diff --git a/packages/@n8n/config/src/configs/external-hooks.config.ts b/packages/@n8n/config/src/configs/external-hooks.config.ts
index 2dc86b1429..20c8eb8654 100644
--- a/packages/@n8n/config/src/configs/external-hooks.config.ts
+++ b/packages/@n8n/config/src/configs/external-hooks.config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Config, Env } from '../decorators';
 
-class ColonSeperatedStringArray<T extends string = string> extends Array<T> {
+class ColonSeparatedStringArray<T extends string = string> extends Array<T> {
 	constructor(str: string) {
 		super();
 		const parsed = str.split(':') as this;
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ class ColonSeperatedStringArray<T extends string = string> extends Array<T> {
 export class ExternalHooksConfig {
 	/** Files containing external hooks. Multiple files can be separated by colon (":") */
 	@Env('EXTERNAL_HOOK_FILES')
-	files: ColonSeperatedStringArray = [];
+	files: ColonSeparatedStringArray = [];
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/external-hooks.ts b/packages/cli/src/external-hooks.ts
index 7602ece806..da8aa2d230 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/external-hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/external-hooks.ts
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ type Repositories = {
 	Workflow: WorkflowRepository;
 };
 
-type Hooks = {
+type ExternalHooksMap = {
 	'n8n.ready': [server: AbstractServer, config: Config];
-	'n8n.stop': [];
-	'worker.ready': [];
+	'n8n.stop': never;
+	'worker.ready': never;
 
-	'activeWorkflows.initialized': [];
+	'activeWorkflows.initialized': never;
 
 	'credentials.create': [encryptedData: ICredentialsDb];
 	'credentials.update': [newCredentialData: ICredentialsDb];
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ type Hooks = {
 		executionId: string,
 	];
 };
-type HookNames = keyof Hooks;
+type HookNames = keyof ExternalHooksMap;
 
 // TODO: Derive this type from Hooks
 interface IExternalHooksFileData {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ interface IExternalHooksFileData {
 @Service()
 export class ExternalHooks {
 	private readonly registered: {
-		[hookName in HookNames]?: Array<(...args: Hooks[hookName]) => Promise<void>>;
+		[hookName in HookNames]?: Array<(...args: ExternalHooksMap[hookName]) => Promise<void>>;
 	} = {};
 
 	private readonly dbCollections: Repositories;
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export class ExternalHooks {
 
 	async run<HookName extends HookNames>(
 		hookName: HookName,
-		hookParameters?: Hooks[HookName],
+		hookParameters?: ExternalHooksMap[HookName],
 	): Promise<void> {
 		const { registered, dbCollections } = this;
 		const hookFunctions = registered[hookName];