diff --git a/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Author.ts b/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Author.ts
index 149a0a0db02..52708e4ed49 100644
--- a/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Author.ts
+++ b/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Author.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
+import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
 
 const Author: CollectionConfig = {
   slug: 'authors',
diff --git a/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/BlogPost.ts b/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/BlogPost.ts
index 3a9b77d736d..8b51cb68547 100644
--- a/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/BlogPost.ts
+++ b/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/BlogPost.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
+import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
 
 const BlogPost: CollectionConfig = {
   slug: 'blog-posts',
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ const BlogPost: CollectionConfig = {
       admin: {
         position: 'sidebar',
       },
-      validate: (value) => {
+      validate: (value: string | string[] | null | undefined) => {
         const regex = /^[a-z][a-z0-9-]{2,49}$/
-        if (!regex.test(value)) {
+        if (!regex.test(value as string)) {
           return 'Slug must start with a letter, contain only lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens, and be between 3-50 characters'
         }
         return true
diff --git a/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Category.ts b/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Category.ts
index 24b7f85a064..5d49f5ca230 100644
--- a/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Category.ts
+++ b/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Category.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
+import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
 
 const Category: CollectionConfig = {
   slug: 'categories',
diff --git a/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Tag.ts b/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Tag.ts
index 6d55c034743..252ff5aa188 100644
--- a/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Tag.ts
+++ b/apps/cms-payload/src/collections/Tag.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
+import { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
 
 const Tag: CollectionConfig = {
   slug: 'tags',