diff --git a/jquery/jquery.d.ts b/jquery/jquery.d.ts
index b378dfd0a..70a9532ab 100644
--- a/jquery/jquery.d.ts
+++ b/jquery/jquery.d.ts
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@ interface JQueryStatic {
      * 
      * @param json The JSON string to parse.
      */
-    parseJSON(json: string): Object;
+    parseJSON(json: string): any;
 
     /**
      * Parses a string into an XML document.