diff --git a/plugins/linguist-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/linguist-backend/api-report.md
index 8ac8b83dcd..a47f123ac4 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/linguist-backend/api-report.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class LinguistBackendApi {
     batchSize?: number,
     useSourceLocation?: boolean,
     kind?: string[],
-    linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, any>,
+    linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, unknown>,
   );
   // (undocumented)
   getEntityLanguages(entityRef: string): Promise<Languages>;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export interface PluginOptions {
   // (undocumented)
   kind?: string[];
   // (undocumented)
-  linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, any>;
+  linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, unknown>;
   // (undocumented)
   schedule?: TaskScheduleDefinition;
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/api/LinguistBackendApi.ts b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/api/LinguistBackendApi.ts
index e0a3133255..df7e30a7b0 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/api/LinguistBackendApi.ts
+++ b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/api/LinguistBackendApi.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class LinguistBackendApi {
   private readonly batchSize?: number;
   private readonly useSourceLocation?: boolean;
   private readonly kind: string[];
-  private readonly linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, any>;
+  private readonly linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, unknown>;
   public constructor(
     logger: Logger,
     store: LinguistBackendStore,
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export class LinguistBackendApi {
     batchSize?: number,
     useSourceLocation?: boolean,
     kind?: string[],
-    linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, any>,
+    linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, unknown>,
   ) {
     this.logger = logger;
     this.store = store;
diff --git a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/service/router.ts
index d10f185261..8d52a2e01d 100644
--- a/plugins/linguist-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/linguist-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export interface PluginOptions {
   age?: HumanDuration;
   batchSize?: number;
   useSourceLocation?: boolean;
-  linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, any>;
+  linguistJsOptions?: Record<string, unknown>;
   kind?: string[];
 }