diff --git a/packages/core/src/serialization/ModelXmlSerializer.ts b/packages/core/src/serialization/ModelXmlSerializer.ts
index 135e0eea65..0016947d2b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/serialization/ModelXmlSerializer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/serialization/ModelXmlSerializer.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import { registerModelCodecs } from './register';
 import { getPrettyXml, parseXml } from '../util/xmlUtils';
-import { Codec } from '../index';
+import Codec from './Codec';
 import type GraphDataModel from '../view/GraphDataModel';
 
 /**