diff --git a/packages/exec/src/toolrunner.ts b/packages/exec/src/toolrunner.ts
index 18f884d3b7..55b53551e0 100644
--- a/packages/exec/src/toolrunner.ts
+++ b/packages/exec/src/toolrunner.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class ToolRunner extends events.EventEmitter {
       }
 
       return s
-    } catch (err) {
+    } catch (err: any) {
       // streaming lines to console is best effort.  Don't fail a build.
       this._debug(`error processing line. Failed with error ${err}`)
 
diff --git a/packages/http-client/src/index.ts b/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
index a63e61b7fe..2e4988417f 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/http-client/src/index.ts
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ export class HttpClient {
         }
 
         response.headers = res.message.headers
-      } catch (err) {
+      } catch (err: any) {
         // Invalid resource (contents not json);  leaving result obj null
       }