diff --git a/docs/migration-guide/overview.mdx b/docs/migration-guide/overview.mdx
index d60626ef5..2dead9ab4 100644
--- a/docs/migration-guide/overview.mdx
+++ b/docs/migration-guide/overview.mdx
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ import { s3Adapter } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage/s3'
 plugins: [
     cloudStorage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: {
+        media: {
           adapter: s3Adapter({
             bucket: process.env.S3_BUCKET,
             config: {
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ plugins: [
  plugins: [
     s3Storage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
+        media: true,
       },
       bucket: process.env.S3_BUCKET,
       config: {
diff --git a/docs/upload/storage-adapters.mdx b/docs/upload/storage-adapters.mdx
index d3f22118b..94e68deaf 100644
--- a/docs/upload/storage-adapters.mdx
+++ b/docs/upload/storage-adapters.mdx
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
       enabled: true, // Optional, defaults to true
       // Specify which collections should use Vercel Blob
       collections: {
-        [Media.slug]: true,
-        [MediaWithPrefix.slug]: {
+        media: true,
+        'media-with-prefix': {
           prefix: 'my-prefix',
         },
       },
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     s3Storage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
-        [mediaWithPrefixSlug]: {
+        media: true,
+        'media-with-prefix': {
           prefix,
         },
       },
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     azureStorage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
-        [mediaWithPrefixSlug]: {
+        media: true,
+        'media-with-prefix': {
           prefix,
         },
       },
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     gcsStorage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
-        [mediaWithPrefixSlug]: {
+        media: true,
+        'media-with-prefix': {
           prefix,
         },
       },
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     uploadthingStorage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
+        media: true,
       },
       options: {
         token: process.env.UPLOADTHING_TOKEN,
diff --git a/packages/create-payload-app/src/lib/replacements.ts b/packages/create-payload-app/src/lib/replacements.ts
index cc109e63c..64e715d1e 100644
--- a/packages/create-payload-app/src/lib/replacements.ts
+++ b/packages/create-payload-app/src/lib/replacements.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const vercelBlobStorageReplacement: StorageAdapterReplacement = {
   configReplacement: [
     '    vercelBlobStorage({',
     '      collections: {',
-    '        [Media.slug]: true,',
+    '        media: true,',
     '      },',
     "      token: process.env.BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN || '',",
     '    }),',
diff --git a/packages/payload-cloud/src/types.ts b/packages/payload-cloud/src/types.ts
index 7665a7556..642440fbd 100644
--- a/packages/payload-cloud/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload-cloud/src/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-import type { CollectionConfig, Config, FileData, PayloadRequest, TypeWithID } from 'payload'
+import type {
+  CollectionConfig,
+  Config,
+  FileData,
+  PayloadRequest,
+  TypeWithID,
+  UploadCollectionSlug,
+} from 'payload'
 
 export interface File {
   buffer: Buffer
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ export interface PluginOptions {
         /**
          * Caching configuration per-collection
          */
-        collections?: Record<string, CollectionCachingConfig>
+        collections?: Partial<Record<UploadCollectionSlug, CollectionCachingConfig>>
         /** Caching in seconds override for all collections
          * @default 86400 (24 hours)
          */
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
index 82bda087b..987370778 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/auth/types.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { DeepRequired } from 'ts-essentials'
 
-import type { Payload } from '../index.js'
+import type { CollectionSlug, GlobalSlug, Payload } from '../index.js'
 import type { PayloadRequest, Where } from '../types/index.js'
 
 export type Permission = {
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ export type DocumentPermissions = CollectionPermission | GlobalPermission
 export type Permissions = {
   canAccessAdmin: boolean
   collections: {
-    [collectionSlug: string]: CollectionPermission
+    [collectionSlug: CollectionSlug]: CollectionPermission
   }
   globals?: {
-    [globalSlug: string]: GlobalPermission
+    [globalSlug: GlobalSlug]: GlobalPermission
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts
index 1b5d4cf3a..957c8b698 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/collections/config/types.ts
@@ -520,11 +520,12 @@ export type SanitizedJoins = {
 export interface SanitizedCollectionConfig
   extends Omit<
     DeepRequired<CollectionConfig>,
-    'auth' | 'endpoints' | 'fields' | 'upload' | 'versions'
+    'auth' | 'endpoints' | 'fields' | 'slug' | 'upload' | 'versions'
   > {
   auth: Auth
   endpoints: Endpoint[] | false
   fields: Field[]
+  slug: CollectionSlug
   /**
    * Object of collections to join 'Join Fields object keyed by collection
    */
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/database/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/database/types.ts
index bb7d2273d..f138db9d6 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/database/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/database/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { TypeWithID } from '../collections/config/types.js'
+import type { CollectionSlug, GlobalSlug } from '../index.js'
 import type {
   Document,
   JoinQuery,
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ export type RollbackTransaction = (id: number | Promise<number | string> | strin
 export type CommitTransaction = (id: number | Promise<number | string> | string) => Promise<void>
 
 export type QueryDraftsArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   joins?: JoinQuery
   limit?: number
   locale?: string
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ export type QueryDraftsArgs = {
 export type QueryDrafts = <T = TypeWithID>(args: QueryDraftsArgs) => Promise<PaginatedDocs<T>>
 
 export type FindOneArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   joins?: JoinQuery
   locale?: string
   req: PayloadRequest
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ export type FindOneArgs = {
 export type FindOne = <T extends TypeWithID>(args: FindOneArgs) => Promise<null | T>
 
 export type FindArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   joins?: JoinQuery
   /** Setting limit to 1 is equal to the previous Model.findOne(). Setting limit to 0 disables the limit */
   limit?: number
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ export type FindArgs = {
 export type Find = <T = TypeWithID>(args: FindArgs) => Promise<PaginatedDocs<T>>
 
 export type CountArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   locale?: string
   req: PayloadRequest
   where?: Where
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ type BaseVersionArgs = {
 }
 
 export type FindVersionsArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
 } & BaseVersionArgs
 
 export type FindVersions = <T = TypeWithID>(
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ export type FindVersions = <T = TypeWithID>(
 ) => Promise<PaginatedDocs<TypeWithVersion<T>>>
 
 export type FindGlobalVersionsArgs = {
-  global: string
+  global: GlobalSlug
 } & BaseVersionArgs
 
 export type FindGlobalArgs = {
@@ -283,7 +284,7 @@ export type FindGlobalArgs = {
 }
 
 export type UpdateGlobalVersionArgs<T = TypeWithID> = {
-  global: string
+  global: GlobalSlug
   locale?: string
   /**
    * Additional database adapter specific options to pass to the query
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ export type FindGlobalVersions = <T = TypeWithID>(
 ) => Promise<PaginatedDocs<TypeWithVersion<T>>>
 
 export type DeleteVersionsArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   locale?: string
   req: PayloadRequest
   sort?: {
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ export type DeleteVersionsArgs = {
 
 export type CreateVersionArgs<T = TypeWithID> = {
   autosave: boolean
-  collectionSlug: string
+  collectionSlug: CollectionSlug
   createdAt: string
   /** ID of the parent document for which the version should be created for */
   parent: number | string
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ export type CreateVersion = <T extends TypeWithID = TypeWithID>(
 export type CreateGlobalVersionArgs<T = TypeWithID> = {
   autosave: boolean
   createdAt: string
-  globalSlug: string
+  globalSlug: GlobalSlug
   /** ID of the parent document for which the version should be created for */
   parent: number | string
   publishedLocale?: string
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ export type CreateGlobalVersion = <T extends TypeWithID = TypeWithID>(
 export type DeleteVersions = (args: DeleteVersionsArgs) => Promise<void>
 
 export type UpdateVersionArgs<T = TypeWithID> = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   locale?: string
   /**
    * Additional database adapter specific options to pass to the query
@@ -413,7 +414,7 @@ export type UpdateVersion = <T extends TypeWithID = TypeWithID>(
 ) => Promise<TypeWithVersion<T>>
 
 export type CreateArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   data: Record<string, unknown>
   draft?: boolean
   locale?: string
@@ -424,7 +425,7 @@ export type CreateArgs = {
 export type Create = (args: CreateArgs) => Promise<Document>
 
 export type UpdateOneArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   data: Record<string, unknown>
   draft?: boolean
   joins?: JoinQuery
@@ -449,7 +450,7 @@ export type UpdateOneArgs = {
 export type UpdateOne = (args: UpdateOneArgs) => Promise<Document>
 
 export type UpsertArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   data: Record<string, unknown>
   joins?: JoinQuery
   locale?: string
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ export type UpsertArgs = {
 export type Upsert = (args: UpsertArgs) => Promise<Document>
 
