diff --git a/aeon/classification/distance_based/_time_series_neighbors.py b/aeon/classification/distance_based/_time_series_neighbors.py
index 57970c24cb..b8ad86a7f6 100644
--- a/aeon/classification/distance_based/_time_series_neighbors.py
+++ b/aeon/classification/distance_based/_time_series_neighbors.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 __maintainer__ = []
 __all__ = ["KNeighborsTimeSeriesClassifier"]
 
+from typing import List
+
 import numpy as np
 
 from aeon.classification.base import BaseClassifier
@@ -69,12 +71,12 @@ class KNeighborsTimeSeriesClassifier(BaseClassifier):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        distance="dtw",
-        distance_params=None,
-        n_neighbors=1,
-        weights="uniform",
-        n_jobs=1,
-    ):
+        distance: str = "dtw",
+        distance_params: dict = None,
+        n_neighbors: int = 1,
+        weights: str = "uniform",
+        n_jobs: int = 1,
+    ) -> None:
         self.distance = distance
         self.distance_params = distance_params
         self.n_neighbors = n_neighbors
@@ -214,7 +216,7 @@ def _kneighbors(self, X):
         return closest_idx, ws
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set="default"):
+    def get_test_params(cls, parameter_set: str = "default") -> List[dict]:
         """Return testing parameter settings for the estimator.
 
         Parameters