diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/retrievers/contextual_compression.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/retrievers/contextual_compression.py
index d41ea489ded..9f5c09e3d1c 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/retrievers/contextual_compression.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/retrievers/contextual_compression.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from langchain_core.callbacks import (
     CallbackManagerForRetrieverRun,
 )
 from langchain_core.documents import Document
-from langchain_core.retrievers import BaseRetriever
+from langchain_core.retrievers import BaseRetriever, RetrieverLike
 
 from langchain.retrievers.document_compressors.base import (
     BaseDocumentCompressor,
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class ContextualCompressionRetriever(BaseRetriever):
     base_compressor: BaseDocumentCompressor
     """Compressor for compressing retrieved documents."""
 
-    base_retriever: BaseRetriever
+    base_retriever: RetrieverLike
     """Base Retriever to use for getting relevant documents."""
 
     class Config: