diff --git a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py
index 9de9c1a187..bd02e0559d 100644
--- a/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py
+++ b/src/backend/InvenTree/plugin/installer.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import sys
 from typing import Optional
 
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ def update_plugins_file(package_reference: str, remove: bool = False):
 
 
 def install_plugin(
-    user,
+    user: Optional[User] = None,
     url: Optional[str] = None,
     packagename: Optional[str] = None,
     version: Optional[str] = None,