diff --git a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_files_for_cleaning_up.py b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_files_for_cleaning_up.py
index 7fbd14641b..85fa649d07 100644
--- a/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_files_for_cleaning_up.py
+++ b/server_addon/houdini/client/ayon_houdini/plugins/publish/collect_files_for_cleaning_up.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ class CollectFilesForCleaningUp(plugin.HoudiniInstancePlugin,
 
     def process(self, instance):
 
-        files = []
-        staging_dirs = []
+        files: List[os.PathLike] = []
+        staging_dirs: List[os.PathLike] = []
 
         expected_files = instance.data.get("expectedFiles", [])