diff --git a/.betterer.eslint.config.js b/.betterer.eslint.config.js
index 32f06b160a4..8cda8335a07 100644
--- a/.betterer.eslint.config.js
+++ b/.betterer.eslint.config.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ module.exports = [
   },
   {
     files: ['**/*.{ts,tsx}'],
-    ignores: ['**/*.{test,spec}.{ts,tsx}', '**/__mocks__/**', '**/public/test/**'],
+    ignores: ['**/*.{test,spec}.{ts,tsx}', '**/__mocks__/**', '**/public/test/**', '**/mocks.{ts,tsx}'],
     rules: {
       '@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions': ['error', { assertionStyle: 'never' }],
     },
diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 27874e03865..dd37a8ffa5e 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -1440,14 +1440,6 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings. Wrap text with <Trans />", "1"]
     ],
-    "public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "2"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "3"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "4"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "5"]
-    ],
     "public/app/features/alerting/unified/rule-list/components/AlertRuleListItem.tsx:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "No untranslated strings in text props. Wrap text with <Trans /> or use t()", "0"]
     ],
diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts
index a5658f18123..7c8e5374a5d 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/mocks.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   ReducerID,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { defaultDashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
+import { DataQuery, defaultDashboard } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/services/context_srv';
 import { MOCK_GRAFANA_ALERT_RULE_TITLE } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/mocks/server/handlers/grafanaRuler';
 import { ExpressionQuery, ExpressionQueryType, ReducerMode } from 'app/features/expressions/types';
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ export const mockRulerGrafanaRule = (
           datasourceUid: '123',
           refId: 'A',
           queryType: 'huh',
-          model: {} as any,
+          model: {} as unknown as DataQuery,
         },
       ],
       ...partialDef,