diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-repo-dialog/gr-create-repo-dialog.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-repo-dialog/gr-create-repo-dialog.ts
index d8b69c2..83a42e5 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-repo-dialog/gr-create-repo-dialog.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-create-repo-dialog/gr-create-repo-dialog.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         }
         repos.push({
           name: key,
-          value: response[key],
+          value: response[key].id,
         });
       }
       return repos;
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-group-members/gr-group-members.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-group-members/gr-group-members.ts
index d09b0f51..4c22597 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-group-members/gr-group-members.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/admin/gr-group-members/gr-group-members.ts
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
           }
           accountSuggestions.push({
             name: nameAndEmail,
-            value: accounts[key]._account_id,
+            value: accounts[key]._account_id?.toString(),
           });
         }
         return accountSuggestions;
diff --git a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-autocomplete/gr-autocomplete.ts b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-autocomplete/gr-autocomplete.ts
index 1d4a75a..06555a7 100644
--- a/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-autocomplete/gr-autocomplete.ts
+++ b/polygerrit-ui/app/elements/shared/gr-autocomplete/gr-autocomplete.ts
@@ -55,10 +55,7 @@
 export interface AutocompleteSuggestion {
   name?: string;
   label?: string;
-  // TODO(TS): this value can be string or arbitrary object (in gr-create-repo-dialog)
-  // probably should limit it to string only as it seems not used
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  value?: any;
+  value?: string;
   text?: string;
 }