diff --git a/src/cmds/openapi/reduce.ts b/src/cmds/openapi/reduce.ts
index aef3121bb..2aafc5fc6 100644
--- a/src/cmds/openapi/reduce.ts
+++ b/src/cmds/openapi/reduce.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ export default class OpenAPIReduceCommand extends Command {
         message: 'Choose which tags to reduce by:',
         min: 1,
         choices: () => {
+          // @ts-expect-error yikes why
           const tags = new Oas(parsedPreparedSpec).getTags();
 
           return tags.map(tag => ({
diff --git a/src/lib/prepareOas.ts b/src/lib/prepareOas.ts
index a18578496..1b0438cde 100644
--- a/src/lib/prepareOas.ts
+++ b/src/lib/prepareOas.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ export default async function prepareOas(
       await Promise.all(
         jsonAndYamlFiles.map(file => {
           debug(`attempting to oas-normalize ${file}`);
+          // @ts-expect-error yikes why
           const oas = new OASNormalize(file, { enablePaths: true });
           return oas
             .version()
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ export default async function prepareOas(
   const spinner = ora({ text: `Validating the API definition located at ${specPath}...`, ...oraOptions() }).start();
 
   debug(`about to normalize spec located at ${specPath}`);
+  // @ts-expect-error yikes why
   const oas = new OASNormalize(specPath, { colorizeErrors: true, enablePaths: true });
   debug('spec normalized');