diff --git a/packages/web3-eth/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/web3-eth/CHANGELOG.md
index 417db4d0837..b3b98530d82 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/web3-eth/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -266,4 +266,5 @@ Documentation:
 
 ### Fixed
 
--   Adds transaction property to be an empty list rather than undefined when no transactions are included in the block (#7151)
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+-   Adds transaction property to be an empty list rather than undefined when no transactions are included in the block (#7151)
+-   Change method `getTransactionReceipt` to not be casted as `TransactionReceipt` to give proper return type (#7159)
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diff --git a/packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts b/packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts
index 8195eb58caa..02fb9fbb173 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts
+++ b/packages/web3-eth/src/rpc_method_wrappers.ts
@@ -521,14 +521,13 @@ export async function getTransactionReceipt<ReturnFormat extends DataFormat>(
 		}
 		
 	}
-	
 	return isNullish(response)
 		? response
 		: (format(
 				transactionReceiptSchema,
 				response as unknown as TransactionReceipt,
 				returnFormat ?? web3Context.defaultReturnFormat,
-		  ) as TransactionReceipt);
+		  ));
 }
 
 /**