diff --git a/src/crewai/utilities/pydantic_schema_parser.py b/src/crewai/utilities/pydantic_schema_parser.py
index 2827d70aa..65b180337 100644
--- a/src/crewai/utilities/pydantic_schema_parser.py
+++ b/src/crewai/utilities/pydantic_schema_parser.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import types
 from typing import Dict, List, Type, Union, get_args, get_origin
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class PydanticSchemaParser(BaseModel):
             key_type, value_type = get_args(field_type)
             return f"Dict[{key_type.__name__}, {value_type.__name__}]"
 
-        if origin is Union:
+        if origin is Union or (origin is None and len(get_args(field_type)) > 0):
             return self._format_union_type(field_type, depth)
 
         if isinstance(field_type, type) and issubclass(field_type, BaseModel):
@@ -42,7 +43,10 @@ class PydanticSchemaParser(BaseModel):
             nested_indent = " " * 4 * depth
             return f"{field_type.__name__}\n{nested_indent}{{\n{nested_schema}\n{nested_indent}}}"
 
-        return field_type.__name__
+        if hasattr(field_type, '__name__'):
+            return field_type.__name__
+        else:
+            return str(field_type)
 
     def _format_list_type(self, list_item_type, depth: int) -> str:
         if isinstance(list_item_type, type) and issubclass(list_item_type, BaseModel):
@@ -83,10 +87,13 @@ class PydanticSchemaParser(BaseModel):
         if origin in {dict, Dict}:
             key_type, value_type = get_args(annotation)
             return f"Dict[{key_type.__name__}, {value_type.__name__}]"
-        if origin is Union:
+        if origin is Union or (origin is None and len(get_args(annotation)) > 0):
             return self._format_union_type(annotation, depth)
         if isinstance(annotation, type) and issubclass(annotation, BaseModel):
             nested_schema = self._get_model_schema(annotation, depth)
             nested_indent = " " * 4 * depth
             return f"{annotation.__name__}\n{nested_indent}{{\n{nested_schema}\n{nested_indent}}}"
-        return annotation.__name__
+        if hasattr(annotation, '__name__'):
+            return annotation.__name__
+        else:
+            return str(annotation)
diff --git a/tests/utilities/test_pydantic_schema_parser.py b/tests/utilities/test_pydantic_schema_parser.py
index ee6d7e287..5ac8e6b58 100644
--- a/tests/utilities/test_pydantic_schema_parser.py
+++ b/tests/utilities/test_pydantic_schema_parser.py
@@ -92,3 +92,39 @@ def test_model_with_dict():
     dict_field: Dict[str, int]
 }"""
     assert schema.strip() == expected_schema.strip()
+
+
+def test_model_with_python310_union_syntax():
+    class UnionTypeModel(BaseModel):
+        union_field: str | None
+        multi_union_field: int | str | None
+        non_optional_union: int | str
+
+    parser = PydanticSchemaParser(model=UnionTypeModel)
+    schema = parser.get_schema()
+
+    expected_schema = """{
+    union_field: Optional[str],
+    multi_union_field: Optional[Union[int, str]],
+    non_optional_union: Union[int, str]
+}"""
+    assert schema.strip() == expected_schema.strip()
+
+
+def test_mixed_union_syntax():
+    class MixedUnionModel(BaseModel):
+        traditional_optional: Optional[str]
+        new_union_syntax: str | None
+        traditional_union: Union[int, str]
+        new_multi_union: int | str | float
+
+    parser = PydanticSchemaParser(model=MixedUnionModel)
+    schema = parser.get_schema()
+
+    expected_schema = """{
+    traditional_optional: Optional[str],
+    new_union_syntax: Optional[str],
+    traditional_union: Union[int, str],
+    new_multi_union: Union[int, str, float]
+}"""
+    assert schema.strip() == expected_schema.strip()