diff --git a/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py b/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
index 15088f69b1..49b214f5e9 100755
--- a/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
+++ b/selfdrive/athena/athenad.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class UploadFile:
   allow_cellular: bool
 
   @classmethod
-  def from_dict(cls, d: Dict) -> UploadFile:
+  def from_dict(cls, d: dict) -> UploadFile:
     return cls(d.get("fn", ""), d.get("url", ""), d.get("headers", {}), d.get("allow_cellular", False))
 
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class UploadItem:
   allow_cellular: bool = False
 
   @classmethod
-  def from_dict(cls, d: Dict) -> UploadItem:
+  def from_dict(cls, d: dict) -> UploadItem:
     return cls(d["path"], d["url"], d["headers"], d["created_at"], d["id"], d["retry_count"], d["current"],
                d["progress"], d["allow_cellular"])
 
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ def _do_upload(upload_item: UploadItem, callback: Optional[Callable] = None) ->
 
 # security: user should be able to request any message from their car
 @dispatcher.add_method
-def getMessage(service: str, timeout: int = 1000) -> Dict:
+def getMessage(service: str, timeout: int = 1000) -> dict:
   if service is None or service not in service_list:
     raise Exception("invalid service")
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ def getMessage(service: str, timeout: int = 1000) -> Dict:
     raise TimeoutError
 
   # this is because capnp._DynamicStructReader doesn't have typing information
-  return cast(Dict, ret.to_dict())
+  return cast(dict, ret.to_dict())
 
 
 @dispatcher.add_method