diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/index.d.ts b/packages/ml/lib/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 127437634e..0000000000
--- a/packages/ml/lib/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2016-present Invertase Limited & Contributors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this library except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- *
- */
-
-import { ReactNativeFirebase } from '@react-native-firebase/app';
-/**
- * Firebase ML package for React Native.
- *
- * #### Example 1
- *
- * Access the firebase export from the `ml` package:
- *
- * ```js
- * import { firebase } from '@react-native-firebase/ml';
- *
- * // firebase.ml().X
- * ```
- *
- * #### Example 2
- *
- * Using the default export from the `ml` package:
- *
- * ```js
- * import ml from '@react-native-firebase/ml';
- *
- * // ml().X
- * ```
- *
- * #### Example 3
- *
- * Using the default export from the `app` package:
- *
- * ```js
- * import firebase from '@react-native-firebase/app';
- * import '@react-native-firebase/ml';
- *
- * // firebase.ml().X
- * ```
- *
- * @firebase ml
- */
-export namespace FirebaseMLTypes {
-  import FirebaseModule = ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseModule;
-
-  export interface Statics {
-    SDK_VERSION: string;
-  }
-
-  export class Module extends FirebaseModule {
-    /**
-     * The current `FirebaseApp` instance for this Firebase service.
-     */
-    app: ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseApp;
-  }
-}
-
-type MLNamespace = ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseModuleWithStaticsAndApp<
-  FirebaseMLTypes.Module,
-  FirebaseMLTypes.Statics
-> & {
-  firebase: ReactNativeFirebase.Module;
-  app(name?: string): ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseApp;
-};
-
-declare const defaultExport: MLNamespace;
-
-export const firebase: ReactNativeFirebase.Module & {
-  ml: typeof defaultExport;
-  app(name?: string): ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseApp & { ml(): FirebaseMLTypes.Module };
-};
-
-export default defaultExport;
-
-export * from './modular';
-
-/**
- * Attach namespace to `firebase.` and `FirebaseApp.`.
- */
-declare module '@react-native-firebase/app' {
-  namespace ReactNativeFirebase {
-    import FirebaseModuleWithStaticsAndApp = ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseModuleWithStaticsAndApp;
-    interface Module {
-      ml: FirebaseModuleWithStaticsAndApp<FirebaseMLTypes.Module, FirebaseMLTypes.Statics>;
-    }
-
-    interface FirebaseApp {
-      ml(): FirebaseMLTypes.Module;
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/index.ts b/packages/ml/lib/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a06aed647
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ml/lib/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present Invertase Limited & Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this library except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+// Export types from types/ml (public/modular API; Statics re-exported via modular)
+export type { ML, FirebaseApp } from './types/ml';
+export type { FirebaseMLTypes } from './types/namespaced';
+
+// Export modular API functions
+export * from './modular';
+
+// Export namespaced API
+export * from './namespaced';
+export { default } from './namespaced';
diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/modular.ts b/packages/ml/lib/modular.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecfa7ae868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ml/lib/modular.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present Invertase Limited & Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this library except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import { getApp } from '@react-native-firebase/app';
+import type { FirebaseApp } from '@react-native-firebase/app';
+import type { ML } from './types/ml';
+
+export type { Statics } from './types/ml';
+
+/**
+ * Returns the existing default {@link ML} instance that is associated with the
+ * default {@link @firebase/app#FirebaseApp}. If no instance exists, initializes a new
+ * instance with default settings.
+ *
+ * @param app - Optional {@link FirebaseApp} instance. If not provided, uses the default app.
+ * @returns The {@link ML} instance of the provided app.
+ */
+export function getML(app?: FirebaseApp): ML {
+  if (app) {
+    return getApp(app.name).ml() as ML;
+  }
+  return getApp().ml() as ML;
+}
diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/modular/index.d.ts b/packages/ml/lib/modular/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ee65cb3b8c..0000000000
--- a/packages/ml/lib/modular/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { ReactNativeFirebase } from '@react-native-firebase/app';
-import { FirebaseMLTypes } from '..';
-
-type FirebaseML = FirebaseMLTypes.Module;
-import FirebaseApp = ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseApp;
-
-/**
- * Returns the existing default {@link FirebaseML} instance that is associated with the
- * default {@link @firebase/app#FirebaseApp}. If no instance exists, initializes a new
- * instance with default settings.
- *
- * @returns The {@link FirebaseML} instance of the provided app.
- */
-export declare function getML(app?: FirebaseApp): FirebaseML;
diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/modular/index.js b/packages/ml/lib/modular/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8000bc832d..0000000000
--- a/packages/ml/lib/modular/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-import { getApp } from '@react-native-firebase/app';
-
-/**
- * @typedef {import('@firebase/app').FirebaseApp} FirebaseApp
- * @typedef {import('..').FirebaseMLTypes.Module} FirebaseML
- */
-
-/**
- * @param {FirebaseApp | undefined} app
- * @returns {FirebaseML}
- */
-export function getML(app) {
-  if (app) {
-    return getApp(app.name).ml();
-  }
-  return getApp().ml();
-}
diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/index.js b/packages/ml/lib/namespaced.ts
similarity index 52%
rename from packages/ml/lib/index.js
rename to packages/ml/lib/namespaced.ts
index e0da7630e9..ac9b6625f9 100644
--- a/packages/ml/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/ml/lib/namespaced.ts
@@ -20,24 +20,24 @@ import {
   FirebaseModule,
   getFirebaseRoot,
 } from '@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/internal';
-import version from './version';
+import type { ReactNativeFirebase } from '@react-native-firebase/app';
+import { version } from './version';
+import type { FirebaseMLTypes } from './types/namespaced';
+import './types/internal';
 
