diff --git a/.changeset/sharp-carpets-perform.md b/.changeset/sharp-carpets-perform.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60ae3df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sharp-carpets-perform.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@fake-scope/fake-pkg": patch
+---
+
+fix: resolve circular imports in worker
diff --git a/packages/eslint-mdx/src/helpers.ts b/packages/eslint-mdx/src/helpers.ts
index 0aba3ab7..e3f6387d 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-mdx/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-mdx/src/helpers.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,9 @@ import path from 'node:path'
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 
 import type { Position } from 'acorn'
-import { createSyncFn } from 'synckit'
 import type { Point } from 'unist'
 
-import type {
-  NormalPosition,
-  WorkerOptions,
-  WorkerParseResult,
-  WorkerProcessResult,
-} from './types'
+import type { NormalPosition } from './types'
 
 export const last = <T>(items: T[] | readonly T[]) =>
   items && items[items.length - 1]
@@ -221,10 +215,3 @@ export const nextCharOffsetFactory = (text: string) => {
     }
   }
 }
-
-const workerPath = require.resolve('./worker')
-
-export const performSyncWork = createSyncFn(workerPath) as ((
-  options: Omit<WorkerOptions, 'process'>,
-) => WorkerParseResult) &
-  ((options: WorkerOptions & { process: true }) => WorkerProcessResult)
diff --git a/packages/eslint-mdx/src/index.ts b/packages/eslint-mdx/src/index.ts
index af48b808..8e21863d 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-mdx/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-mdx/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export * from './helpers'
 export * from './parser'
+export * from './sync'
 export * from './types'
diff --git a/packages/eslint-mdx/src/parser.ts b/packages/eslint-mdx/src/parser.ts
index c52ed28a..4072eb3f 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-mdx/src/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/eslint-mdx/src/parser.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,8 @@ import path from 'node:path'
 import type { Linter } from 'eslint'
 import type { VFileMessage } from 'vfile-message'
 
-import {
-  arrayify,
-  normalizePosition,
-  performSyncWork,
-  getPhysicalFilename,
-} from './helpers'
+import { arrayify, normalizePosition, getPhysicalFilename } from './helpers'
+import { performSyncWork } from './sync'
 import type { ParserOptions, WorkerParseResult } from './types'
 
 export const DEFAULT_EXTENSIONS: readonly string[] = ['.mdx']
diff --git a/packages/eslint-mdx/src/sync.ts b/packages/eslint-mdx/src/sync.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f301ac83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/eslint-mdx/src/sync.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { createSyncFn } from 'synckit'
+
+import type {
+  WorkerOptions,
+  WorkerParseResult,
+  WorkerProcessResult,
+} from './types'
+
+const workerPath = require.resolve('./worker')
+
+export const performSyncWork = createSyncFn(workerPath) as ((
+  options: Omit<WorkerOptions, 'process'>,
+) => WorkerParseResult) &
+  ((options: WorkerOptions & { process: true }) => WorkerProcessResult)