diff --git a/exec_helpers/_ssh_client_base.py b/exec_helpers/_ssh_client_base.py
index 79d092f..e88c9a4 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/_ssh_client_base.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/_ssh_client_base.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def _prepare_command(self, cmd: str, chroot_path: typing.Optional[str] = None) -
         if not self.sudo_mode:
             return super()._prepare_command(cmd=cmd, chroot_path=chroot_path)
         if any((chroot_path, self._chroot_path)):
-            target_path: str = shlex.quote(chroot_path if chroot_path else self._chroot_path)
+            target_path: str = shlex.quote(chroot_path if chroot_path else self._chroot_path)  # type: ignore
             return f'chroot {target_path} sudo sh -c "eval {shlex.quote(cmd)}"'
         return f'sudo -S sh -c "eval {shlex.quote(cmd)}"'
 
diff --git a/exec_helpers/api.py b/exec_helpers/api.py
index ca8ff21..677a366 100644
--- a/exec_helpers/api.py
+++ b/exec_helpers/api.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def _prepare_command(self, cmd: str, chroot_path: typing.Optional[str] = None) -
         :returns: final command, includes chroot, if required
         """
         if any((chroot_path, self._chroot_path)):
-            target_path: str = shlex.quote(chroot_path if chroot_path else self._chroot_path)
+            target_path: str = shlex.quote(chroot_path if chroot_path else self._chroot_path)  # type: ignore
             return f'chroot {target_path} sh -c "eval {shlex.quote(cmd)}"'
         return cmd