diff --git a/tests/test_job_posting.py b/tests/test_job_posting.py
index f5b759e..c972e0a 100644
--- a/tests/test_job_posting.py
+++ b/tests/test_job_posting.py
@@ -7,12 +7,7 @@
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 from scrapy_poet import DummyResponse
 from scrapy_spider_metadata import get_spider_metadata
-from zyte_common_items import (
-    JobPosting,
-    JobPostingNavigation,
-    ProbabilityRequest,
-    Request,
-)
+from zyte_common_items import JobPosting, JobPostingNavigation, ProbabilityRequest
 
 from zyte_spider_templates._geolocations import (
     GEOLOCATION_OPTIONS,
@@ -472,7 +467,7 @@ def test_get_nextpage_request():
     url = "https://example.com"
 
     # Minimal Args
-    request = Request(url)
+    request = ProbabilityRequest(url=url)
     spider = JobPostingSpider(url="https://example.com")
     parse_navigation = lambda _: None
     spider.parse_navigation = parse_navigation  # type: ignore
@@ -490,7 +485,7 @@ def test_get_parse_navigation_request():
     url = "https://example.com"
 
     # Minimal args
-    request = Request(url)
+    request = ProbabilityRequest(url=url)
     spider = JobPostingSpider(url="https://example.com")
     parse_navigation = lambda _: None
     spider.parse_navigation = parse_navigation  # type: ignore
diff --git a/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/job_posting.py b/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/job_posting.py
index 0163a29..14697a7 100644
--- a/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/job_posting.py
+++ b/zyte_spider_templates/spiders/job_posting.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from enum import Enum
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Optional, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, Optional, cast
 
 import requests
+import scrapy
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field
-from scrapy import Request
 from scrapy.crawler import Crawler
 from scrapy_poet import DummyResponse
 from scrapy_spider_metadata import Args
@@ -154,19 +154,19 @@ def get_start_request(self, url):
                 else "jobPostingNavigation"
             },
         }
-        return Request(
+        return scrapy.Request(
             url=url,
             callback=callback,
             meta=meta,
         )
 
-    def start_requests(self) -> Iterable[Request]:
+    def start_requests(self) -> Iterable[scrapy.Request]:
         for url in self.start_urls:
             yield self.get_start_request(url)
 
     def parse_navigation(
         self, response: DummyResponse, navigation: JobPostingNavigation
-    ) -> Iterable[Request]:
+    ) -> Iterable[scrapy.Request]:
         job_postings = navigation.items or []
         for request in job_postings:
             yield self.get_parse_job_posting_request(request)
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ def parse_navigation(
                     f"are no job posting links found in {navigation.url}"
                 )
             else:
-                yield self.get_nextpage_request(navigation.nextPage)
+                yield self.get_nextpage_request(
+                    cast(ProbabilityRequest, navigation.nextPage)
+                )
 
     def parse_job_posting(
         self, response: DummyResponse, job_posting: JobPosting
@@ -189,6 +191,7 @@ def parse_job_posting(
         if probability is None or probability >= 0.1:
             yield job_posting
         else:
+            assert self.crawler.stats
             self.crawler.stats.inc_value("drop_item/job_posting/low_probability")
             self.logger.info(
                 f"Ignoring item from {response.url} since its probability is "
@@ -197,11 +200,11 @@ def parse_job_posting(
 
     def get_parse_navigation_request(
         self,
-        request: Union[ProbabilityRequest, Request],
+        request: ProbabilityRequest,
         callback: Optional[Callable] = None,
         page_params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
         page_type: str = "jobPostingNavigation",
-    ) -> Request:
+    ) -> scrapy.Request:
         callback = callback or self.parse_navigation
 
         return request.to_scrapy(
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ def get_parse_navigation_request(
 
     def get_nextpage_request(
         self,
-        request: Union[ProbabilityRequest, Request],
+        request: ProbabilityRequest,
         callback: Optional[Callable] = None,
         page_params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
     ):
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ def get_nextpage_request(
 
     def get_parse_job_posting_request(
         self, request: ProbabilityRequest, callback: Optional[Callable] = None
-    ) -> Request:
+    ) -> scrapy.Request:
         callback = callback or self.parse_job_posting
 
         probability = request.get_probability()