaConnection {
         return deltaConnection;
     }
 
-    constructor(socket: SocketIOClient.Socket, documentId: string) {
+    constructor(socket: Socket, documentId: string) {
           super(socket, documentId, new TelemetryNullLogger());
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/package.json b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/package.json
index c6f6f6cd4f62..75b2b819fc7f 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/package.json
+++ b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
     "@types/mocha": "^8.2.2",
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.5.10",
     "@types/sha.js": "^2.4.0",
-    "@types/socket.io-client": "^1.4.32",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~5.9.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "~5.9.0",
     "concurrently": "^6.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/getSocketIo.ts b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/getSocketIo.ts
index 7f4179e7e1f1..275a8d62d006 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/getSocketIo.ts
+++ b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/getSocketIo.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ import io from "socket.io-client";
  * This function only exists to create an ESM wrapper around the socket.io client module
  * for compatibility with ESM dynamic imports
  */
-export function getSocketIo(): SocketIOClientStatic {
+export function getSocketIo(): typeof io {
     return io;
 }
diff --git a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentDeltaConnection.ts b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentDeltaConnection.ts
index 4bb80b65ed6b..8b6f860fce78 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentDeltaConnection.ts
+++ b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentDeltaConnection.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
     ISequencedDocumentMessage,
     ISignalMessage,
 } from "@fluidframework/protocol-definitions";
+import type { Socket, io as SocketIOClientStatic } from "socket.io-client";
 import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
 import { IOdspSocketError, IGetOpsResponse, IFlushOpsResponse } from "./contracts";
 import { EpochTracker } from "./epochTracker";
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ export interface ISocketEvents extends IEvent {
 class SocketReference extends TypedEventEmitter<ISocketEvents> {
     private references: number = 1;
     private delayDeleteTimeout: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined;
-    private _socket: SocketIOClient.Socket | undefined;
+    private _socket: Socket | undefined;
 
     // When making decisions about socket reuse, we do not reuse disconnected socket.
     // But we want to differentiate the following case from disconnected case:
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ class SocketReference extends TypedEventEmitter<ISocketEvents> {
         return this._socket;
     }
 
-    public constructor(public readonly key: string, socket: SocketIOClient.Socket) {
+    public constructor(public readonly key: string, socket: Socket) {
         super();
 
