diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/api-report-alpha.md b/plugins/scaffolder-react/api-report-alpha.md
index 5b5a37d6b3..57f97f2012 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/api-report-alpha.md
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/api-report-alpha.md
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export const useFilteredSchemaProperties: (
 // @alpha
 export const useFormDataFromQuery: (
   initialState?: Record<string, JsonValue>,
-) => any;
+) => Record<string, JsonValue>;
 
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export const useTemplateParameterSchema: (templateRef: string) => {
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
index 394fe517ce..069512da5a 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Stepper/Stepper.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,9 @@ export const Stepper = (stepperProps: StepperProps) => {
   const [activeStep, setActiveStep] = useState(0);
   const [isValidating, setIsValidating] = useState(false);
   const initialState = useFormDataFromQuery(props.initialState);
-  const [formState, setFormState] = useState<{ [step: string]: any }>();
+  const [formState, setFormState] = useState<{
+    [step: string]: Record<string, JsonValue>;
+  }>();
 
   const [errors, setErrors] = useState<undefined | FormValidation>();
   const styles = useStyles();
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useFormDataFromQuery.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useFormDataFromQuery.ts
index 9f9f4ed9a2..777c615cd7 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useFormDataFromQuery.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/hooks/useFormDataFromQuery.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import qs from 'qs';
  */
 export const useFormDataFromQuery = (
   initialState?: Record<string, JsonValue>,
-) => {
+): Record<string, JsonValue> => {
   if (initialState) {
     return initialState;
   }