diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptASTConverter.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptASTConverter.java
index d42b06762463..dfc15e4e4aa1 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptASTConverter.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/ts/extractor/TypeScriptASTConverter.java
@@ -1217,7 +1217,8 @@ private Node convertExportDeclaration(JsonObject node, SourceLocation loc) throw
   }
 
   private Node convertExportSpecifier(JsonObject node, SourceLocation loc) throws ParseError {
-    Identifier local = convertChild(node, hasChild(node, "propertyName") ? "propertyName" : "name");
+    JsonObject localToken = node.get(hasChild(node, "propertyName") ? "propertyName" : "name").getAsJsonObject();
+    Identifier local = convertNodeAsIdentifier(localToken);
     JsonObject exportedToken = node.get("name").getAsJsonObject();
     Identifier exported = convertNodeAsIdentifier(exportedToken);
 
diff --git a/javascript/ql/src/change-notes/2025-01-09-import-spec-strings.md b/javascript/ql/src/change-notes/2025-01-09-import-spec-strings.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..02fd7bdac94e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javascript/ql/src/change-notes/2025-01-09-import-spec-strings.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+category: fix
+---
+* Fixed a TypeScript extractor crash that would occur when encountering an export specifier
+  whose local specifier was a string literal.
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/Modules/arbitrarySpecifier.ts b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/Modules/arbitrarySpecifier.ts
index 8ed0bd8e804b..ab800354e807 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/Modules/arbitrarySpecifier.ts
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/Modules/arbitrarySpecifier.ts
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ import { "Foo::new" as Foo_new } from "./foo.wasm"
 const foo = Foo_new()
 
 export { Foo_new as "Foo::new" }
-export type * as "Foo_types" from './mod'
\ No newline at end of file
+export type * as "Foo_types" from './mod'
+
+export { "<X>" as "<Y>" } from "somewhere";
+export { "<X>" } from "somewhere";
diff --git a/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/Modules/tests.expected b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/Modules/tests.expected
index bf0efddba553..eb3cad032c1e 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/Modules/tests.expected
+++ b/javascript/ql/test/library-tests/Modules/tests.expected
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ test_ExportDeclarations
 | a.js:5:1:5:32 | export  ...  } = o; |
 | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:5:1:5:32 | export  ... :new" } |
 | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:6:1:6:41 | export  ... './mod' |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:8:1:8:43 | export  ... where"; |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:9:1:9:34 | export  ... where"; |
 | b.js:5:1:5:18 | export { f as g }; |
 | b.js:7:1:7:21 | export  ...  './a'; |
 | d.js:4:1:4:20 | export * from 'm/c'; |
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ test_ExportDefaultDeclarations
 | es2015_require.js:3:1:3:25 | export  ... ss C {} |
 test_ExportSpecifiers
 | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:5:10:5:30 | Foo_new ... o::new" | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:5:10:5:16 | Foo_new | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:5:21:5:30 | "Foo::new" |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:8:10:8:23 | "<X>" as "<Y>" | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:8:10:8:14 | "<X>" | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:8:19:8:23 | "<Y>" |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:9:10:9:14 | "<X>" | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:9:10:9:14 | "<X>" | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:9:10:9:14 | "<X>" |
 | b.js:5:10:5:15 | f as g | b.js:5:10:5:10 | f | b.js:5:15:5:15 | g |
 | e.js:2:10:2:10 | x | e.js:2:10:2:10 | x | e.js:2:10:2:10 | x |
 | e.js:2:13:2:13 | y | e.js:2:13:2:13 | y | e.js:2:13:2:13 | y |
@@ -81,8 +85,8 @@ test_Module_exports
 | a.js:1:1:5:32 | <toplevel> | default | a.js:1:16:3:1 | functio ... n 23;\\n} |
 | a.js:1:1:5:32 | <toplevel> | x | a.js:5:18:5:20 | f() |
 | a.js:1:1:5:32 | <toplevel> | y | a.js:5:25:5:25 | y |
-| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:1:1:6:41 | <toplevel> | Foo::new | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:5:10:5:16 | Foo_new |
-| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:1:1:6:41 | <toplevel> | Foo_types | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:6:13:6:28 | * as "Foo_types" |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:1:1:10:0 | <toplevel> | Foo::new | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:5:10:5:16 | Foo_new |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:1:1:10:0 | <toplevel> | Foo_types | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:6:13:6:28 | * as "Foo_types" |
 | b.js:1:1:8:0 | <toplevel> | f2 | a.js:1:16:3:1 | functio ... n 23;\\n} |
 | b.js:1:1:8:0 | <toplevel> | g | b.js:5:10:5:10 | f |
 | e.js:1:1:4:0 | <toplevel> | g | a.js:1:16:3:1 | functio ... n 23;\\n} |
@@ -109,6 +113,8 @@ test_OtherImports
 | import-indirect-path.js:5:1:5:14 | require(x + y) | a.js:1:1:5:32 | <toplevel> |
 test_ReExportDeclarations
 | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:6:1:6:41 | export  ... './mod' | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:6:35:6:41 | './mod' |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:8:1:8:43 | export  ... where"; | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:8:32:8:42 | "somewhere" |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:9:1:9:34 | export  ... where"; | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:9:23:9:33 | "somewhere" |
 | b.js:7:1:7:21 | export  ...  './a'; | b.js:7:16:7:20 | './a' |
 | d.js:4:1:4:20 | export * from 'm/c'; | d.js:4:15:4:19 | 'm/c' |
 | e.js:3:1:3:35 | export  ...  './a'; | e.js:3:30:3:34 | './a' |
@@ -128,6 +134,8 @@ test_getAnImportedModule
 test_getExportedName
 | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:5:10:5:30 | Foo_new ... o::new" | Foo::new |
 | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:6:13:6:28 | * as "Foo_types" | Foo_types |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:8:10:8:23 | "<X>" as "<Y>" | <Y> |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:9:10:9:14 | "<X>" | <X> |
 | b.js:5:10:5:15 | f as g | g |
 | b.js:7:8:7:9 | f2 | f2 |
 | e.js:2:10:2:10 | x | x |
@@ -152,6 +160,8 @@ test_getImportedName
 | unresolved.js:1:8:1:8 | f | default |
 test_getLocalName
 | arbitrarySpecifier.ts:5:10:5:30 | Foo_new ... o::new" | Foo_new |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:8:10:8:23 | "<X>" as "<Y>" | <X> |
+| arbitrarySpecifier.ts:9:10:9:14 | "<X>" | <X> |
 | b.js:5:10:5:15 | f as g | f |
 | b.js:7:8:7:9 | f2 | default |
 | e.js:2:10:2:10 | x | x |