diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/__init__.py b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/__init__.py
index eec75d4b..2a61df89 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import os
 
 from .firecrawl import FirecrawlApp, AsyncFirecrawlApp, JsonConfig, ScrapeOptions, ChangeTrackingOptions # noqa
 
-__version__ = "2.5.2"
+__version__ = "2.5.3"
 
 # Define the logger for the Firecrawl project
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger("firecrawl")
diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
index fbafe10a..0942fe45 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
@@ -540,9 +540,9 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
                 json_options["schema"] = self._ensure_schema_dict(json_options["schema"])
             scrape_params['jsonOptions'] = json_options if isinstance(json_options, dict) else json_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
         if actions:
-            scrape_params['actions'] = [action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
+            scrape_params['actions'] = [action if isinstance(action, dict) else action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
         if change_tracking_options:
-            scrape_params['changeTrackingOptions'] = change_tracking_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
+            scrape_params['changeTrackingOptions'] = change_tracking_options if isinstance(change_tracking_options, dict) else change_tracking_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
         
         scrape_params.update(kwargs)
 
@@ -2924,7 +2924,7 @@ class AsyncFirecrawlApp(FirecrawlApp):
                 json_options["schema"] = self._ensure_schema_dict(json_options["schema"])
             scrape_params['jsonOptions'] = json_options if isinstance(json_options, dict) else json_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
         if actions:
-            scrape_params['actions'] = [action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
+            scrape_params['actions'] = [action if isinstance(action, dict) else action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
 
         if 'extract' in scrape_params and scrape_params['extract'] and 'schema' in scrape_params['extract']:
             scrape_params['extract']['schema'] = self._ensure_schema_dict(scrape_params['extract']['schema'])