diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/sentence_transformers/config.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/sentence_transformers/config.py
index 89f34f7e0..53f17cfd5 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/sentence_transformers/config.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/sentence_transformers/config.py
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
+from typing import Any, Dict
+
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 
 class SentenceTransformersInferenceConfig(BaseModel):
 
     @classmethod
-    def sample_run_config(cls) -> "SentenceTransformersInferenceConfig":
+    def sample_run_config(cls) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         return {}