diff --git a/packages/joint-react/src/components/paper/paper.types.ts b/packages/joint-react/src/components/paper/paper.types.ts
index 00f8866ef0..7947d6db7f 100644
--- a/packages/joint-react/src/components/paper/paper.types.ts
+++ b/packages/joint-react/src/components/paper/paper.types.ts
@@ -44,13 +44,16 @@ export type DefaultLink =
   | ((context: DefaultLinkParams) => dia.Link | Partial<LinkRecord>)
   | Partial<LinkRecord>;
 
+/** Raw `dia.Paper.Options` passthrough — the type of the `options` escape-hatch prop. */
+export type PaperOptions = dia.Paper.Options;
+
 /**
  * Officially supported Paper options. Pass-through props inherit their exact
  * native types via indexed access (`dia.Paper.Options['name']`), so any
  * type-level change in JointJS propagates automatically. Anything not listed
  * here is reachable via the `options` escape hatch, never implicitly exposed.
  */
-export interface PortalPaperOptions {
+export interface PaperSupportedOptions {
   // ── Wrapped (structured) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
   /**
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ export interface PortalPaperOptions {
    * (`async`, `sorting`, `viewManagement`, `frozen`, `autoFreeze`) — the
    * portal rendering depends on their set values.
    */
-  readonly options?: dia.Paper.Options;
+  readonly options?: PaperOptions;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -237,7 +240,7 @@ export type RenderLink<LinkData = unknown> = (data: LinkData) => ReactNode;
  * use the `usePaperEvents` hook.
  * @see https://docs.jointjs.com/api/dia/Paper
  */
-export interface PaperProps extends PortalPaperOptions, PropsWithChildren, PaperEventHandlers {
+export interface PaperProps extends PaperSupportedOptions, PropsWithChildren, PaperEventHandlers {
   /**
    * A function that renders the element.
    *
diff --git a/packages/joint-react/src/hooks/use-create-portal-paper.tsx b/packages/joint-react/src/hooks/use-create-portal-paper.tsx
index c0e9a2b618..9aff129efc 100644
--- a/packages/joint-react/src/hooks/use-create-portal-paper.tsx
+++ b/packages/joint-react/src/hooks/use-create-portal-paper.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { useCallback, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react';
 import type { LinkRecord } from '../types/cell.types';
 import type { PaperStore } from '../store';
 import { ReactPaper } from '../mvc/react-paper';
-import type { PaperProps, PortalPaperOptions, RenderLink } from '../components/paper/paper.types';
+import type { DefaultLink, PaperProps, RenderLink } from '../components/paper/paper.types';
 import { HTMLBox } from '../components/html-box';
 
 import { mapLinkToAttributes } from '../state/data-mapping';
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function getLinkModelConstructor(graph: dia.Graph): LinkModelConstructor {
  * into JointJS link model instances.
  * @param defaultLink
  */
-function createDefaultLinkCallback(defaultLink: PortalPaperOptions['defaultLink']) {
+function createDefaultLinkCallback(defaultLink: DefaultLink | undefined) {
   // Guard for JS callers (TS already forbids it): a raw `dia.Link` instance
   // would force defensive `.clone()` on every connection and silently couple
   // every created link to one mutable model. Require a factory instead.
diff --git a/packages/joint-react/src/index.ts b/packages/joint-react/src/index.ts
index 465e939589..02f52d1b67 100644
--- a/packages/joint-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/joint-react/src/index.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type { IncrementalCellsChange } from './store/graph-projection';
 export { Paper } from './components/paper/paper';
 export type {
   PaperProps,
+  PaperOptions,
   PaperTransform,
   RenderElement,
   RenderLink,