 export type DeleteOneArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   joins?: JoinQuery
   req: PayloadRequest
   select?: SelectType
@@ -471,7 +472,7 @@ export type DeleteOneArgs = {
 export type DeleteOne = (args: DeleteOneArgs) => Promise<Document>
 
 export type DeleteManyArgs = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   joins?: JoinQuery
   req: PayloadRequest
   where: Where
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/globals/config/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/globals/config/types.ts
index 47fe2bb31..ac2fb3c43 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/globals/config/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/globals/config/types.ts
@@ -189,9 +189,10 @@ export type GlobalConfig = {
 }
 
 export interface SanitizedGlobalConfig
-  extends Omit<DeepRequired<GlobalConfig>, 'endpoints' | 'fields' | 'versions'> {
+  extends Omit<DeepRequired<GlobalConfig>, 'endpoints' | 'fields' | 'slug' | 'versions'> {
   endpoints: Endpoint[] | false
   fields: Field[]
+  slug: GlobalSlug
   versions: SanitizedGlobalVersions
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/index.ts b/packages/payload/src/index.ts
index 908e04013..2be723410 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/index.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import type {
 } from './collections/config/types.js'
 export type { FieldState } from './admin/forms/Form.js'
 export type * from './admin/types.js'
+import type { NonNever } from 'ts-essentials'
+
 import type { Options as CountOptions } from './collections/operations/local/count.js'
 import type { Options as CreateOptions } from './collections/operations/local/create.js'
 import type {
@@ -166,6 +168,16 @@ type ResolveGlobalSelectType<T> = 'globalsSelect' extends keyof T
 // Applying helper types to GeneratedTypes
 export type TypedCollection = ResolveCollectionType<GeneratedTypes>
 
+export type TypedUploadCollection = NonNever<{
+  [K in keyof TypedCollection]:
+    | 'filename'
+    | 'filesize'
+    | 'mimeType'
+    | 'url' extends keyof TypedCollection[K]
+    ? TypedCollection[K]
+    : never
+}>
+
 export type TypedCollectionSelect = ResolveCollectionSelectType<GeneratedTypes>
 
 export type TypedCollectionJoins = ResolveCollectionJoinsType<GeneratedTypes>
@@ -180,6 +192,8 @@ export type StringKeyOf<T> = Extract<keyof T, string>
 // Define the types for slugs using the appropriate collections and globals
 export type CollectionSlug = StringKeyOf<TypedCollection>
 
+export type UploadCollectionSlug = StringKeyOf<TypedUploadCollection>
+
 type ResolveDbType<T> = 'db' extends keyof T
   ? T['db']
   : // @ts-expect-error
@@ -228,7 +242,7 @@ export class BasePayload {
   authStrategies: AuthStrategy[]
 
   collections: {
-    [slug: string]: Collection
+    [slug: CollectionSlug]: Collection
   } = {}
 
   config: SanitizedConfig
diff --git a/packages/plugin-cloud-storage/src/types.ts b/packages/plugin-cloud-storage/src/types.ts
index c9019a0e3..38ea00a98 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-cloud-storage/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-cloud-storage/src/types.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
   ImageSize,
   PayloadRequest,
   TypeWithID,
+  UploadCollectionSlug,
 } from 'payload'
 
 export interface File {
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export interface CollectionOptions {
 }
 
 export interface PluginOptions {
-  collections: Record<string, CollectionOptions>
+  collections: Partial<Record<UploadCollectionSlug, CollectionOptions>>
   /**
    * Whether or not to enable the plugin
    *
diff --git a/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/types.ts b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/types.ts
index fa8e5eea4..c91676ca3 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/types.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import type { CollectionSlug } from 'payload'
+
 export type Breadcrumb = {
   doc: string
   label: string
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ export type NestedDocsPluginConfig = {
   /**
    * The slugs of the collections this plugin should extend. If you need different configs for different collections, this plugin can be added to your config more than once having different collections.
    */
-  collections: string[]
+  collections: CollectionSlug[]
   generateLabel?: GenerateLabel
   generateURL?: GenerateURL
   /**
diff --git a/packages/plugin-stripe/src/types.ts b/packages/plugin-stripe/src/types.ts
index 142229cf2..69cff6751 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-stripe/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-stripe/src/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Payload, Config as PayloadConfig, PayloadRequest } from 'payload'
+import type { CollectionSlug, Payload, Config as PayloadConfig, PayloadRequest } from 'payload'
 import type Stripe from 'stripe'
 
 export type StripeWebhookHandler<T = any> = (args: {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export type FieldSyncConfig = {
 }
 
 export type SyncConfig = {
-  collection: string
+  collection: CollectionSlug
   fields: FieldSyncConfig[]
   stripeResourceType: 'customers' | 'products' // TODO: get this from Stripe types
   stripeResourceTypeSingular: 'customer' | 'product' // TODO: there must be a better way to do this
diff --git a/packages/storage-azure/README.md b/packages/storage-azure/README.md
index 4822fd1bf..0a3e31911 100644
--- a/packages/storage-azure/README.md
+++ b/packages/storage-azure/README.md
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     azureStorage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
-        [mediaWithPrefixSlug]: {
+        media: true,
+        'media-with-prefix': {
           prefix,
         },
       },
diff --git a/packages/storage-azure/src/index.ts b/packages/storage-azure/src/index.ts
index 105d0a260..4f9994b34 100644
--- a/packages/storage-azure/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-azure/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type {
   CollectionOptions,
   GeneratedAdapter,
 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage/types'
-import type { Config, Plugin } from 'payload'
+import type { Config, Plugin, UploadCollectionSlug } from 'payload'
 
 import { cloudStoragePlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage'
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export type AzureStorageOptions = {
   /**
    * Collection options to apply the Azure Blob adapter to.
    */
-  collections: Record<string, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>
+  collections: Partial<Record<UploadCollectionSlug, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>>
 
   /**
    * Azure Blob storage connection string
diff --git a/packages/storage-gcs/README.md b/packages/storage-gcs/README.md
index 1b4a29af7..fc82b2fb2 100644
--- a/packages/storage-gcs/README.md
+++ b/packages/storage-gcs/README.md
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     gcsStorage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
-        [mediaWithPrefixSlug]: {
+        media: true,
+        'media-with-prefix': {
           prefix,
         },
       },
diff --git a/packages/storage-gcs/src/index.ts b/packages/storage-gcs/src/index.ts
index a7b9139d7..ebd101766 100644
--- a/packages/storage-gcs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-gcs/src/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type {
   CollectionOptions,
   GeneratedAdapter,
 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage/types'
-import type { Config, Plugin } from 'payload'
+import type { Config, Plugin, UploadCollectionSlug } from 'payload'
 
 import { Storage } from '@google-cloud/storage'
 import { cloudStoragePlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage'
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export interface GcsStorageOptions {
   /**
    * Collection options to apply the S3 adapter to.
    */
-  collections: Record<string, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>
+  collections: Partial<Record<UploadCollectionSlug, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>>
   /**
    * Whether or not to enable the plugin
    *
diff --git a/packages/storage-s3/README.md b/packages/storage-s3/README.md
index 5d0ac0b9c..b187b56fe 100644
--- a/packages/storage-s3/README.md
+++ b/packages/storage-s3/README.md
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     s3Storage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
-        [mediaWithPrefixSlug]: {
+        media: true,
+        'media-with-prefix': {
           prefix,
         },
       },
diff --git a/packages/storage-s3/src/index.ts b/packages/storage-s3/src/index.ts
index afde5e491..d2a2efbe7 100644
--- a/packages/storage-s3/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-s3/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type {
   CollectionOptions,
   GeneratedAdapter,
 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage/types'
-import type { Config, Plugin } from 'payload'
+import type { Config, Plugin, UploadCollectionSlug } from 'payload'
 
 import * as AWS from '@aws-sdk/client-s3'
 import { cloudStoragePlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage'
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export type S3StorageOptions = {
   /**
    * Collection options to apply the S3 adapter to.
    */
-  collections: Record<string, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>
+  collections: Partial<Record<UploadCollectionSlug, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>>
   /**
    * AWS S3 client configuration. Highly dependent on your AWS setup.
    *
diff --git a/packages/storage-uploadthing/README.md b/packages/storage-uploadthing/README.md
index 07f9d3250..730b64e1c 100644
--- a/packages/storage-uploadthing/README.md
+++ b/packages/storage-uploadthing/README.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     uploadthingStorage({
       collections: {
-        [mediaSlug]: true,
+        media: true,
       },
       options: {
         token: process.env.UPLOADTHING_TOKEN,
diff --git a/packages/storage-uploadthing/src/index.ts b/packages/storage-uploadthing/src/index.ts
index 3a91b8bcd..4c472c6f7 100644
--- a/packages/storage-uploadthing/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-uploadthing/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type {
   CollectionOptions,
   GeneratedAdapter,
 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage/types'
-import type { Config, Field, Plugin } from 'payload'
+import type { Config, Field, Plugin, UploadCollectionSlug } from 'payload'
 import type { UTApiOptions } from 'uploadthing/types'
 
 import { cloudStoragePlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage'
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export type UploadthingStorageOptions = {
   /**
    * Collection options to apply the adapter to.
    */
-  collections: Record<string, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>
+  collections: Partial<Record<UploadCollectionSlug, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>>
 
   /**
    * Whether or not to enable the plugin
diff --git a/packages/storage-vercel-blob/README.md b/packages/storage-vercel-blob/README.md
index a4472dca1..09be8dfd9 100644
--- a/packages/storage-vercel-blob/README.md
+++ b/packages/storage-vercel-blob/README.md
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ export default buildConfig({
       enabled: true, // Optional, defaults to true
       // Specify which collections should use Vercel Blob
       collections: {
-        [Media.slug]: true,
-        [MediaWithPrefix.slug]: {
+        media: true,
+        'media-with-prefix': {
           prefix: 'my-prefix',
         },
       },
diff --git a/packages/storage-vercel-blob/src/index.ts b/packages/storage-vercel-blob/src/index.ts
index 2afc82b75..47d51a87f 100644
--- a/packages/storage-vercel-blob/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/storage-vercel-blob/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type {
   CollectionOptions,
   GeneratedAdapter,
 } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage/types'
-import type { Config, Plugin } from 'payload'
+import type { Config, Plugin, UploadCollectionSlug } from 'payload'
 
 import { cloudStoragePlugin } from '@payloadcms/plugin-cloud-storage'
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export type VercelBlobStorageOptions = {
   /**
    * Collections to apply the Vercel Blob adapter to
    */
-  collections: Record<string, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>
+  collections: Partial<Record<UploadCollectionSlug, Omit<CollectionOptions, 'adapter'> | true>>
 
   /**
    * Whether or not to enable the plugin
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/ListDrawer/types.ts b/packages/ui/src/elements/ListDrawer/types.ts
index c61ffeeb8..68de71b2a 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/ListDrawer/types.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/ListDrawer/types.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { ListDrawerContextProps } from './Provider.js'
 
 export type ListDrawerProps = {
   readonly allowCreate?: boolean
-  readonly collectionSlugs: string[]
+  readonly collectionSlugs: SanitizedCollectionConfig['slug'][]
   readonly drawerSlug?: string
   readonly enableRowSelections?: boolean
   readonly filterOptions?: FilterOptionsResult
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ export type ListTogglerProps = {
 } & HTMLAttributes<HTMLButtonElement>
 
 export type UseListDrawer = (args: {
-  collectionSlugs?: string[]
+  collectionSlugs?: SanitizedCollectionConfig['slug'][]
   filterOptions?: FilterOptionsResult
-  selectedCollection?: string
+  selectedCollection?: SanitizedCollectionConfig['slug']
   uploads?: boolean // finds all collections with upload: true
 }) => [
   React.FC<
diff --git a/templates/vercel-postgres/src/payload.config.ts b/templates/vercel-postgres/src/payload.config.ts
index 50d264fcf..959340e86 100644
--- a/templates/vercel-postgres/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/templates/vercel-postgres/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     vercelBlobStorage({
       collections: {
-        [Media.slug]: true,
+        media: true,
       },
       token: process.env.BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN || '',
     }),
diff --git a/templates/with-vercel-mongodb/src/payload.config.ts b/templates/with-vercel-mongodb/src/payload.config.ts
index ac41374c4..990546d2a 100644
--- a/templates/with-vercel-mongodb/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/templates/with-vercel-mongodb/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     vercelBlobStorage({
       collections: {
-        [Media.slug]: true,
+        media: true,
       },
       token: process.env.BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN || '',
     }),
diff --git a/templates/with-vercel-postgres/src/payload.config.ts b/templates/with-vercel-postgres/src/payload.config.ts
index cb394a626..5d8f4eb42 100644
--- a/templates/with-vercel-postgres/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/templates/with-vercel-postgres/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default buildConfig({
   plugins: [
     vercelBlobStorage({
       collections: {
-        [Media.slug]: true,
+        slug: true,
       },
       token: process.env.BLOB_READ_WRITE_TOKEN || '',
     }),