diff --git a/frigate/camera/maintainer.py b/frigate/camera/maintainer.py
index 9bc34ee85..e8304a571 100644
--- a/frigate/camera/maintainer.py
+++ b/frigate/camera/maintainer.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import threading
 from multiprocessing import Queue
+from multiprocessing.managers import DictProxy
 from multiprocessing.synchronize import Event as MpEvent
 
 from frigate.camera import CameraMetrics, PTZMetrics
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class CameraMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         config: FrigateConfig,
         detection_queue: Queue,
         detected_frames_queue: Queue,
-        camera_metrics: dict[str, CameraMetrics],
+        camera_metrics: DictProxy[str, CameraMetrics],
         ptz_metrics: dict[str, PTZMetrics],
         stop_event: MpEvent,
     ):
diff --git a/frigate/events/audio.py b/frigate/events/audio.py
index 1da86779f..7843cd3ae 100644
--- a/frigate/events/audio.py
+++ b/frigate/events/audio.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import random
 import string
 import threading
 import time
+from multiprocessing.managers import DictProxy
 from typing import Any, Tuple
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ class AudioProcessor(util.Process):
         self,
         config: FrigateConfig,
         cameras: list[CameraConfig],
-        camera_metrics: dict[str, CameraMetrics],
+        camera_metrics: DictProxy[str, CameraMetrics],
     ):
         super().__init__(name="frigate.audio_manager", daemon=True)
 
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ class AudioEventMaintainer(threading.Thread):
         self,
         camera: CameraConfig,
         config: FrigateConfig,
-        camera_metrics: dict[str, CameraMetrics],
+        camera_metrics: DictProxy[str, CameraMetrics],
         audio_transcription_model_runner: AudioTranscriptionModelRunner | None,
         stop_event: threading.Event,
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/frigate/stats/util.py b/frigate/stats/util.py
index ca8906cf1..9a24813a3 100644
--- a/frigate/stats/util.py
+++ b/frigate/stats/util.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import time
 from json import JSONDecodeError
+from multiprocessing.managers import DictProxy
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
 import psutil
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ def get_latest_version(config: FrigateConfig) -> str:
 
 def stats_init(
     config: FrigateConfig,
-    camera_metrics: dict[str, CameraMetrics],
+    camera_metrics: DictProxy[str, CameraMetrics],
     embeddings_metrics: DataProcessorMetrics | None,
     detectors: dict[str, ObjectDetectProcess],
     processes: dict[str, int],