diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/src/lib/dictionary-service-factory.ts b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/src/lib/dictionary-service-factory.ts
index 5079b06129..9aa53dede7 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/src/lib/dictionary-service-factory.ts
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/src/lib/dictionary-service-factory.ts
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ export class DictionaryServiceFactory {
             By default it uses the `DefaultRetryStrategy` with exponential back-off factor of 2 and handles error codes 429,
             502, 503, 504, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 'ECONNRESET', 'ETIMEDOUT' and 'EPROTO' . You can use this class or your own implementation of `RetryStrategy`.
           */
-          retries:
-            process.env.GRAPH_QL_SERVICE_RETRIES &&
-            parseInt(process.env.GRAPH_QL_SERVICE_RETRIES, 10),
+          retries: (process.env.GRAPH_QL_SERVICE_RETRIES &&
+            parseInt(process.env.GRAPH_QL_SERVICE_RETRIES, 10)) as number,
         })
       : new RestDictionaryService({
           apiHost: config.sitecoreApiHost,
diff --git a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/src/lib/layout-service-factory.ts b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/src/lib/layout-service-factory.ts
index 464eb2b3ee..84e92f8dc0 100644
--- a/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/src/lib/layout-service-factory.ts
+++ b/packages/create-sitecore-jss/src/templates/nextjs/src/lib/layout-service-factory.ts
@@ -30,9 +30,8 @@ export class LayoutServiceFactory {
             By default it uses the `DefaultRetryStrategy` with exponential back-off factor of 2 and handles error codes 429,
             502, 503, 504, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 'ECONNRESET', 'ETIMEDOUT' and 'EPROTO' . You can use this class or your own implementation of `RetryStrategy`.
           */
-          retries:
-            process.env.GRAPH_QL_SERVICE_RETRIES &&
-            parseInt(process.env.GRAPH_QL_SERVICE_RETRIES, 10),
+          retries: (process.env.GRAPH_QL_SERVICE_RETRIES &&
+            parseInt(process.env.GRAPH_QL_SERVICE_RETRIES, 10)) as number,
         })
       : new RestLayoutService({
           apiHost: config.sitecoreApiHost,