diff --git a/src/plugins/input_control_vis/public/control/filter_manager/phrase_filter_manager.ts b/src/plugins/input_control_vis/public/control/filter_manager/phrase_filter_manager.ts
index f99a7ebbbbb7e1..03ed6c5520decd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/input_control_vis/public/control/filter_manager/phrase_filter_manager.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/input_control_vis/public/control/filter_manager/phrase_filter_manager.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ export class PhraseFilterManager extends FilterManager {
     // bool filter - multiple phrase filters
     if (_.has(kbnFilter, 'query.bool.should')) {
       return _.get(kbnFilter, 'query.bool.should')
-        .map((kbnQueryFilter: any) => {
+        .map((kbnQueryFilter: PhraseFilter) => {
           return this.getValueFromFilter(kbnQueryFilter);
         })
         .filter((value: any) => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_default_editor/public/components/controls/components/number_list/utils.ts b/src/plugins/vis_default_editor/public/components/controls/components/number_list/utils.ts
index 32e05342da06e1..a3998cbd5954be 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_default_editor/public/components/controls/components/number_list/utils.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_default_editor/public/components/controls/components/number_list/utils.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function validateValueUnique(
 }
 
 function getNextModel(list: NumberRowModel[], range: NumberListRange): NumberRowModel {
-  const lastValue = (last(list) as any).value;
+  const lastValue = (last(list) as NumberRowModel).value;
   let next = Number(lastValue) ? Number(lastValue) + 1 : 1;
 
   if (next >= range.max) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/components/metric_vis_component.tsx b/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/components/metric_vis_component.tsx
index f1453b0b2d10a4..43858267626124 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/components/metric_vis_component.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_metric/public/components/metric_vis_component.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { getHeatmapColors } from '../../../charts/public';
 import { VisParams, MetricVisMetric } from '../types';
 import { getFormatService } from '../services';
 import { SchemaConfig, ExprVis } from '../../../visualizations/public';
+import { Range } from '../../../expressions/public';
 
 export interface MetricVisComponentProps {
   visParams: VisParams;
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export class MetricVisComponent extends Component<MetricVisComponentProps> {
     const config = this.props.visParams.metric;
     const isPercentageMode = config.percentageMode;
     const colorsRange = config.colorsRange;
-    const max = (last(colorsRange) as any).to;
+    const max = (last(colorsRange) as Range).to;
     const labels: string[] = [];
 
     colorsRange.forEach((range: any) => {
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ export class MetricVisComponent extends Component<MetricVisComponentProps> {
     const dimensions = this.props.visParams.dimensions;
     const isPercentageMode = config.percentageMode;
     const min = config.colorsRange[0].from;
-    const max = (last(config.colorsRange) as any).to;
+    const max = (last(config.colorsRange) as Range).to;
     const colors = this.getColors();
     const labels = this.getLabels();
     const metrics: MetricVisMetric[] = [];
diff --git a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_fn.ts b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_fn.ts
index 9823eb414bd5f1..6b1af6044a2c4a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_fn.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/vis_type_vega/public/vega_fn.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { i18n } from '@kbn/i18n';
 import { ExpressionFunctionDefinition, KibanaContext, Render } from '../../expressions/public';
 import { VegaVisualizationDependencies } from './plugin';
 import { createVegaRequestHandler } from './vega_request_handler';
+import { TimeRange, Query } from '../../data/public';
 
 type Input = KibanaContext | null;
 type Output = Promise<Render<RenderValue>>;
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ export const createVegaFn = (
     const vegaRequestHandler = createVegaRequestHandler(dependencies, context.abortSignal);
 
     const response = await vegaRequestHandler({
-      timeRange: get(input, 'timeRange') as any,
-      query: get(input, 'query') as any,
+      timeRange: get(input, 'timeRange') as TimeRange,
+      query: get(input, 'query') as Query,
       filters: get(input, 'filters') as any,
       visParams: { spec: args.spec },
     });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/graph/server/routes/explore.ts b/x-pack/plugins/graph/server/routes/explore.ts
index 37f9e08a7d1abb..b0b8cf14ff6997 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/graph/server/routes/explore.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/graph/server/routes/explore.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export function registerExploreRoute({
             error,
             'body.error.root_cause',
             [] as Array<{ type: string; reason: string }>
-          ).find((cause: any) => {
+          ).find((cause: { type: string; reason: string }) => {
             return (
               cause.reason.includes('Fielddata is disabled on text fields') ||
               cause.reason.includes('No support for examining floating point') ||