diff --git a/src/crewai/task.py b/src/crewai/task.py
index de9b3e5c5..0b56c58af 100644
--- a/src/crewai/task.py
+++ b/src/crewai/task.py
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ class Task(BaseModel):
                 elif isinstance(guardrail_result.result, dict):
                     task_output.raw = guardrail_result.result
                     task_output.json_dict = guardrail_result.result
-                    pydantic_output, json_output = self._export_output(
+                    pydantic_output, _ = self._export_output(
                         json.dumps(guardrail_result.result)
                     )
                     task_output.pydantic = pydantic_output
diff --git a/src/crewai/tasks/task_output.py b/src/crewai/tasks/task_output.py
index e772cba97..52b254426 100644
--- a/src/crewai/tasks/task_output.py
+++ b/src/crewai/tasks/task_output.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class TaskOutput(BaseModel):
         description="Expected output of the task", default=None
     )
     summary: Optional[str] = Field(description="Summary of the task", default=None)
-    raw: Union[str, Dict[str, Any]] = Field(description="Raw output of the task", default="")
+    raw: Any = Field(description="Raw output of the task", default="")
     pydantic: Optional[BaseModel] = Field(
         description="Pydantic output of task", default=None
     )