diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 65c81e2..a5e106c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ redis = "^5.0.1"
 arq = "^0.25.0"
 gunicorn = "^21.2.0"
 bcrypt = "^4.1.1"
-fastcrud = "^0.7.0"
+fastcrud = "^0.10.0"
 
 
 [build-system]
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/posts.py b/src/app/api/v1/posts.py
index e40b567..6f4f75b 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/posts.py
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/posts.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Annotated
+from typing import Annotated, Any
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
 from fastcrud.paginated import PaginatedListResponse, compute_offset, paginated_response
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ async def read_posts(
         is_deleted=False,
     )
 
-    return paginated_response(crud_data=posts_data, page=page, items_per_page=items_per_page)
+    response: dict[str, Any] = paginated_response(crud_data=posts_data, page=page, items_per_page=items_per_page)
+    return response
 
 
 @router.get("/{username}/post/{id}", response_model=PostRead)
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/rate_limits.py b/src/app/api/v1/rate_limits.py
index ed7280a..cf172af 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/rate_limits.py
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/rate_limits.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Annotated
+from typing import Annotated, Any
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
 from fastcrud.paginated import PaginatedListResponse, compute_offset, paginated_response
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ async def read_rate_limits(
         tier_id=db_tier["id"],
     )
 
-    return paginated_response(crud_data=rate_limits_data, page=page, items_per_page=items_per_page)
+    response: dict[str, Any] = paginated_response(crud_data=rate_limits_data, page=page, items_per_page=items_per_page)
+    return response
 
 
 @router.get("/tier/{tier_name}/rate_limit/{id}", response_model=RateLimitRead)
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/tiers.py b/src/app/api/v1/tiers.py
index 4c1f9b1..bbfcd32 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/tiers.py
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/tiers.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-from typing import Annotated
+from typing import Annotated, Any
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
-from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from fastcrud.paginated import PaginatedListResponse, compute_offset, paginated_response
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from ...api.dependencies import get_current_superuser
 from ...core.db.database import async_get_db
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ async def read_tiers(
         db=db, offset=compute_offset(page, items_per_page), limit=items_per_page, schema_to_select=TierRead
     )
 
-    return paginated_response(crud_data=tiers_data, page=page, items_per_page=items_per_page)
+    response: dict[str, Any] = paginated_response(crud_data=tiers_data, page=page, items_per_page=items_per_page)
+    return response
 
 
 @router.get("/tier/{name}", response_model=TierRead)
diff --git a/src/app/api/v1/users.py b/src/app/api/v1/users.py
index 9c5dfe0..30d859c 100644
--- a/src/app/api/v1/users.py
+++ b/src/app/api/v1/users.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from typing import Annotated, Any
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends, Request
-from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 from fastcrud.paginated import PaginatedListResponse, compute_offset, paginated_response
+from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import AsyncSession
 
 from ...api.dependencies import get_current_superuser, get_current_user
 from ...core.db.database import async_get_db
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ async def read_users(
         is_deleted=False,
     )
 
-    return paginated_response(crud_data=users_data, page=page, items_per_page=items_per_page)
+    response: dict[str, Any] = paginated_response(crud_data=users_data, page=page, items_per_page=items_per_page)
+    return response
 
 
 @router.get("/user/me/", response_model=UserRead)
diff --git a/src/scripts/create_first_superuser.py b/src/scripts/create_first_superuser.py
index 05b86e0..0cd015d 100644
--- a/src/scripts/create_first_superuser.py
+++ b/src/scripts/create_first_superuser.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import asyncio
-import uuid
 import logging
+import uuid
 from datetime import UTC, datetime
 
 from sqlalchemy import Boolean, Column, DateTime, ForeignKey, Integer, MetaData, String, Table, insert, select
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ async def create_first_user(session: AsyncSession) -> None:
                 await conn.commit()
 
             logger.info(f"Admin user {username} created successfully.")
-        
+
         else:
             logger.info(f"Admin user {username} already exists.")
-    
+
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Error creating admin user: {e}")
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/create_first_tier.py b/src/scripts/create_first_tier.py
index d1bc46d..baceb9f 100644
--- a/src/scripts/create_first_tier.py
+++ b/src/scripts/create_first_tier.py
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ async def create_first_tier(session: AsyncSession) -> None:
             session.add(Tier(name=tier_name))
             await session.commit()
             logger.info(f"Tier '{tier_name}' created successfully.")
-        
+
         else:
             logger.info(f"Tier '{tier_name}' already exists.")
-    
+
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Error creating tier: {e}")