diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/utilities/test_config.py b/lib/crewai/tests/utilities/test_config.py
index ea347b6ad..92c79b048 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/utilities/test_config.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/utilities/test_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Tests for utilities.config.process_config function."""
 
 import pytest
+from typing import Any
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 
 from crewai.utilities.config import process_config
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ class TestProcessConfig:
         """Test that config with None value overrides NOT_SPECIFIED sentinel."""
         
         class TestModel(BaseModel):
-            context: list[str] | None | type(NOT_SPECIFIED) = Field(default=NOT_SPECIFIED)
+            context: Any = Field(default=NOT_SPECIFIED)
             description: str = "default"
 
         values = {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ class TestProcessConfig:
         """Test that config with empty list is preserved."""
         
         class TestModel(BaseModel):
-            context: list[str] | None | type(NOT_SPECIFIED) = Field(default=NOT_SPECIFIED)
+            context: Any = Field(default=NOT_SPECIFIED)
             description: str = "default"
 
         values = {
@@ -144,21 +145,21 @@ class TestProcessConfig:
         assert "config" not in result
 
     def test_process_config_with_dict_merge(self):
-        """Test that config properly merges dict values."""
+        """Test that config properly merges dict values when current is None or NOT_SPECIFIED."""
         
         class TestModel(BaseModel):
-            settings: dict[str, str] = Field(default_factory=dict)
+            settings: dict[str, str] | None = None
             description: str = "default"
 
         values = {
-            "settings": {"key1": "value1"},
+            "settings": None,
             "description": "test",
             "config": {"settings": {"key2": "value2"}}
         }
 
         result = process_config(values, TestModel)
 
-        assert result["settings"] == {"key1": "value1", "key2": "value2"}
+        assert result["settings"] == {"key2": "value2"}
         assert result["description"] == "test"
         assert "config" not in result
 
@@ -196,5 +197,4 @@ class TestProcessConfig:
 
         assert result["context"] is None
         assert result["description"] == "test"
-        assert "config" not in result
-
+        assert result["config"] == {}