diff --git a/server/plugins/changelog.ts b/server/plugins/changelog.ts
index 731027ac..f095e201 100644
--- a/server/plugins/changelog.ts
+++ b/server/plugins/changelog.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import log from "../log";
 import pkg from "../../package.json";
 import ClientManager from "../clientManager";
 import Config from "../config";
+import {SharedChangelogData} from "../../shared/types/changelog";
 
 const TIME_TO_LIVE = 15 * 60 * 1000; // 15 minutes, in milliseconds
 
@@ -12,23 +13,7 @@ export default {
 	fetch,
 	checkForUpdates,
 };
-export type ChangelogData = {
-	current: {
-		prerelease: boolean;
-		version: string;
-		changelog?: string;
-		url: string;
-	};
-	expiresAt: number;
-	latest?: {
-		prerelease: boolean;
-		version: string;
-		url: string;
-	};
-	packages?: boolean;
-};
-
-const versions: ChangelogData = {
+const versions: SharedChangelogData = {
 	current: {
 		prerelease: false,
 		version: `v${pkg.version}`,
@@ -36,6 +21,8 @@ const versions: ChangelogData = {
 		url: "", // TODO: properly init
 	},
 	expiresAt: -1,
+	latest: undefined,
+	packages: undefined,
 };
 
 async function fetch() {
diff --git a/shared/types/changelog.ts b/shared/types/changelog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43e6d66a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/types/changelog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+export type SharedChangelogData = {
+	current: {
+		prerelease: boolean;
+		version: string;
+		changelog?: string;
+		url: string;
+	};
+	expiresAt: number;
+	latest?: {
+		prerelease: boolean;
+		version: string;
+		url: string;
+	};
+	packages?: boolean;
+};
diff --git a/shared/types/socket-events.d.ts b/shared/types/socket-events.d.ts
index 7d5a5c98..55df9be1 100644
--- a/shared/types/socket-events.d.ts
+++ b/shared/types/socket-events.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {SharedMention} from "../../shared/types/mention";
 import {ChanState} from "../../shared/types/chan";
 import {SharedMsg, ClientMessage} from "../../shared/types/msg";
 import {SharedUser} from "../../shared/types/user";
-import {ChangelogData} from "../plugins/changelog";
+import {SharedChangelogData} from "../../shared/types/changelog";
 import {LinkPreview} from "../plugins/irc-events/link";
 import {ClientConfiguration} from "../server";
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ interface ServerToClientEvents {
 
 	"upload:auth": (token: string) => void;
 
-	changelog: (data: ChangelogData) => void;
+	changelog: (data: SharedChangelogData) => void;
 	"changelog:newversion": () => void;
 
 	"channel:state": (data: {chan: number; state: ChanState}) => void;