diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
index 389ecae5c6..b81cbc9dcc 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/DatabaseTaskStore.ts
@@ -252,12 +252,15 @@ export class DatabaseTaskStore implements TaskStore {
     });
   }
 
-  async emitLogEvent({ taskId, body }: TaskStoreEmitOptions): Promise<void> {
-    const serliazedBody = JSON.stringify(body);
+  async emitLogEvent({
+    taskId,
+    body,
+  }: TaskStoreEmitOptions<{ message: string } & JsonObject>): Promise<void> {
+    const serializedBo = JSON.stringify(body);
     await this.db<RawDbTaskEventRow>('task_events').insert({
       task_id: taskId,
       event_type: 'log',
-      body: serliazedBody,
+      body: serializedBo,
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
index e17f8b2c3b..ddcd3e7b4e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/tasks/types.ts
@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ export interface TaskBroker {
  *
  * @public
  */
-export type TaskStoreEmitOptions = {
+export type TaskStoreEmitOptions<TBody = JsonObject> = {
   taskId: string;
-  body: JsonObject;
+  body: TBody;
 };
 
 /**