diff --git a/src/test/suite/next_oai_validation.test.ts b/src/test/suite/next_oai_validation.test.ts
index e99c36a..6a2c27a 100644
--- a/src/test/suite/next_oai_validation.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/suite/next_oai_validation.test.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ suite('NEXT CM OpenApi Schema Validation', () => {
 
     test('simple validate', async () => {
 
-        const reqBody: unknown = {
+        const reqBody = {
             "address": "10.145.10.1",
             "device_password": "admin",
             "device_user": "admin",
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ suite('NEXT CM OpenApi Schema Validation', () => {
         const req: OpenApiRequest = {
             method: "POST",
             route: "/api/device/v1/inventory",
-            body: reqBody as unknown
+            body: reqBody
         };
 
         // const openApiValidator = new OpenApiValidator({
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 8438717..82571b0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@
 	},
 	"include": [
         "src/**/*"
-    ]
+    ],
+	"exclude": [
+		"src/test/**/*"
+	]
 }
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