diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/unit_test.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/unit_test.py
index 05e5bbe1d25..45c8d40aa37 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/unit_test.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/unit_test.py
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@
 import re
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
 
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group, Permission
+from django.core.handlers.wsgi import WSGIRequest
 from django.db import connections
 from django.http.response import StreamingHttpResponse
 from django.test import TestCase
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@
 from plugin import registry
 from plugin.models import PluginConfig
 
+MyResponse = Any | WSGIRequest
+
 
 def addUserPermission(user, permission):
     """Shortcut function for adding a certain permission to a user."""
@@ -302,7 +306,7 @@ def get(self, url, data=None, expected_code=200, format='json', **kwargs):
         if data is None:
             data = {}
 
-        response = self.client.get(url, data, format=format, **kwargs)
+        response: MyResponse = self.client.get(url, data, format=format, **kwargs)
 
         self.checkResponse(url, 'GET', expected_code, response)
 
@@ -314,7 +318,7 @@ def post(self, url, data=None, expected_code=None, format='json', **kwargs):
         if data is None:
             data = {}
 
-        response = self.client.post(url, data=data, format=format, **kwargs)
+        response: MyResponse = self.client.post(url, data=data, format=format, **kwargs)
 
         self.checkResponse(url, 'POST', expected_code, response)
 
@@ -325,7 +329,9 @@ def delete(self, url, data=None, expected_code=None, format='json', **kwargs):
         if data is None:
             data = {}
 
-        response = self.client.delete(url, data=data, format=format, **kwargs)
+        response: MyResponse = self.client.delete(
+            url, data=data, format=format, **kwargs
+        )
 
         self.checkResponse(url, 'DELETE', expected_code, response)
 
@@ -333,7 +339,9 @@ def delete(self, url, data=None, expected_code=None, format='json', **kwargs):
 
     def patch(self, url, data, expected_code=None, format='json', **kwargs):
         """Issue a PATCH request."""
-        response = self.client.patch(url, data=data, format=format, **kwargs)
+        response: MyResponse = self.client.patch(
+            url, data=data, format=format, **kwargs
+        )
 
         self.checkResponse(url, 'PATCH', expected_code, response)
 
@@ -341,7 +349,7 @@ def patch(self, url, data, expected_code=None, format='json', **kwargs):
 
     def put(self, url, data, expected_code=None, format='json', **kwargs):
         """Issue a PUT request."""
-        response = self.client.put(url, data=data, format=format, **kwargs)
+        response: MyResponse = self.client.put(url, data=data, format=format, **kwargs)
 
         self.checkResponse(url, 'PUT', expected_code, response)
 
@@ -359,7 +367,7 @@ def download_file(
         self, url, data, expected_code=None, expected_fn=None, decode=True
     ):
         """Download a file from the server, and return an in-memory file."""
-        response = self.client.get(url, data=data, format='json')
+        response: MyResponse = self.client.get(url, data=data, format='json')
 
         self.checkResponse(url, 'DOWNLOAD_FILE', expected_code, response)