diff --git a/spacy/util.py b/spacy/util.py
index 0c42b1529..2a7a296a0 100644
--- a/spacy/util.py
+++ b/spacy/util.py
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ def run_command(
         # As above, this will usually but not always be correct on Windows, but
         # is only used for debugging purposes.
         if hasattr(shlex, "join"):
-            cmd_str = shlex.join(command)
+            cmd_str = shlex.join(command) # type: ignore
         else:
             # shlex.join is more correct, but is only available in 3.8+
             cmd_str = " ".join(command)