diff --git a/apps/api-extractor/src/analyzer/ExportAnalyzer.ts b/apps/api-extractor/src/analyzer/ExportAnalyzer.ts
index 5268cc8eb16..f90db96bf45 100644
--- a/apps/api-extractor/src/analyzer/ExportAnalyzer.ts
+++ b/apps/api-extractor/src/analyzer/ExportAnalyzer.ts
@@ -265,7 +265,11 @@ export class ExportAnalyzer {
       : importOrExportDeclaration.moduleSpecifier;
     const mode: ts.ModuleKind.CommonJS | ts.ModuleKind.ESNext | undefined =
       specifier && ts.isStringLiteralLike(specifier)
-        ? TypeScriptInternals.getModeForUsageLocation(importOrExportDeclaration.getSourceFile(), specifier)
+        ? TypeScriptInternals.getModeForUsageLocation(
+            importOrExportDeclaration.getSourceFile(),
+            specifier,
+            this._program.getCompilerOptions()
+          )
         : undefined;
 
     const resolvedModule: ts.ResolvedModuleFull | undefined = TypeScriptInternals.getResolvedModule(
@@ -905,7 +909,8 @@ export class ExportAnalyzer {
       ts.isStringLiteralLike(importOrExportDeclaration.moduleSpecifier)
         ? TypeScriptInternals.getModeForUsageLocation(
             importOrExportDeclaration.getSourceFile(),
-            importOrExportDeclaration.moduleSpecifier
+            importOrExportDeclaration.moduleSpecifier,
+            this._program.getCompilerOptions()
           )
         : undefined;
     const resolvedModule: ts.ResolvedModuleFull | undefined = TypeScriptInternals.getResolvedModule(
diff --git a/apps/api-extractor/src/analyzer/TypeScriptInternals.ts b/apps/api-extractor/src/analyzer/TypeScriptInternals.ts
index eeb8e1b4df0..f3c771d9118 100644
--- a/apps/api-extractor/src/analyzer/TypeScriptInternals.ts
+++ b/apps/api-extractor/src/analyzer/TypeScriptInternals.ts
@@ -102,12 +102,13 @@ export class TypeScriptInternals {
    */
   public static getModeForUsageLocation(
     file: { impliedNodeFormat?: ts.SourceFile['impliedNodeFormat'] },
-    usage: ts.StringLiteralLike | undefined
+    usage: ts.StringLiteralLike,
+    compilerOptions: ts.CompilerOptions
   ): ts.ModuleKind.CommonJS | ts.ModuleKind.ESNext | undefined {
     // Compiler internal:
     // https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/blob/v4.7.2/src/compiler/program.ts#L568
 
-    return (ts as any).getModeForUsageLocation?.(file, usage);
+    return ts.getModeForUsageLocation?.(file, usage, compilerOptions);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/common/changes/@microsoft/api-extractor/fix-5.6_2024-10-14-19-47.json b/common/changes/@microsoft/api-extractor/fix-5.6_2024-10-14-19-47.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a11c78a8580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@microsoft/api-extractor/fix-5.6_2024-10-14-19-47.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@microsoft/api-extractor",
+      "comment": "Fix a compatibility issue with usage of `getModeForUsageLocation` in TypeScript 5.6",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@microsoft/api-extractor"
+}
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