diff --git a/src/main/hosted-sandbox/cloud-sandbox-gone-retire.test.ts b/src/main/hosted-sandbox/cloud-sandbox-gone-retire.test.ts
index ccd6c3e79e0..fca065d876c 100644
--- a/src/main/hosted-sandbox/cloud-sandbox-gone-retire.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/hosted-sandbox/cloud-sandbox-gone-retire.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   upsertEphemeralVmRuntime
 } from '../../shared/ephemeral-vm-runtime-store'
 
-const sent = vi.hoisted(() => [] as string[])
+const sent = vi.hoisted((): string[] => [])
 vi.mock('electron', () => ({
   app: { getPath: () => tmpdir() },
   BrowserWindow: {