diff --git a/sdk/base/lib/actions/input/inputSpecConstants.ts b/sdk/base/lib/actions/input/inputSpecConstants.ts
index f83427049..8fe4eb098 100644
--- a/sdk/base/lib/actions/input/inputSpecConstants.ts
+++ b/sdk/base/lib/actions/input/inputSpecConstants.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export type SmtpSelection =
  * Zod schema for persisting SMTP selection in a store file model.
  * Use this instead of `smtpInputSpec.validator` to avoid cross-zod-instance issues.
  */
-export const smtpShape: z.ZodCatch<z.ZodType<SmtpSelection>> = z
+export const smtpShape: z.ZodType<SmtpSelection> = z
   .discriminatedUnion('selection', [
     z.object({
       selection: z.literal('disabled'),
@@ -266,4 +266,4 @@ export const smtpShape: z.ZodCatch<z.ZodType<SmtpSelection>> = z
         .catch({ provider: providerShape.parse(undefined) }),
     }),
   ])
-  .catch({ selection: 'disabled' as const, value: {} })
+  .catch({ selection: 'disabled' as const, value: {} }) as any