diff --git a/synapse/handlers/sliding_sync/room_lists.py b/synapse/handlers/sliding_sync/room_lists.py
index 6edbe9a146..4238421a38 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/sliding_sync/room_lists.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/sliding_sync/room_lists.py
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ class SlidingSyncRoomLists:
         to_token: StreamToken,
         relevant_room_map: Mapping[str, RoomSyncConfig],
         receipts: Mapping[str, Sequence[ReceiptInRoom]],
-    ) -> Dict[str, RoomSyncConfig]:
+    ) -> Mapping[str, RoomSyncConfig]:
         """Filters the `relevant_room_map` down to those rooms that may have
         updates we need to fetch and return."""