diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Factories/DocumentEditingFactory.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Factories/DocumentEditingFactory.cs
index a7891974e7..6f38c34222 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Factories/DocumentEditingFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/Factories/DocumentEditingFactory.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ using Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.ContentEditing;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.Factories;
 
-internal sealed class DocumentEditingFactory : ContentEditingFactory<DocumentValueModel, DocumentVariantModel>, IDocumentEditingFactory
+internal sealed class DocumentEditingFactory : ContentEditingFactory<DocumentValueModel, DocumentVariantModelBase>, IDocumentEditingFactory
 {
     public ContentCreateModel MapCreateModel(DocumentCreateModel createModel)
     {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentCreateModel.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentCreateModel.cs
index da70bcfe80..40a7ddbecc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentCreateModel.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentCreateModel.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels.Document;
 
-public class DocumentCreateModel : ContentCreateModelBase<DocumentValueModel, DocumentVariantModel>
+public class DocumentCreateModel : ContentCreateModelBase<DocumentValueModel, DocumentVariantModelBase>
 {
     public Guid ContentTypeKey { get; set; }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentUpdateModel.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentUpdateModel.cs
index 208e0f8327..3bb4c780cd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentUpdateModel.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentUpdateModel.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels.Document;
 
-public class DocumentUpdateModel : ContentUpdateModelBase<DocumentValueModel, DocumentVariantModel>
+public class DocumentUpdateModel : ContentUpdateModelBase<DocumentValueModel, DocumentVariantModelBase>
 {
     public Guid? TemplateKey { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentVariantModel.cs b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentVariantModelBase.cs
similarity index 64%
rename from src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentVariantModel.cs
rename to src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentVariantModelBase.cs
index 536ae5d53f..234d0d2930 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentVariantModel.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management/ViewModels/Document/DocumentVariantModelBase.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Umbraco.Cms.Api.Management.ViewModels.Document;
 
-public class DocumentVariantModel : VariantModelBase
+public abstract class DocumentVariantModelBase : VariantModelBase
 {
 }