diff --git a/plugfs/azure.py b/plugfs/azure.py
index d82653a..1326294 100644
--- a/plugfs/azure.py
+++ b/plugfs/azure.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from typing import cast, final
+from typing import final
 
 from azure.core.exceptions import ResourceNotFoundError
 from azure.storage.blob.aio import ContainerClient
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ async def get_size(self, path: str) -> int:
             except ResourceNotFoundError as error:
                 raise NotFoundException(f"Failed to find file '{path}'!") from error
 
-            size = cast(int, stream.size)
-
-        return size
+        return stream.size
 
     async def makedirs(self, path: str) -> None:
         """Azure storage does not really have directories, so we don't need to do anything here.
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index a3db54c..31a9eef 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -189,13 +189,13 @@ aio = ["aiohttp (>=3.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "azure-storage-blob"
-version = "12.21.0"
+version = "12.22.0"
 description = "Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Client Library for Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "azure-storage-blob-12.21.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b9722725072f5b7373c0f4dd6d78fbae2bb37bffc5c3e01731ab8c750ee8dd7e"},
-    {file = "azure_storage_blob-12.21.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f9ede187dd5a0ef296b583a7c1861c6938ddd6708d6e70f4203a163c2ab42d43"},
+    {file = "azure-storage-blob-12.22.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b3804bb4fe8ab1c32771fa464053da772a682c2737b19da438a3f4e5e3b3736e"},
+    {file = "azure_storage_blob-12.22.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:bb7d2d824ce3f11f14a27ee7d9281289f7e072ac8311c52e3652672455b7d5e8"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1349,4 +1349,4 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.12"
-content-hash = "ad70056f674402ca857bbcf85e694e90a7fc8ccfb1eff740c8c292e1b0259ff1"
+content-hash = "c0ea40c72b030e7f453046a6d9ccdc3801157bfdaf6764301f8387e496adbb40"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 962386a..42d2ddb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 python = "^3.12"
 aiofiles = "^24.1.0"
 aiohttp = {extras = ["speedups"], version = "^3.10.3"}
-azure-storage-blob = "^12.20.0"
+azure-storage-blob = "^12.22.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 black = "^24.8.0"