diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eb9b025e36..a0960c58f6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ module = [
     "pytorch_lightning.demos.mnist_datamodule",
     "pytorch_lightning.loggers.comet",
     "pytorch_lightning.loggers.neptune",
-    "pytorch_lightning.profilers.advanced",
     "pytorch_lightning.profilers.base",
     "pytorch_lightning.profilers.pytorch",
     "pytorch_lightning.profilers.simple",
diff --git a/src/pytorch_lightning/profilers/advanced.py b/src/pytorch_lightning/profilers/advanced.py
index 214d67e52e..90fddc8074 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_lightning/profilers/advanced.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_lightning/profilers/advanced.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import io
 import logging
 import pstats
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, Optional, Union
+from typing import Dict, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from pytorch_lightning.profilers.profiler import Profiler
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class AdvancedProfiler(Profiler):
         super().teardown(stage=stage)
         self.profiled_actions = {}
 
-    def __reduce__(self):
+    def __reduce__(self) -> Tuple:
         # avoids `TypeError: cannot pickle 'cProfile.Profile' object`
         return (
             self.__class__,