diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/EmailSend.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/EmailSend.node.ts
index cbe1dd5cbe..bceb617006 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/EmailSend.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/EmailSend.node.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export class EmailSend implements INodeType {
 			// Send the email
 			const info = await transporter.sendMail(mailOptions);
 
-			returnData.push({ json: info });
+			returnData.push({ json: info as unknown as IDataObject });
 		}
 
 		return this.prepareOutputData(returnData);