diff --git a/services/service-adapters/routes/events.py b/services/service-adapters/routes/events.py
index 3e13113..036f113 100644
--- a/services/service-adapters/routes/events.py
+++ b/services/service-adapters/routes/events.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import List
+from typing import List, cast
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, BackgroundTasks, HTTPException, Query
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ async def publish_event(event_data: EventData, background_tasks: BackgroundTasks
 async def get_events(limit: int = Query(100, ge=1, le=1000, description="Maximum number of events to retrieve")):
     """Get recent events from the Redis message bus"""
     try:
-        events: List[str] = redis_client.lrange("events", 0, limit - 1)
+        events: List[str] = cast(List[str], redis_client.lrange("events", 0, limit - 1))
         parsed_events = []
         for event in events:
             try: