diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/files.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/files.py
index 4ed237ae88b..7916d4cd5be 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/files.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/files.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def isatty(self) -> None:
 
     @classmethod
     @private_preview(version="1.22.1")
-    def open_new_result(cls, mode: str = "w") -> _SnowflakeFile:
+    def open_new_result(cls, mode: str = "w") -> SnowflakeFile:
         """
         Returns a :class:`~snowflake.snowpark.file.SnowflakeFile`.
         In UDF and Stored Procedures, the object works like a Python IOBase object and as a wrapper for an IO stream of remote files. The IO Stream is to support the file operations defined in this class.