diff --git a/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/routes/saml.controller.ee.ts b/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/routes/saml.controller.ee.ts
index 5ee636c8c50fa..86e7b75cfa8c4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/routes/saml.controller.ee.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/routes/saml.controller.ee.ts
@@ -132,11 +132,11 @@ export class SamlController {
 				}
 			}
 			throw new AuthError('SAML Authentication failed');
-		} catch (err) {
+		} catch (error) {
 			if (isConnectionTestRequest(req)) {
-				return res.send(getSamlConnectionTestFailedView(err.message));
+				return res.send(getSamlConnectionTestFailedView((error as Error).message));
 			}
-			throw new AuthError('SAML Authentication failed: ' + err.message);
+			throw new AuthError('SAML Authentication failed: ' + (error as Error).message);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/samlHelpers.ts b/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/samlHelpers.ts
index 4ff9970b29eed..0672965deb8b0 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/samlHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/samlHelpers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 	setCurrentAuthenticationMethod,
 } from '../ssoHelpers';
 import { getServiceProviderConfigTestReturnUrl } from './serviceProvider.ee';
-import { SamlConfiguration } from './types/requests';
+import type { SamlConfiguration } from './types/requests';
 /**
  *  Check whether the SAML feature is licensed and enabled in the instance
  */
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/views/samlConnectionTestFailed.ts b/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/views/samlConnectionTestFailed.ts
index fb71290341551..8d9a3578f0635 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/views/samlConnectionTestFailed.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/views/samlConnectionTestFailed.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SamlUserAttributes } from '../types/samlUserAttributes';
+import type { SamlUserAttributes } from '../types/samlUserAttributes';
 
 export function getSamlConnectionTestFailedView(
 	message: string,
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/views/samlConnectionTestSuccess.ts b/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/views/samlConnectionTestSuccess.ts
index 95a88f27adc42..59e6aed263a0c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/views/samlConnectionTestSuccess.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/sso/saml/views/samlConnectionTestSuccess.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { SamlUserAttributes } from '../types/samlUserAttributes';
+import type { SamlUserAttributes } from '../types/samlUserAttributes';
 
 export function getSamlConnectionTestSuccessView(attributes: SamlUserAttributes): string {
 	return `