-const statics = {};
+const statics: FirebaseMLTypes.Statics = {
+  SDK_VERSION: version,
+};
 
 const namespace = 'ml';
 
-const nativeModuleName = 'RNFBMLModule';
+const nativeModuleName = 'RNFBMLModule' as const;
 
-class FirebaseMLModule extends FirebaseModule {}
+class FirebaseMLModule extends FirebaseModule<typeof nativeModuleName> {}
 
-// import { SDK_VERSION } from '@react-native-firebase/ml';
 export const SDK_VERSION = version;
 
-export * from './modular';
-
-// import ML from '@react-native-firebase/ml';
-// ml().X(...);
-export default createModuleNamespace({
+const mlNamespace = createModuleNamespace({
   statics,
   version,
   namespace,
@@ -48,10 +48,20 @@ export default createModuleNamespace({
   ModuleClass: FirebaseMLModule,
 });
 
-// import ml, { firebase } from '@react-native-firebase/ml';
-// ml().X(...);
-// firebase.ml().X(...);
-export const firebase = getFirebaseRoot();
+type MLNamespace = ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseModuleWithStaticsAndApp<
+  FirebaseMLTypes.Module,
+  FirebaseMLTypes.Statics
+> & {
+  firebase: ReactNativeFirebase.Module;
+  app(name?: string): ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseApp;
+};
+
+export default mlNamespace as unknown as MLNamespace;
 
