diff --git a/lib/commands/GEOSEARCHSTORE.ts b/lib/commands/GEOSEARCHSTORE.ts
index 934abff653..e10622052b 100644
--- a/lib/commands/GEOSEARCHSTORE.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/GEOSEARCHSTORE.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { GeoSearchFrom, GeoSearchBy, GeoSearchOptions, pushGeoSearchArguments, transformReplyNumber } from './generic-transformers';
+import { GeoSearchFrom, GeoSearchBy, GeoSearchOptions, pushGeoSearchArguments } from './generic-transformers';
 
 export const FIRST_KEY_INDEX = 1;
 
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ export function transformArguments(
     return args;
 }
 
+export function transformReply(reply: number): number {
+    if (typeof reply !== 'number') {
+        throw new TypeError(`https://github.com/redis/redis/issues/9261`);
+    }
 
-// in versions 6.2.0-6.2.4 Redis will return an empty array when `src` is empty
-// TODO: issue/PR
-export function transformReply(reply: number | []): number {
-    if (typeof reply === 'number') return reply;
-
-    return 0;
+    return reply;
 }
diff --git a/lib/commands/ZRANGESTORE.ts b/lib/commands/ZRANGESTORE.ts
index 55d11296ea..3dd36bab7d 100644
--- a/lib/commands/ZRANGESTORE.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/ZRANGESTORE.ts
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ export function transformArguments(dst: string, src: string, min: number, max: n
     return args;
 }
 
-// in versions 6.2.0-6.2.4 Redis will return an empty array when `src` is empty
-// https://github.com/redis/redis/pull/9089
-export function transformReply(reply: number | []): number {
-    if (typeof reply === 'number') return reply;
+export function transformReply(reply: number): number {
+    if (typeof reply !== 'number') {
+        throw new TypeError(`Upgrade to Redis 6.2.5 and up (https://github.com/redis/redis/pull/9089)`);
+    };
 
     return 0;
 }