diff --git a/types/chartist/chartist-tests.ts b/types/chartist/chartist-tests.ts
index 53ba63497c..270e6e0970 100644
--- a/types/chartist/chartist-tests.ts
+++ b/types/chartist/chartist-tests.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ new Chartist.Pie('.ct-chart', {
         value: 70,
         name: 'Series 3',
         className: 'my-custom-class-three',
-        meta: 'Meta Three'
+        meta: {  description: 'Meta Three' }
     }]
 });
 
diff --git a/types/chartist/index.d.ts b/types/chartist/index.d.ts
index a4fb2c832d..80cc589ee2 100644
--- a/types/chartist/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/chartist/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Type definitions for Chartist v0.9.81
 // Project: https://github.com/gionkunz/chartist-js
-// Definitions by: Matt Gibbs <https://github.com/mtgibbs>, Simon Pfeifer <https://github.com/psimonski>, Cassey Lottman <https://github.com/clottman>, Anastasiia Antonova <https://github.com/affilnost>
+// Definitions by: Matt Gibbs <https://github.com/mtgibbs>, Simon Pfeifer <https://github.com/psimonski>, Cassey Lottman <https://github.com/clottman>, Anastasiia Antonova <https://github.com/affilnost>, Sunny Juneja <https://github.com/sunnyrjuneja>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
 declare namespace Chartist {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ declare namespace Chartist {
         value?: number;
         data?: Array<number>;
         className?: string;
-        meta?: string; // I assume this could probably be a number as well?
+        meta?: any;
     }
 
     interface IChartistBase<T extends IChartOptions> {