diff --git a/src/pages/iou/request/MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector.tsx b/src/pages/iou/request/MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector.tsx
index 27a87aa7ad40..58e69485c1b3 100644
--- a/src/pages/iou/request/MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/iou/request/MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {useOptionsList} from '@components/OptionListContextProvider';
 import ReferralProgramCTA from '@components/ReferralProgramCTA';
 import SelectionList from '@components/SelectionList';
 import InviteMemberListItem from '@components/SelectionList/InviteMemberListItem';
-import {ListItem} from '@components/SelectionList/types';
 import useDebouncedState from '@hooks/useDebouncedState';
 import useDismissedReferralBanners from '@hooks/useDismissedReferralBanners';
 import useLocalize from '@hooks/useLocalize';
@@ -35,6 +34,7 @@ type MoneyRequestParticipantsSelectorProps = {
 
     /** Callback to add participants in MoneyRequestModal */
     onParticipantsAdded: (value: Participant[]) => void;
+
     /** Selected participants from MoneyRequestModal with login */
     participants?: Participant[] | typeof CONST.EMPTY_ARRAY;
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector({participants = CONST.EMPTY_ARRAY, onF
             options.personalDetails,
             betas,
             '',
-            participants,
+            participants as Participant[],
             CONST.EXPENSIFY_EMAILS,
 
             // If we are using this component in the "Submit expense" flow then we pass the includeOwnedWorkspaceChats argument so that the current user
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function MoneyRequestParticipantsSelector({participants = CONST.EMPTY_ARRAY, onF
 
         const newOptions = OptionsListUtils.filterOptions(defaultOptions, debouncedSearchTerm, {
             betas,
-            selectedOptions: participants,
+            selectedOptions: participants as Participant[],
             excludeLogins: CONST.EXPENSIFY_EMAILS,
             maxRecentReportsToShow: CONST.IOU.MAX_RECENT_REPORTS_TO_SHOW,
         });