diff --git a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VFileInput/VFileInput.tsx b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VFileInput/VFileInput.tsx
index 7f2eb4786a0..6e613ab7a0d 100644
--- a/packages/vuetify/src/components/VFileInput/VFileInput.tsx
+++ b/packages/vuetify/src/components/VFileInput/VFileInput.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export const VFileInput = genericComponent<VFileInputSlots>()({
     'click:control': (e: MouseEvent) => true,
     'mousedown:control': (e: MouseEvent) => true,
     'update:focused': (focused: boolean) => true,
-    'update:modelValue': (files: File[]) => true,
+    'update:modelValue': (files: File | File[]) => true,
   },
 
   setup (props, { attrs, emit, slots }) {