diff --git a/test/Actors.spec.ts b/test/Actors.spec.ts
index 84acbaa9d7..50e6e03870 100644
--- a/test/Actors.spec.ts
+++ b/test/Actors.spec.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export default class ActorsSpec extends T {
             [
                 "download latest version",
                 () => {
-                    const state = new UserRelatedState(new LayoutConfig(bookcaseJson, true, "tests"))
+                    const state = new UserRelatedState(new LayoutConfig(<any> bookcaseJson, true, "tests"))
                     const feature = {
                         "type": "Feature",
                         "id": "node/5568693115",
diff --git a/test/ImageAttribution.spec.ts b/test/ImageAttribution.spec.ts
index 0056621f52..555d213e80 100644
--- a/test/ImageAttribution.spec.ts
+++ b/test/ImageAttribution.spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export default class ImageAttributionSpec extends T {
             [
                 "Should find all the images",
                 () => {
-                    const images = new Set(new ExtractImages().convertStrict(cyclofix, "test"))
+                    const images = new Set(new ExtractImages().convertStrict(<any> cyclofix, "test"))
                     const expectedValues = [
                         './assets/layers/bike_repair_station/repair_station.svg',
                         './assets/layers/bike_repair_station/repair_station_pump.svg',