diff --git a/scripts/qapi/parser.py b/scripts/qapi/parser.py
index ec4ebef4e3..2f3c704fa2 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/parser.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/parser.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import re
 from typing import (
     TYPE_CHECKING,
+    Any,
     Dict,
     List,
     Mapping,
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@
 _ExprValue = Union[List[object], Dict[str, object], str, bool]
 
 
-class QAPIExpression(Dict[str, object]):
+class QAPIExpression(Dict[str, Any]):
     # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     def __init__(self,
                  data: Mapping[str, object],