diff --git a/.changeset/weak-bears-cover.md b/.changeset/weak-bears-cover.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..02dda535e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/weak-bears-cover.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/clerk-sdk-node': minor
+---
+
+Fix error thrown for undefined `Clerk` in case of using default clerkClient from `@clerk/clerk-sdk-node` without secretKey caused by replaced import.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/sdk-node/src/clerkClient.ts b/packages/sdk-node/src/clerkClient.ts
index f29ef9478a..f1e451dcd1 100644
--- a/packages/sdk-node/src/clerkClient.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk-node/src/clerkClient.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export function createClerkClient(options: ClerkOptions): ClerkClient {
 let clerkClientSingleton = {} as unknown as ReturnType<typeof createClerkClient>;
 
 export const clerkClient = new Proxy(clerkClientSingleton, {
-  get(_target, property) {
+  get(_target, property: string) {
     const hasBeenInitialised = !!clerkClientSingleton.authenticateRequest;
     if (hasBeenInitialised) {
       // @ts-expect-error - Element implicitly has an 'any' type because expression of type 'string | symbol' can't be used to index type 'ExtendedClerk'.
@@ -40,13 +40,14 @@ export const clerkClient = new Proxy(clerkClientSingleton, {
 
     const env = { ...loadApiEnv(), ...loadClientEnv() };
     if (env.secretKey) {
-      clerkClientSingleton = createClerkClient({ ...env, userAgent: '@clerk/clerk-sdk-node' });
+      clerkClientSingleton = createClerkClient({ ...env, userAgent: PACKAGE_NAME });
       // @ts-expect-error - Element implicitly has an 'any' type because expression of type 'string | symbol' can't be used to index type 'ExtendedClerk'.
       return clerkClientSingleton[property];
     }
 
+    const c = createClerkClient({ ...env, userAgent: PACKAGE_NAME });
     // @ts-expect-error - Element implicitly has an 'any' type because expression of type 'string | symbol' can't be used to index type 'ExtendedClerk'.
-    return Clerk({ ...env, userAgent: '@clerk/clerk-sdk-node' })[property];
+    return c[property];
   },
   set() {
     return false;