diff --git a/components/brave_new_tab_ui/api/dataFetch.ts b/components/brave_new_tab_ui/api/dataFetch.ts
index 886169d16a7f..325139533064 100644
--- a/components/brave_new_tab_ui/api/dataFetch.ts
+++ b/components/brave_new_tab_ui/api/dataFetch.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import store from '../store'
 /**
  * Get actions from the C++ back-end down to front-end components
  */
-let actions: any = null
+let actions: typeof newTabActions
 export const getActions = () => {
   if (actions) {
     return actions
diff --git a/components/brave_new_tab_ui/api/topSites/bookmarks.ts b/components/brave_new_tab_ui/api/topSites/bookmarks.ts
index 35c986f40b49..db5d9b77feb0 100644
--- a/components/brave_new_tab_ui/api/topSites/bookmarks.ts
+++ b/components/brave_new_tab_ui/api/topSites/bookmarks.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { getActions } from '../dataFetch'
  */
 export const fetchBookmarkInfo = (url: string) => {
   chrome.bookmarks.search(url.replace(/^https?:\/\//, ''),
-    (bookmarkTreeNodes) => getActions().bookmarkInfoAvailable(url, bookmarkTreeNodes[0])
+    (bookmarkTreeNodes) => getActions().bookmarkInfoAvailable(url, bookmarkTreeNodes[0] as NewTab.Bookmark)
   )
 }