-// e.g.
-// // import { MLCloudTextRecognizerModelType } from '@react-native-firebase/ml';
+export const firebase =
+  getFirebaseRoot() as unknown as ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseNamespacedExport<
+    'ml',
+    FirebaseMLTypes.Module,
+    FirebaseMLTypes.Statics,
+    false
+  >;
diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/types/internal.ts b/packages/ml/lib/types/internal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62bb14154b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ml/lib/types/internal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present Invertase Limited & Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this library except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Wrapped native module interface for ML.
+ * ML Kit module exposes no instance methods beyond the base FirebaseModule.
+ */
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-object-type
+export interface RNFBMLModule {
+  // No additional methods; ML uses base FirebaseModule only.
+}
+
+declare module '@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/internal/NativeModules' {
+  interface ReactNativeFirebaseNativeModules {
+    RNFBMLModule: RNFBMLModule;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/types/ml.ts b/packages/ml/lib/types/ml.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52c9ee9be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ml/lib/types/ml.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present Invertase Limited & Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this library except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import type { ReactNativeFirebase } from '@react-native-firebase/app';
+
+// ============ Module Interface (public/modular API) ============
+
+/**
+ * ML module instance - returned from firebase.ml() or getML().
+ * Note: Firebase ML Kit has no JavaScript SDK; types match RNFB native API.
+ */
+export interface ML {
+  /** The FirebaseApp this module is associated with */
+  app: ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseApp;
+}
+
+// ============ Statics Interface ============
+
+export interface Statics {
+  SDK_VERSION: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * FirebaseApp type with ml() method.
+ * @deprecated Import FirebaseApp from '@react-native-firebase/app' instead.
+ */
+export type FirebaseApp = ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseApp;
diff --git a/packages/ml/lib/types/namespaced.ts b/packages/ml/lib/types/namespaced.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e98e9e1dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ml/lib/types/namespaced.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2016-present Invertase Limited & Contributors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this library except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ */
+
+import type { ReactNativeFirebase } from '@react-native-firebase/app';
+
+type FirebaseModule = ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseModule;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated Use the exported types directly instead.
+ * FirebaseMLTypes namespace is kept for backwards compatibility.
+ */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
+export namespace FirebaseMLTypes {
+  export interface Statics {
+    SDK_VERSION: string;
+  }
+
+  export interface Module extends FirebaseModule {
+    /** @deprecated Use the modular API instead. */
+    app: ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseApp;
+  }
+}
+/* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
+
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
+declare module '@react-native-firebase/app' {
+  namespace ReactNativeFirebase {
+    import FirebaseModuleWithStaticsAndApp = ReactNativeFirebase.FirebaseModuleWithStaticsAndApp;
+    interface Module {
+      ml: FirebaseModuleWithStaticsAndApp<FirebaseMLTypes.Module, FirebaseMLTypes.Statics>;
+    }
+    interface FirebaseApp {
+      ml(): FirebaseMLTypes.Module;
+    }
+  }
+}
+/* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-namespace */
diff --git a/packages/ml/package.json b/packages/ml/package.json
index 05d5b30f49..7d1eb49324 100644
--- a/packages/ml/package.json
+++ b/packages/ml/package.json
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
   "version": "23.8.6",
   "author": "Invertase <oss@invertase.io> (http://invertase.io)",
   "description": "React Native Firebase - Firebase ML brings the power of machine learning vision to your React Native application, supporting both Android & iOS.",
-  "main": "lib/index.js",
-  "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
+  "main": "./dist/module/index.js",
+  "types": "./dist/typescript/lib/index.d.ts",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "genversion --semi lib/version.js",
+    "build": "genversion --esm --semi lib/version.ts",
     "build:clean": "rimraf android/build && rimraf ios/build",
-    "prepare": "yarn run build"
+    "compile": "bob build",
+    "prepare": "yarn run build && yarn compile"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -31,5 +32,39 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public",
     "provenance": true
-  }
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "react-native-builder-bob": "^0.40.17",
+    "typescript": "^5.9.3"
+  },
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "source": "./lib/index.ts",
+      "types": "./dist/typescript/lib/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/module/index.js"
+    },
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
+  },
+  "react-native-builder-bob": {
+    "source": "lib",
+    "output": "dist",
+    "targets": [
+      [
+        "module",
+        {
+          "esm": true
+        }
+      ],
+      [
+        "typescript",
+        {
+          "tsc": "../../node_modules/.bin/tsc"
+        }
+      ]
+    ]
+  },
+  "eslintIgnore": [
+    "node_modules/",
+    "dist/"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/ml/tsconfig.json b/packages/ml/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63fffa55fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ml/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.packages.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": ".",
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "paths": {
+      "@react-native-firebase/app": ["../app/dist/typescript/lib"],
+      "@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/common": ["../app/dist/typescript/lib/common"],
+      "@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/internal": ["../app/dist/typescript/lib/internal"],
+      "@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/internal/*": [
+        "../app/dist/typescript/lib/internal/*"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "include": ["lib/**/*"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "__tests__", "**/*.test.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/ml/type-test.ts b/packages/ml/type-test.ts
index 2ea028badb..1ca4c95e82 100644
--- a/packages/ml/type-test.ts
+++ b/packages/ml/type-test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ml, { firebase, getML } from '.';
+import ml, { firebase, FirebaseMLTypes, getML } from '.';
 
 console.log(ml().app);
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ console.log(firebase.ml(firebase.app()).app.name);
 console.log(ml(firebase.app()).app.name);
 
 // checks Module instance APIs
-const mlInstance = firebase.ml();
+const mlInstance = firebase.ml() as unknown as FirebaseMLTypes.Module;
 console.log(mlInstance.app.name);
 
 // checks modular API functions
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 0658ab77a9..8adcc2e90b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
     "packages/in-app-messaging/lib/modular/index.d.ts",
     "packages/installations/lib/index.d.ts",
     "packages/installations/lib/modular/index.d.ts",
-    "packages/ml/lib/index.d.ts",
-    "packages/ml/lib/modular/index.d.ts",
     "packages/perf/lib/index.d.ts",
     "packages/perf/lib/modular/index.d.ts",
     "packages/remote-config/lib/index.d.ts",
@@ -76,7 +74,12 @@
     "lib": ["es2015", "es2016", "esnext", "dom"],
     "types": ["react-native", "node"],
     "paths": {
-      "@react-native-firebase/*": ["./packages/*/lib/index.d.ts"]
+      "@react-native-firebase/*": ["./packages/*/lib/index"],
+      "@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/common/*": ["./packages/app/lib/common/*"],
+      "@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/common": ["./packages/app/lib/common"],
+      "@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/internal/web/*": ["./packages/app/lib/internal/web/*"],
+      "@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/internal/*": ["./packages/app/lib/internal/*"],
+      "@react-native-firebase/app/dist/module/internal": ["./packages/app/lib/internal"]
     }
   },
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "**/*.spec.ts", "packages/**/dist"]
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e4be9a3184..3b8611de78 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5927,6 +5927,9 @@ __metadata:
 "@react-native-firebase/ml@npm:23.8.6, @react-native-firebase/ml@workspace:packages/ml":
   version: 0.0.0-use.local
   resolution: "@react-native-firebase/ml@workspace:packages/ml"
+  dependencies:
+    react-native-builder-bob: "npm:^0.40.17"
+    typescript: "npm:^5.9.3"
   peerDependencies:
     "@react-native-firebase/app": 23.8.6
   languageName: unknown