diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md b/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
index 12626580bf..8a6b4739a4 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/report.api.md
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ export const useCustomFieldExtensions: <
   TComponentDataType = FieldExtensionOptions,
 >(
   outlet: React.ReactNode,
-) => (TComponentDataType | FieldExtensionOptions)[];
+) => TComponentDataType[];
 
 // @public
 export const useCustomLayouts: <TComponentDataType = LayoutOptions<any>>(
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/useCustomFieldExtensions.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/useCustomFieldExtensions.ts
index 44b0a568e3..d1e670330e 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/useCustomFieldExtensions.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/hooks/useCustomFieldExtensions.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
  * @public
  */
 export const useCustomFieldExtensions = <
+  // todo(blam): this shouldn't be here, should remove this, but this is a breaking change to remove the generic.
   TComponentDataType = FieldExtensionOptions,
 >(
   outlet: React.ReactNode,
@@ -62,5 +63,5 @@ export const useCustomFieldExtensions = <
     }),
   );
 
-  return [...blueprintsToLegacy, ...outletFields];
+  return [...blueprintsToLegacy, ...outletFields] as TComponentDataType[];
 };