diff --git a/server/src/core/server/models/comment/counts/counts.ts b/server/src/core/server/models/comment/counts/counts.ts
index 2c013e9df4..5a38598af0 100644
--- a/server/src/core/server/models/comment/counts/counts.ts
+++ b/server/src/core/server/models/comment/counts/counts.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   GQLCommentTagCounts,
 } from "coral-server/graph/schema/__generated__/types";
 
+import { Story } from "coral-server/models/story";
 import {
   createEmptyCommentModerationQueueCounts,
   createEmptyCommentStatusCounts,
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ interface RelatedCommentCountsDocument extends Document {
 }
 
 export async function updateRelatedCommentCounts(
-  collection: Collection<any>,
+  collection: Collection<Readonly<Story>>,
   tenantID: string,
   id: string,
   commentCounts: DeepPartial<RelatedCommentCounts>