diff --git a/types/node/crypto.d.ts b/types/node/crypto.d.ts
index 3d5aa3c5e582b4..e1ce8f327d142a 100644
--- a/types/node/crypto.d.ts
+++ b/types/node/crypto.d.ts
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ declare module "node:crypto" {
      * and it will be impossible to extract the private key from the returned object.
      * @since v11.6.0
      */
-    function createPublicKey(key: PublicKeyInput | RawPublicKeyInput | JsonWebKeyInput | BinaryLike): KeyObject;
+    function createPublicKey(key: PublicKeyInput | RawPublicKeyInput | JsonWebKeyInput | KeyLike): KeyObject;
     /**
      * Creates and returns a new key object containing a secret key for symmetric
      * encryption or `Hmac`.
diff --git a/types/node/node-tests/crypto.ts b/types/node/node-tests/crypto.ts
index af883c1af8f2b3..bbcec96234d3ea 100644
--- a/types/node/node-tests/crypto.ts
+++ b/types/node/node-tests/crypto.ts
@@ -1189,6 +1189,11 @@ import { promisify } from "node:util";
     });
 }
 
+{
+    let privateKey!: crypto.KeyObject;
+    crypto.createPublicKey(privateKey);
+}
+
 {
     crypto.createSecretKey(Buffer.from("asdf"));
     crypto.createSecretKey(new Uint8Array(128));