diff --git a/packages/insomnia-app/app/common/analytics.ts b/packages/insomnia-app/app/common/analytics.ts
index f9ca95dc5..740e868e1 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-app/app/common/analytics.ts
+++ b/packages/insomnia-app/app/common/analytics.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Analytics from 'analytics-node';
+import { AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
 import * as uuid from 'uuid';
 
 import { getAccountId } from '../account/session';
@@ -12,14 +13,18 @@ import {
   getSegmentWriteKey,
 } from './constants';
 
+const axiosConfig: AxiosRequestConfig = {
+  // This is needed to ensure that we use the NodeJS adapter in the render process
+  ...(global?.require ? {
+    adapter: global.require('axios/lib/adapters/http'),
+  } : {}),
+};
+
 const segmentClient = new Analytics(getSegmentWriteKey(), {
-  // @ts-expect-error -- TSCONVERSION
-  axiosConfig: {
-    // This is needed to ensure that we use the NodeJS adapter in the render process
-    ...(global?.require && {
-      adapter: global.require('axios/lib/adapters/http'),
-    }),
-  },
+  // @ts-expect-error this is missing from the analytics-node types (and docs) but is present in the source code
+  // https://github.com/segmentio/analytics-node/blob/0a6aa0d9d865b56f799f9d014b4d7b98ae5d2f2e/index.js#L28
+  // as for the types: since (as of @types/analytics-node v3.1.7) this is hardcoded into a class constructor, it makes it hard to fix with module augmentation
+  axiosConfig,
 });
 
 const getDeviceId = async () => {