diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/libs/extensions-registry/models.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/libs/extensions-registry/models.ts
index b4f89dad6c..265405c9a7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/libs/extensions-registry/models.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/libs/extensions-registry/models.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type { ManifestPropertyAction } from './property-action.models';
 import type { ManifestPropertyEditorUI, ManifestPropertyEditorModel } from './property-editor.models';
 import type { ManifestSection } from './section.models';
 import type { ManifestSectionView } from './section-view.models';
-import type { ManifestSectionSidebarApp, ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp } from './section-sidebar-app.models';
+import type { ManifestSectionSidebarApp } from './section-sidebar-app.models';
 import type { ManifestMenu } from './menu.models';
 import type { ManifestMenuItem } from './menu-item.models';
 import type { ManifestTheme } from './theme.models';
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ export type ManifestTypes =
 	| ManifestSectionSidebarApp
 	| ManifestSectionSidebarAppMenuKind
 	| ManifestSectionView
-	| ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp
 	| ManifestMenu
 	| ManifestMenuItem
 	| ManifestTheme
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ export interface ManifestElement extends ManifestWithLoader<object | HTMLElement
 	js?: string;
 	elementName?: string;
 	//loader?: () => Promise<object | HTMLElement>;
-	meta?: unknown;
+	meta?: any;
 }
 
 export interface ManifestWithView extends ManifestElement {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/libs/extensions-registry/section-sidebar-app.models.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/libs/extensions-registry/section-sidebar-app.models.ts
index 5b188b3aa2..af1b20de81 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/libs/extensions-registry/section-sidebar-app.models.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/libs/extensions-registry/section-sidebar-app.models.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface ConditionsSectionSidebarApp {
 	sections: Array<string>;
 }
 
+/*
 // TODO: this is a temp solution until we implement kinds
 export interface ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp extends Omit<ManifestSectionSidebarApp, 'type'> {
 	type: 'menuSectionSidebarApp';
@@ -20,3 +21,4 @@ export interface MetaMenuSectionSidebarApp {
 	label: string;
 	menu: string;
 }
+*/
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/media/section.manifests.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/media/section.manifests.ts
index c11cb83ab3..5b1ca72db8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/media/section.manifests.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/media/section.manifests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { MEDIA_REPOSITORY_ALIAS } from './media/repository/manifests';
-import type { ManifestDashboardCollection, ManifestSection, ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp } from '@umbraco-cms/models';
+import type { ManifestDashboardCollection, ManifestSection, ManifestTypes } from '@umbraco-cms/models';
 
 const sectionAlias = 'Umb.Section.Media';
 
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ const dashboards: Array<ManifestDashboardCollection> = [
 	},
 ];
 
-const menuSectionSidebarApp: ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp = {
-	type: 'menuSectionSidebarApp',
+const menuSectionSidebarApp: ManifestTypes = {
+	type: 'sectionSidebarApp',
+	kind: 'Umb.Kind.Menu',
 	alias: 'Umb.SectionSidebarMenu.Media',
 	name: 'Media Section Sidebar Menu',
 	weight: 100,
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/members/section.manifests.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/members/section.manifests.ts
index 50b4a5b254..b34cdaabf0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/members/section.manifests.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/members/section.manifests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import type { ManifestDashboard, ManifestSection, ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp } from '@umbraco-cms/models';
+import type {
+	ManifestDashboard,
+	ManifestSection,
+	ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp,
+	ManifestTypes,
+} from '@umbraco-cms/models';
 
 const sectionAlias = 'Umb.Section.Members';
 
@@ -30,8 +35,9 @@ const dashboards: Array<ManifestDashboard> = [
 	},
 ];
 
-const menuSectionSidebarApp: ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp = {
-	type: 'menuSectionSidebarApp',
+const menuSectionSidebarApp: ManifestTypes = {
+	type: 'sectionSidebarApp',
+	kind: 'Umb.Kind.Menu',
 	alias: 'Umb.SectionSidebarMenu.Members',
 	name: 'Members Section Sidebar Menu',
 	weight: 100,
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/components/section/section-sidebar-menu/section-sidebar-menu.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/components/section/section-sidebar-menu/section-sidebar-menu.element.ts
index 1cebcaac16..0efe6d9863 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/components/section/section-sidebar-menu/section-sidebar-menu.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/shared/components/section/section-sidebar-menu/section-sidebar-menu.element.ts
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ export class UmbSectionSidebarMenuElement extends UmbLitElement {
 	];
 
 	@property()
-	manifest?: ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp;
+	manifest?: ManifestSectionSidebarApp;
 
 	render() {
 		// TODO: link to dashboards when clicking on the menu item header
-		return html` <h3>${this.manifest?.meta.label}</h3>
+		return html` <h3>${this.manifest?.meta?.label}</h3>
 			<umb-extension-slot
 				type="menu"
-				.filter=${(menu: ManifestMenu) => menu.alias === this.manifest!.meta.menu}
+				.filter=${(menu: ManifestMenu) => menu.alias === this.manifest?.meta?.menu}
 				default-element="umb-menu"></umb-extension-slot>`;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/templating/menu.manifests.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/templating/menu.manifests.ts
index cf14f344c1..d04efd3ec4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/templating/menu.manifests.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/templating/menu.manifests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp, ManifestMenu } from '@umbraco-cms/extensions-registry';
+import { ManifestMenu, ManifestTypes } from '@umbraco-cms/extensions-registry';
 
 const menu: ManifestMenu = {
 	type: 'menu',
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ const menu: ManifestMenu = {
 	},
 };
 
-const menuSectionSidebarApp: ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp = {
-	type: 'menuSectionSidebarApp',
+const menuSectionSidebarApp: ManifestTypes = {
+	type: 'sectionSidebarApp',
+	kind: 'Umb.Kind.Menu',
 	alias: 'Umb.SectionSidebarMenu.Templating',
 	name: 'Templating Section Sidebar Menu',
 	weight: 100,
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/translation/section.manifest.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/translation/section.manifest.ts
index 59be737e0d..b9fa9ef259 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/translation/section.manifest.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/backoffice/translation/section.manifest.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ManifestDashboard, ManifestSection, ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp } from '@umbraco-cms/models';
+import type { ManifestDashboard, ManifestSection, ManifestTypes } from '@umbraco-cms/models';
 
 const sectionAlias = 'Umb.Section.Translation';
 
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ const section: ManifestSection = {
 	},
 };
 
-const menuSectionSidebarApp: ManifestMenuSectionSidebarApp = {
-	type: 'menuSectionSidebarApp',
+const menuSectionSidebarApp: ManifestTypes = {
+	type: 'sectionSidebarApp',
+	kind: 'Umb.Kind.Menu',
 	alias: 'Umb.SidebarMenu.Dictionary',
 	name: 'Dictionary Sidebar Menu',
 	weight: 100,