diff --git a/src/cron/service/run-receipts.ts b/src/cron/service/run-receipts.ts
index 921598d96a86..fa9cfe34450c 100644
--- a/src/cron/service/run-receipts.ts
+++ b/src/cron/service/run-receipts.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import type { CronStoreTransactionHooks } from "../store.js";
 import {
   assertCronRunReceiptCurrent,
   assertCronRunReceiptCurrentInDatabase,
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   type CronRunReceiptHandle,
   type CronRunReceiptStatus,
 } from "../store/run-receipt-store.js";
+import type { CronStoreTransactionHooks } from "../store/transaction-hooks.js";
 import type { CronJob, CronRunStatus } from "../types.js";
 import { resolveEffectiveJobAgentId } from "./ops-shared.js";
 import type { CronServiceState } from "./state.js";
diff --git a/src/cron/service/store.ts b/src/cron/service/store.ts
index 9ae05b5c4a29..9b99a99dd822 100644
--- a/src/cron/service/store.ts
+++ b/src/cron/service/store.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import {
   getCronJobsStoreRevision,
   loadCronJobsStoreWithConfigJobs,
   saveCronJobsStore,
-  type CronStoreTransactionHooks,
   type QuarantinedCronConfigJob,
 } from "../store.js";
+import type { CronStoreTransactionHooks } from "../store/transaction-hooks.js";
 import type { CronJob, CronStoreFile } from "../types.js";
 import { computeJobNextRunAtMs, recomputeNextRuns } from "./jobs-scheduling.js";
 import { assertTimeScheduleSatisfiable } from "./jobs-validation.js";
diff --git a/src/cron/store.ts b/src/cron/store.ts
index 96db2571712d..3ef9c9661d3b 100644
--- a/src/cron/store.ts
+++ b/src/cron/store.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   repairCronRuntimeAuthorityRows,
   replaceCronRuntimeAuthorityRows,
 } from "./store/runtime-authority-store.js";
+import type { CronStoreTransactionHooks } from "./store/transaction-hooks.js";
 import type {
   CronQuarantinedJob,
   LoadedCronStore,
@@ -236,13 +237,6 @@ type SaveCronStoreOptions = {
   stateOnly?: boolean;
 };
 
-export type CronStoreTransactionHooks = {
-  /** Runs inside the authoritative write transaction before cron rows change. */
-  beforeWrite?: (db: DatabaseSync) => void;
-  /** Runs after row changes but before the same transaction commits. */
-  afterWrite?: (db: DatabaseSync) => void;
-};
-
 type SaveCronJobsStoreOptions = SaveCronStoreOptions & {
   quarantine?: {
     entries: readonly (QuarantinedCronConfigJob | CronQuarantinedJob)[];
diff --git a/src/cron/store/transaction-hooks.ts b/src/cron/store/transaction-hooks.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ac426a782cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cron/store/transaction-hooks.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import type { DatabaseSync } from "node:sqlite";
+
+export type CronStoreTransactionHooks = {
+  beforeWrite?: (db: DatabaseSync) => void;
+  afterWrite?: (db: DatabaseSync) => void;
+};