diff --git a/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java b/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
index b6ce7f8d0c35d..da2886ab64481 100644
--- a/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
+++ b/extensions/panache/hibernate-orm-panache-common/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/hibernate/orm/panache/common/runtime/CommonPanacheQueryImpl.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ private CommonPanacheQueryImpl(CommonPanacheQueryImpl<?> previousQuery, String n
     public <T> CommonPanacheQueryImpl<T> project(Class<T> type) {
         String selectQuery = query;
         if (PanacheJpaUtil.isNamedQuery(query)) {
-            SelectionQuery q = session.createNamedSelectionQuery(query.substring(1));
+            SelectionQuery<?> q = session.createNamedSelectionQuery(query.substring(1));
             selectQuery = getQueryString(q);
         }