diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/cli.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/cli.js
index 39463cc8111d4..27a761f9a4a68 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/cli.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/cli.js
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import { Box, Static } from "ink"
 import isTTY from "../../../util/is-tty"
 import { trackBuildError } from "gatsby-telemetry"
 
-import Spinner from "../ink/components/spinner"
+import { Spinner } from "../ink/components/spinner"
 import { ProgressBar } from "../ink/components/progress-bar"
-
 import { Message } from "../ink/components/messages"
 import Error from "./components/error"
 import Develop from "../ink/components/develop"
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/components/spinner.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/components/spinner.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f429f4a2b327e..0000000000000
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/components/spinner.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import React from "react"
-import { Box } from "ink"
-import Spinner from "ink-spinner"
-
-export default function Activity({ text, statusText }) {
-  let label = text
-  if (statusText) {
-    label += ` — ${statusText}`
-  }
-
-  return (
-    <Box>
-      <Spinner type="dots" /> {label}
-    </Box>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/components/spinner.tsx b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/components/spinner.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aebe30f001226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/reporter/loggers/ink/components/spinner.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import React from "react"
+import { Box } from "ink"
+import InkSpinner from "ink-spinner"
+
+interface IProps {
+  text: string
+  statusText?: string
+}
+export function Spinner({ text, statusText }: IProps): JSX.Element {
+  let label = text
+  if (statusText) {
+    label += ` — ${statusText}`
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Box>
+      <InkSpinner type="dots" /> {label}
+    </Box>
+  )
+}