diff --git a/examples/async/src/client.ts b/examples/async/src/client.ts
index 5ca6bff6..e09a4a32 100644
--- a/examples/async/src/client.ts
+++ b/examples/async/src/client.ts
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ async function main() {
 	);
 
 	// ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨  parse the response body stream  ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨
-	const parsedUntyped = await tsonAsync.parse(stringIterator);
-	const output = parsedUntyped as ResponseShape;
+	const output = await tsonAsync.parse<ResponseShape>(stringIterator);
 
 	// we can now use the output as a normal object
 	console.log({ output });
diff --git a/src/async/deserializeAsync.test.ts b/src/async/deserializeAsync.test.ts
index acd6d6af..16cdb49b 100644
--- a/src/async/deserializeAsync.test.ts
+++ b/src/async/deserializeAsync.test.ts
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ test("e2e: stringify async iterable and promise over the network", async () => {
 		(v) => textDecoder.decode(v),
 	);
 
-	const parsedRaw = await tson.parse(stringIterator);
-	const parsed = parsedRaw as MockObj;
+	const parsed = await tson.parse<MockObj>(stringIterator);
 
 	expect(parsed.foo).toEqual("bar");