diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 33447b5f..b515a436 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default tseslint.config(
         'error',
         { accessibility: 'no-public' },
       ],
-      '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'warn',
+      '@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any': 'error',
       '@typescript-eslint/no-inferrable-types': [
         'error',
         { ignoreParameters: true, ignoreProperties: true },
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.test.ts b/packages/server/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.test.ts
index 78ba1ba7..229f51e5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utils/memoryDiscovery.test.ts
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ describe('loadServerHierarchicalMemory', () => {
         ] as Dirent[];
       }
       return [] as Dirent[];
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     }) as any);
 
     const { memoryContent, fileCount } = await loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
@@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ describe('loadServerHierarchicalMemory', () => {
         ] as Dirent[];
       }
       return [] as Dirent[];
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     }) as any);
 
     const { memoryContent, fileCount } = await loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
@@ -324,6 +326,7 @@ describe('loadServerHierarchicalMemory', () => {
         ] as Dirent[];
       }
       return [] as Dirent[];
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     }) as any);
 
     const { memoryContent, fileCount } = await loadServerHierarchicalMemory(
@@ -362,6 +365,7 @@ describe('loadServerHierarchicalMemory', () => {
       if (p.toString().startsWith(path.join(CWD, 'deep_dir_')))
         return [] as Dirent[];
       return [] as Dirent[];
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     }) as any);
     mockFs.access.mockRejectedValue(new Error('not found'));