diff --git a/.changeset/spotty-cycles-bow.md b/.changeset/spotty-cycles-bow.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b3cc7844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spotty-cycles-bow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"aws-sdk-js-codemod": patch
+---
+
+Remove type assertion for TryStatement
diff --git a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/apis/renameErrorCodeWithName.ts b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/apis/renameErrorCodeWithName.ts
index 8492903dd..cd21fb4e1 100644
--- a/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/apis/renameErrorCodeWithName.ts
+++ b/src/transforms/v2-to-v3/apis/renameErrorCodeWithName.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type {
   Collection,
   FunctionExpression,
   JSCodeshift,
-  TryStatement,
 } from "jscodeshift";
 
 import type { ClientIdentifier } from "../types";
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ export const renameErrorCodeWithName = (
 
     // Replace error.code with error.name in try-catch clauses.
     callExpressions.forEach((callExpression) => {
-      const tryStatement = j(callExpression).closest(j.TryStatement).nodes()[0] as TryStatement;
+      const tryStatement = j(callExpression).closest(j.TryStatement).nodes()[0];
 
       if (!tryStatement || !tryStatement.handler) {
         return;