         this._socket = socket;
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ export class OdspDocumentDeltaConnection extends DocumentDeltaConnection {
         tenantId: string,
         documentId: string,
         token: string | null,
-        io: SocketIOClientStatic,
+        io: typeof SocketIOClientStatic,
         client: IClient,
         url: string,
         telemetryLogger: ITelemetryLogger,
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ export class OdspDocumentDeltaConnection extends DocumentDeltaConnection {
      * Gets or create a socket io connection for the given key
      */
     private static getOrCreateSocketIoReference(
-        io: SocketIOClientStatic,
+        io: typeof SocketIOClientStatic,
         timeoutMs: number,
         key: string,
         url: string,
@@ -337,7 +338,7 @@ export class OdspDocumentDeltaConnection extends DocumentDeltaConnection {
      * @param enableMultiplexing - If the websocket is multiplexing multiple documents
      */
     private constructor(
-        socket: SocketIOClient.Socket,
+        socket: Socket,
         documentId: string,
         socketReference: SocketReference,
         logger: ITelemetryLogger,
diff --git a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentService.ts b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentService.ts
index 4db30124a1c4..36a2d29d32c7 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentService.ts
+++ b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentService.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
     InstrumentedStorageTokenFetcher,
     OdspErrorType,
 } from "@fluidframework/odsp-driver-definitions";
+import type { io as SocketIOClientStatic } from "socket.io-client";
 import { HostStoragePolicyInternal, ISocketStorageDiscovery } from "./contracts";
 import { IOdspCache } from "./odspCache";
 import { OdspDeltaStorageService, OdspDeltaStorageWithCache } from "./odspDeltaStorageService";
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ export class OdspDocumentService implements IDocumentService {
         getStorageToken: InstrumentedStorageTokenFetcher,
         getWebsocketToken: ((options: TokenFetchOptions) => Promise<string | null>) | undefined,
         logger: ITelemetryLogger,
-        socketIoClientFactory: () => Promise<SocketIOClientStatic>,
+        socketIoClientFactory: () => Promise<typeof SocketIOClientStatic>,
         cache: IOdspCache,
         hostPolicy: HostStoragePolicy,
         epochTracker: EpochTracker,
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ export class OdspDocumentService implements IDocumentService {
         private readonly getStorageToken: InstrumentedStorageTokenFetcher,
         private readonly getWebsocketToken: ((options: TokenFetchOptions) => Promise<string | null>) | undefined,
         logger: ITelemetryLogger,
-        private readonly socketIoClientFactory: () => Promise<SocketIOClientStatic>,
+        private readonly socketIoClientFactory: () => Promise<typeof SocketIOClientStatic>,
         private readonly cache: IOdspCache,
         hostPolicy: HostStoragePolicy,
         private readonly epochTracker: EpochTracker,
@@ -423,7 +424,7 @@ export class OdspDocumentService implements IDocumentService {
         tenantId: string,
         documentId: string,
         token: string | null,
-        io: SocketIOClientStatic,
+        io: typeof SocketIOClientStatic,
         client: IClient,
         webSocketUrl: string,
     ): Promise<OdspDocumentDeltaConnection> {
diff --git a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentServiceFactoryCore.ts b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentServiceFactoryCore.ts
index 507badb2dbed..ee549f04815a 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentServiceFactoryCore.ts
+++ b/packages/drivers/odsp-driver/src/odspDocumentServiceFactoryCore.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
     IFileEntry,
     IOdspUrlParts,
 } from "@fluidframework/odsp-driver-definitions";
+import type { io as SocketIOClientStatic } from "socket.io-client";
 import { v4 as uuid } from "uuid";
 import {
     LocalPersistentCache,
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ export class OdspDocumentServiceFactoryCore implements IDocumentServiceFactory {
     constructor(
         private readonly getStorageToken: TokenFetcher<OdspResourceTokenFetchOptions>,
         private readonly getWebsocketToken: TokenFetcher<OdspResourceTokenFetchOptions> | undefined,
-        private readonly getSocketIOClient: () => Promise<SocketIOClientStatic>,
+        private readonly getSocketIOClient: () => Promise<typeof SocketIOClientStatic>,
         protected persistedCache: IPersistedCache = new LocalPersistentCache(),
         private readonly hostPolicy: HostStoragePolicy = {},
     ) {
diff --git a/packages/drivers/routerlicious-driver/package.json b/packages/drivers/routerlicious-driver/package.json
index 1e012f2b2f7c..3dae09f6d2fa 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/routerlicious-driver/package.json
+++ b/packages/drivers/routerlicious-driver/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
     "@rushstack/eslint-config": "^2.5.1",
     "@types/mocha": "^8.2.2",
     "@types/nock": "^9.3.0",
-    "@types/socket.io-client": "^1.4.32",
     "@types/url-parse": "1.4.4",
     "@types/uuid": "^8.3.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "~5.9.0",
diff --git a/packages/drivers/routerlicious-driver/src/documentDeltaConnection.ts b/packages/drivers/routerlicious-driver/src/documentDeltaConnection.ts
index 494eec10b21f..8077d3e0dc6e 100644
--- a/packages/drivers/routerlicious-driver/src/documentDeltaConnection.ts
+++ b/packages/drivers/routerlicious-driver/src/documentDeltaConnection.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { DocumentDeltaConnection } from "@fluidframework/driver-base";
 import { IDocumentDeltaConnection } from "@fluidframework/driver-definitions";
 import { IAnyDriverError } from "@fluidframework/driver-utils";
 import { IClient, IConnect } from "@fluidframework/protocol-definitions";
+import type { io as SocketIOClientStatic } from "socket.io-client";
 import { errorObjectFromSocketError, IR11sSocketError } from "./errorUtils";
 
 const protocolVersions = ["^0.4.0", "^0.3.0", "^0.2.0", "^0.1.0"];
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export class R11sDocumentDeltaConnection extends DocumentDeltaConnection
         tenantId: string,
         id: string,
         token: string | null,
-        io: SocketIOClientStatic,
+        io: typeof SocketIOClientStatic,
         client: IClient,
         url: string,
         logger: ITelemetryLogger,
diff --git a/tools/build-tools/src/fluidBuild/npmDepChecker.ts b/tools/build-tools/src/fluidBuild/npmDepChecker.ts
index ef02ae658c7b..82233e64ac38 100644
--- a/tools/build-tools/src/fluidBuild/npmDepChecker.ts
+++ b/tools/build-tools/src/fluidBuild/npmDepChecker.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ interface DepCheckRecord {
 };
 
 export class NpmDepChecker {
-    // @types/socket.io-client is references in the tsconfig.json
-    private readonly foundTypes: string[] = ["@types/socket.io-client", "@types/node", "@types/expect-puppeteer", "@types/jest-environment-puppeteer"];
+    private readonly foundTypes: string[] = ["@types/node", "@types/expect-puppeteer", "@types/jest-environment-puppeteer"];
     // hjs is implicitly used
     private readonly ignored = ["hjs", ...this.foundTypes];
     // list of packages that should always in the devDependencies