diff --git a/src/cli/config-cli.test.ts b/src/cli/config-cli.test.ts
index 3500d7cfb11..6b9034ef28e 100644
--- a/src/cli/config-cli.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/config-cli.test.ts
@@ -673,8 +673,10 @@ describe("config cli", () => {
         properties?: Record<string, unknown>;
       };
       expect(payload.properties?.$schema).toEqual({ type: "string" });
-      expect(payload.properties?.channels).toBeTypeOf("object");
-      expect(payload.properties?.channels).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(payload.properties?.channels).toMatchObject({
+        type: "object",
+        properties: { telegram: { type: "object" } },
+      });
       expect(payload.properties?.plugins).toBeUndefined();
       expect(mockError).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
     });
diff --git a/src/docs/clawhub-plugin-docs.test.ts b/src/docs/clawhub-plugin-docs.test.ts
index 968b6beca17..3fd19fa4640 100644
--- a/src/docs/clawhub-plugin-docs.test.ts
+++ b/src/docs/clawhub-plugin-docs.test.ts
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ describe("ClawHub plugin docs", () => {
 
     expect(validateExternalCodePluginPackageJson(packageJson).issues).toEqual([]);
     expect(typeof pluginManifest.id).toBe("string");
-    expect(pluginManifest.configSchema).toBeTypeOf("object");
+    expect(typeof pluginManifest.configSchema).toBe("object");
     expect(pluginManifest.configSchema).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(Array.isArray(pluginManifest.configSchema)).toBe(false);
   });
 
   it("does not tell plugin authors to use bare clawhub publish", async () => {
diff --git a/src/gateway/android-node.capabilities.live.test.ts b/src/gateway/android-node.capabilities.live.test.ts
index 977f8660396..bd295aa97d8 100644
--- a/src/gateway/android-node.capabilities.live.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/android-node.capabilities.live.test.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function asRecord(value: unknown): Record<string, unknown> {
 }
 
 function expectRecord(value: unknown, label: string): Record<string, unknown> {
-  expect(value, label).toBeTypeOf("object");
+  expect(typeof value, label).toBe("object");
   expect(value, label).not.toBeNull();
   expect(Array.isArray(value), label).toBe(false);
   return value as Record<string, unknown>;
diff --git a/src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live-helpers.test.ts b/src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live-helpers.test.ts
index 0a37a19a00e..5a0eb4e88bb 100644
--- a/src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live-helpers.test.ts
+++ b/src/gateway/gateway-cli-backend.live-helpers.test.ts
@@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ describe("gateway cli backend live helpers", () => {
       token: "gateway-token",
     });
 
-    expect(client).toBeTypeOf("object");
+    expect(typeof client).toBe("object");
     expect(client).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(typeof (client as { start?: unknown }).start).toBe("function");
+    expect(typeof (client as { stopAndWait?: unknown }).stopAndWait).toBe("function");
     expect(gatewayClientState.lastOptions).toMatchObject({
       url: "ws://127.0.0.1:18789",
       token: "gateway-token",
diff --git a/src/plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.test.ts b/src/plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.test.ts
index 0d1dcf7c07a..8860299ad11 100644
--- a/src/plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/bundled-plugin-metadata.test.ts
@@ -454,8 +454,9 @@ describe("bundled plugin metadata", () => {
 
   it("keeps config schemas on all bundled plugin manifests", () => {
     for (const entry of listRepoBundledPluginMetadata()) {
-      expect(entry.manifest.configSchema).toBeTypeOf("object");
+      expect(typeof entry.manifest.configSchema).toBe("object");
       expect(entry.manifest.configSchema).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(Array.isArray(entry.manifest.configSchema)).toBe(false);
     }
   });