diff --git a/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
index 371261c6820..e51ee42cfd8 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
@@ -100,12 +100,8 @@ export type SanitizedDocumentPermissions = SanitizedCollectionPermission | Sanit
 
 export type Permissions = {
   canAccessAdmin: boolean
-  collections?: {
-    [collectionSlug: CollectionSlug]: CollectionPermission
-  }
-  globals?: {
-    [globalSlug: GlobalSlug]: GlobalPermission
-  }
+  collections?: Record<CollectionSlug, CollectionPermission>
+  globals?: Record<GlobalSlug, GlobalPermission>
 }
 
 export type SanitizedPermissions = {
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
index 588dece10da..963d3294519 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/fields/config/types.ts
@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ type UploadAdminClient = AdminClient & Pick<UploadAdmin, 'allowCreate' | 'isSort
 
 export type PolymorphicUploadField = {
   admin?: {
-    sortOptions?: { [collectionSlug: CollectionSlug]: string }
+    sortOptions?: Partial<Record<CollectionSlug, string>>
   } & UploadAdmin
   relationTo: CollectionSlug[]
 } & SharedUploadProperties
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ type RelationshipAdminClient = AdminClient &
 
 export type PolymorphicRelationshipField = {
   admin?: {
-    sortOptions?: { [collectionSlug: CollectionSlug]: string }
+    sortOptions?: Partial<Record<CollectionSlug, string>>
   } & RelationshipAdmin
   relationTo: CollectionSlug[]
 } & SharedRelationshipProperties
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/index.ts b/packages/payload/src/index.ts
index e0a3f5b9ae1..94a1bcdb0c3 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/index.ts
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ export class BasePayload {
 
   authStrategies: AuthStrategy[]
 
-  collections: {
-    [slug: CollectionSlug]: Collection
-  } = {}
+  collections: Record<CollectionSlug, Collection> = {}
 
   config: SanitizedConfig
   /**