diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/allocations/query-fees.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/allocations/query-fees.ts
index aecfd2a6a..9d9434671 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/allocations/query-fees.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/allocations/query-fees.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class AllocationReceiptCollector implements ReceiptCollector {
   declare models: QueryFeeModels
   declare transactionManager: TransactionManager
   declare allocationExchange: Contract
-  declare tapContracts?: TapContracts
+  declare tapContracts: TapContracts | undefined
   declare allocations: Eventual<Allocation[]>
   declare collectEndpoint: URL
   declare partialVoucherEndpoint: URL
diff --git a/packages/indexer-common/src/network.ts b/packages/indexer-common/src/network.ts
index 9031215b4..2dda0d353 100644
--- a/packages/indexer-common/src/network.ts
+++ b/packages/indexer-common/src/network.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ import {
   AddressBook,
   toAddress,
 } from '@graphprotocol/common-ts'
-import { connectContracts as connectTapContracts } from '@semiotic-labs/tap-contracts-bindings'
+import {
+  connectContracts as connectTapContracts,
+  NetworkContracts as TapContracts,
+} from '@semiotic-labs/tap-contracts-bindings'
 import {
   INDEXER_ERROR_MESSAGES,
   indexerError,
@@ -238,18 +241,19 @@ export class Network {
     // * Escrow contract
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     const networkIdentifier = await networkProvider.getNetwork()
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    let tapContracts: any
-    try {
-      tapContracts = await connectTapContracts(
-        wallet,
-        networkIdentifier.chainId,
-        specification.tapAddressBook,
-      )
-    } catch (err) {
-      logger.error(`Failed to connect to tap contract bindings:`, { err })
+    let tapContracts: TapContracts | undefined = undefined
+    if (tapSubgraph) {
+      try {
+        tapContracts = await connectTapContracts(
+          wallet,
+          networkIdentifier.chainId,
+          specification.tapAddressBook,
+        )
+      } catch (err) {
+        logger.error(`Failed to connect to tap contract bindings:`, { err })
+        throw err
+      }
     }
-
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // * Allocation and allocation signers
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------