diff --git a/src/crewai/flow/flow.py b/src/crewai/flow/flow.py
index 8493f1332..7d7524140 100644
--- a/src/crewai/flow/flow.py
+++ b/src/crewai/flow/flow.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from typing import (
     Callable,
     Generic,
     Optional,
-    Type,
     TypeVar,
     Union,
     cast,
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ StateT = TypeVar(
 )  # State validation type parameter
 
 
-def ensure_state_type(state: Any, expected_type: Type[StateT]) -> StateT:
+def ensure_state_type(state: Any, expected_type: type[StateT]) -> StateT:
     """Ensure state matches expected type with proper validation.
 
     Args:
@@ -441,11 +440,11 @@ class Flow(Generic[T], metaclass=FlowMeta):
     _listeners: dict[str, tuple[str, list[str]]] = {}
     _routers: set[str] = set()
     _router_paths: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
-    initial_state: Union[Type[T], T, None] = None
+    initial_state: Union[type[T], T, None] = None
     name: Optional[str] = None
     tracing: Optional[bool] = False
 
-    def __class_getitem__(cls: Type["Flow"], item: Type[T]) -> Type["Flow"]:
+    def __class_getitem__(cls: type["Flow"], item: type[T]) -> type["Flow"]:
         class _FlowGeneric(cls):  # type: ignore
             _initial_state_T = item  # type: ignore
 
diff --git a/src/crewai/task.py b/src/crewai/task.py
index 7c505ff0f..41570b02c 100644
--- a/src/crewai/task.py
+++ b/src/crewai/task.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ from typing import (
     Callable,
     ClassVar,
     Optional,
-    Type,
     Union,
     get_args,
     get_origin,
@@ -105,11 +104,11 @@ class Task(BaseModel):
         description="Whether the task should be executed asynchronously or not.",
         default=False,
     )
-    output_json: Optional[Type[BaseModel]] = Field(
+    output_json: Optional[type[BaseModel]] = Field(
         description="A Pydantic model to be used to create a JSON output.",
         default=None,
     )
-    output_pydantic: Optional[Type[BaseModel]] = Field(
+    output_pydantic: Optional[type[BaseModel]] = Field(
         description="A Pydantic model to be used to create a Pydantic output.",
         default=None,
     )
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ class Task(BaseModel):
         description="Whether the task should instruct the agent to return the final answer formatted in Markdown",
         default=False,
     )
-    converter_cls: Optional[Type[Converter]] = Field(
+    converter_cls: Optional[type[Converter]] = Field(
         description="A converter class used to export structured output",
         default=None,
     )
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ class Task(BaseModel):
                         return_annotation_args[1] is Any
                         or return_annotation_args[1] is str
                         or return_annotation_args[1] is TaskOutput
-                        or return_annotation_args[1] == Union[str, TaskOutput]
+                        or return_annotation_args[1] == (str | TaskOutput)
                     )
                 ):
                     raise ValueError(
@@ -760,7 +759,7 @@ Follow these guidelines:
             return OutputFormat.PYDANTIC
         return OutputFormat.RAW
 
-    def _save_file(self, result: Union[Dict, str, Any]) -> None:
+    def _save_file(self, result: Union[dict, str, Any]) -> None:
         """Save task output to a file.
 
         Note: