diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
index ec5897d795..e42db1a63a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import { getCurrentInstance, inject, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
+import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { Router, RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded, NavigationGuard, RouteLocationNormalized, RouteLocationRaw, NavigationFailure, RouteLocationPathRaw } from 'vue-router'
 import { sendRedirect } from 'h3'
 import { hasProtocol, joinURL, parseURL } from 'ufo'
+
 import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig } from '../nuxt'
 import type { NuxtError } from './error'
 import { createError } from './error'
 import { useState } from './state'
 import { setResponseStatus } from './ssr'
 
+import type { PageMeta } from '#app'
+
 export const useRouter = () => {
   return useNuxtApp()?.$router as Router
 }
@@ -148,11 +152,11 @@ export const setPageLayout = (layout: string) => {
   const inMiddleware = isProcessingMiddleware()
   if (inMiddleware || process.server || nuxtApp.isHydrating) {
     const unsubscribe = useRouter().beforeResolve((to) => {
-      to.meta.layout = layout
+      to.meta.layout = layout as Exclude<PageMeta['layout'], Ref | false>
       unsubscribe()
     })
   }
   if (!inMiddleware) {
-    useRoute().meta.layout = layout
+    useRoute().meta.layout = layout as Exclude<PageMeta['layout'], Ref | false>
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
index 8b904ab112..b6ca3d8103 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
@@ -303,10 +303,10 @@ export function isNuxtPlugin (plugin: unknown) {
 export function callWithNuxt<T extends (...args: any[]) => any> (nuxt: NuxtApp | _NuxtApp, setup: T, args?: Parameters<T>) {
   const fn: () => ReturnType<T> = () => args ? setup(...args as Parameters<T>) : setup()
   if (process.server) {
-    return nuxtAppCtx.callAsync(nuxt, fn)
+    return nuxtAppCtx.callAsync(nuxt as NuxtApp, fn)
   } else {
     // In client side we could assume nuxt app is singleton
-    nuxtAppCtx.set(nuxt)
+    nuxtAppCtx.set(nuxt as NuxtApp)
     return fn()
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/router.ts
index 80ed21c936..dc06b0f5bf 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/router.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { computed, isReadonly, reactive, shallowRef } from 'vue'
+import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import type {
   NavigationGuard,
   RouteLocation
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ import {
 } from 'vue-router'
 import { createError } from 'h3'
 import { withoutBase, isEqual } from 'ufo'
+
+import type { PageMeta } from '#app'
 import { callWithNuxt, defineNuxtPlugin, useRuntimeConfig } from '#app/nuxt'
 import { showError, clearError, useError } from '#app/composables/error'
 import { useRequestEvent } from '#app/composables/ssr'
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
   router.beforeEach(async (to, from) => {
     to.meta = reactive(to.meta)
     if (nuxtApp.isHydrating && initialLayout.value && !isReadonly(to.meta.layout)) {
-      to.meta.layout = initialLayout.value
+      to.meta.layout = initialLayout.value as Exclude<PageMeta['layout'], Ref | false>
     }
     nuxtApp._processingMiddleware = true