diff --git a/src/crewai/project/annotations.py b/src/crewai/project/annotations.py
index 79407c943..9a14500e6 100644
--- a/src/crewai/project/annotations.py
+++ b/src/crewai/project/annotations.py
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import wraps
-from typing import Concatenate, ParamSpec, TypeVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Concatenate, ParamSpec, TypeVar
 
-from crewai import Crew
 from crewai.project.utils import memoize
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from crewai import Agent, Crew, Task
 from crewai.project.wrappers import (
     AfterKickoffMethod,
-    AgentInstance,
     AgentMethod,
     BeforeKickoffMethod,
     CacheHandlerMethod,
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ from crewai.project.wrappers import (
     LLMMethod,
     OutputJsonClass,
     OutputPydanticClass,
-    TaskInstance,
     TaskMethod,
     TaskResultT,
     ToolMethod,
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ def crew(
         Returns:
             The configured Crew instance with callbacks attached.
         """
-        instantiated_tasks: list[TaskInstance] = []
-        instantiated_agents: list[AgentInstance] = []
+        instantiated_tasks: list[Task] = []
+        instantiated_agents: list[Agent] = []
         agent_roles: set[str] = set()
 
         # Use the preserved task and agent information
diff --git a/src/crewai/project/wrappers.py b/src/crewai/project/wrappers.py
index 5d4eca8c0..f75a435b6 100644
--- a/src/crewai/project/wrappers.py
+++ b/src/crewai/project/wrappers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import wraps
-from typing import Any, Generic, ParamSpec, Protocol, Self, TypeVar
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Generic, ParamSpec, Protocol, Self, TypeVar
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from crewai import Agent, Task
 
 P = ParamSpec("P")
 R = TypeVar("R")
@@ -18,27 +21,15 @@ class TaskResult(Protocol):
 TaskResultT = TypeVar("TaskResultT", bound=TaskResult)
 
 
-class AgentInstance(Protocol):
-    """Protocol for agent instances."""
-
-    role: str
-
-
-class TaskInstance(Protocol):
-    """Protocol for task instances."""
-
-    agent: AgentInstance | None
-
-
 class CrewInstance(Protocol):
     """Protocol for crew class instances with required attributes."""
 
-    _original_tasks: dict[str, Callable[[Self], TaskInstance]]
-    _original_agents: dict[str, Callable[[Self], AgentInstance]]
+    _original_tasks: dict[str, Callable[[Self], Task]]
+    _original_agents: dict[str, Callable[[Self], Agent]]
     _before_kickoff: dict[str, Callable[..., Any]]
     _after_kickoff: dict[str, Callable[..., Any]]
-    agents: list[AgentInstance]
-    tasks: list[TaskInstance]
+    agents: list[Agent]
+    tasks: list[Task]
 
 
 class DecoratedMethod(Generic[P, R]):