3 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
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]]: