diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 09fe12e00..b0669ba29 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ Nicholas Murphy
 Niclas Olofsson
 Nicolas Delaby
 Nikolay Kondratyev
+Nipunn Koorapati
 Olga Matoula
 Oleg Pidsadnyi
 Oleg Sushchenko
diff --git a/changelog/9514.bugfix.rst b/changelog/9514.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4b2280ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/9514.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Type FixtureRequest.param as Any.
diff --git a/src/_pytest/fixtures.py b/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
index 32c3ec4b0..4975be820 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def reorder_items_atscope(
     return items_done
 
 
-def get_direct_param_fixture_func(request):
+def get_direct_param_fixture_func(request: "FixtureRequest") -> Any:
     return request.param
 
 
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ class FixtureRequest:
         self._arg2fixturedefs = fixtureinfo.name2fixturedefs.copy()
         self._arg2index: Dict[str, int] = {}
         self._fixturemanager: FixtureManager = pyfuncitem.session._fixturemanager
+        self.param: Any
 
     @property
     def scope(self) -> "_ScopeName":