diff --git a/src/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agent_instance.py b/src/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agent_instance.py
index 46619087c..a2a49abd3 100644
--- a/src/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agent_instance.py
+++ b/src/llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agent_instance.py
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ async def load_data_from_url(url: str) -> str:
     if url.startswith("http"):
         async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
             r = await client.get(url)
-            resp = r.text
+            resp: str = r.text
             return resp
     raise ValueError(f"Unexpected URL: {type(url)}")