diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/package.json b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/package.json
index f36333c4daa8..68012d36269b 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/package.json
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "apollo-server": "^3.11.1",
     "axios": "^0.27.2",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
+    "cron": "^3.1.6",
     "express": "^4.17.3",
     "graphql": "^16.3.0",
     "http-terminator": "^3.2.0",
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/scenario.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/scenario.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..71b005d4dfd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/scenario.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node';
+import { CronJob } from 'cron';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+const CronJobWithCheckIn = Sentry.cron.instrumentCron(CronJob, 'my-cron-job');
+
+setTimeout(() => {
+  process.exit(0);
+}, 1_000);
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/test.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b768599cd215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/suites/cron/node-cron/test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { cleanupChildProcesses, createRunner } from '../../../utils/runner';
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  cleanupChildProcesses();
+});
+
+test('node-cron types should match', done => {
+  createRunner(__dirname, 'scenario.ts').ensureNoErrorOutput().start(done);
+});
diff --git a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/utils/runner.ts b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/utils/runner.ts
index 1831761c3181..31969452ba74 100644
--- a/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/utils/runner.ts
+++ b/dev-packages/node-integration-tests/utils/runner.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export function createRunner(...paths: string[]) {
   const flags: string[] = [];
   const ignored: EnvelopeItemType[] = [];
   let withSentryServer = false;
+  let ensureNoErrorOutput = false;
 
   if (testPath.endsWith('.ts')) {
     flags.push('-r', 'ts-node/register');
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ export function createRunner(...paths: string[]) {
       ignored.push(...types);
       return this;
     },
+    ensureNoErrorOutput: function () {
+      ensureNoErrorOutput = true;
+      return this;
+    },
     start: function (done?: (e?: unknown) => void) {
       const expectedEnvelopeCount = expectedEnvelopes.length;
 
@@ -190,8 +195,19 @@ export function createRunner(...paths: string[]) {
 
         CHILD_PROCESSES.add(child);
 
+        if (ensureNoErrorOutput) {
+          child.stderr.on('data', (data: Buffer) => {
+            const output = data.toString();
+            complete(new Error(`Expected no error output but got: '${output}'`));
+          });
+        }
+
         child.on('close', () => {
           hasExited = true;
+
+          if (ensureNoErrorOutput) {
+            complete();
+          }
         });
 
         // Pass error to done to end the test quickly
diff --git a/packages/node/src/cron/cron.ts b/packages/node/src/cron/cron.ts
index 88a3e9e58eb5..2540d82e736b 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/cron/cron.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/cron/cron.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@ export type CronJobParams = {
   start?: boolean | null;
   context?: unknown;
   runOnInit?: boolean | null;
-  utcOffset?: number;
-  timeZone?: string;
   unrefTimeout?: boolean | null;
-};
+} & (
+  | {
+      timeZone?: string | null;
+      utcOffset?: never;
+    }
+  | {
+      timeZone?: never;
+      utcOffset?: number | null;
+    }
+);
 
 export type CronJob = {
   //
@@ -28,6 +35,17 @@ export type CronJobConstructor = {
     timeZone?: CronJobParams['timeZone'],
     context?: CronJobParams['context'],
     runOnInit?: CronJobParams['runOnInit'],
+    utcOffset?: null,
+    unrefTimeout?: CronJobParams['unrefTimeout'],
+  ): CronJob;
+  new (
+    cronTime: CronJobParams['cronTime'],
+    onTick: CronJobParams['onTick'],
+    onComplete?: CronJobParams['onComplete'],
+    start?: CronJobParams['start'],
+    timeZone?: null,
+    context?: CronJobParams['context'],
+    runOnInit?: CronJobParams['runOnInit'],
     utcOffset?: CronJobParams['utcOffset'],
     unrefTimeout?: CronJobParams['unrefTimeout'],
   ): CronJob;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2a082acd3aa5..daeb04398140 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6268,6 +6268,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-5.1.0.tgz#57f228f2b80c046b4a1bd5cac031f81f207f4f03"
   integrity sha512-RaE0B+14ToE4l6UqdarKPnXwVDuigfFv+5j9Dze/Nqr23yyuqdNvzcZi3xB+3Agvi5R4EOgAksfv3lXX4vBt9w==
 
+"@types/luxon@~3.3.0":
+  version "3.3.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/luxon/-/luxon-3.3.8.tgz#84dbf2d020a9209a272058725e168f21d331a67e"
+  integrity sha512-jYvz8UMLDgy3a5SkGJne8H7VA7zPV2Lwohjx0V8V31+SqAjNmurWMkk9cQhfvlcnXWudBpK9xPM1n4rljOcHYQ==
+
 "@types/md5@2.1.33":
   version "2.1.33"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/md5/-/md5-2.1.33.tgz#8c8dba30df4ad0e92296424f08c4898dd808e8df"
@@ -11947,6 +11952,14 @@ critters@0.0.12:
     postcss "^8.3.7"
     pretty-bytes "^5.3.0"
 
+cron@^3.1.6:
+  version "3.1.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cron/-/cron-3.1.6.tgz#e7e1798a468e017c8d31459ecd7c2d088f97346c"
+  integrity sha512-cvFiQCeVzsA+QPM6fhjBtlKGij7tLLISnTSvFxVdnFGLdz+ZdXN37kNe0i2gefmdD17XuZA6n2uPVwzl4FxW/w==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/luxon" "~3.3.0"
+    luxon "~3.4.0"
+
 cross-spawn@^6.0.0, cross-spawn@^6.0.5:
   version "6.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-6.0.5.tgz#4a5ec7c64dfae22c3a14124dbacdee846d80cbc4"
@@ -20696,6 +20709,11 @@ lunr@^2.3.8:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lunr/-/lunr-2.3.9.tgz#18b123142832337dd6e964df1a5a7707b25d35e1"
   integrity sha512-zTU3DaZaF3Rt9rhN3uBMGQD3dD2/vFQqnvZCDv4dl5iOzq2IZQqTxu90r4E5J+nP70J3ilqVCrbho2eWaeW8Ow==
 
+luxon@~3.4.0:
+  version "3.4.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/luxon/-/luxon-3.4.4.tgz#cf20dc27dc532ba41a169c43fdcc0063601577af"
+  integrity sha512-zobTr7akeGHnv7eBOXcRgMeCP6+uyYsczwmeRCauvpvaAltgNyTbLH/+VaEAPUeWBT+1GuNmz4wC/6jtQzbbVA==
+
 lz-string@^1.4.4:
   version "1.4.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lz-string/-/lz-string-1.4.4.tgz#c0d8eaf36059f705796e1e344811cf4c498d3a26"