diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/__init__.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/__init__.py
index a3fddea042..bacfbce4af 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/__init__.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class DataStore(
name: Optional[str] = None,
guests: bool = True,
deactivated: bool = False,
- order_by: UserSortOrder = UserSortOrder.USER_ID.value,
+ order_by: str = UserSortOrder.USER_ID.value,
direction: str = "f",
) -> Tuple[List[JsonDict], int]:
"""Function to retrieve a paginated list of users from
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
index 6ddafe5434..443e5f3315 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class RoomWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
self,
start: int,
limit: int,
- order_by: RoomSortOrder,
+ order_by: str,
reverse_order: bool,
search_term: Optional[str],
) -> Tuple[List[Dict[str, Any]], int]:
diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py
index 59d67c255b..0f9aa54ca9 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/stats.py
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ class StatsStore(StateDeltasStore):
limit: int,
from_ts: Optional[int] = None,
until_ts: Optional[int] = None,
- order_by: Optional[UserSortOrder] = UserSortOrder.USER_ID.value,
+ order_by: Optional[str] = UserSortOrder.USER_ID.value,
direction: Optional[str] = "f",
search_term: Optional[str] = None,
) -> Tuple[List[JsonDict], Dict[str, int]]:
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