diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/presidio.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/presidio.py
index d2ec0471e7..e3f114c746 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/presidio.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/presidio.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class _OPTIONAL_PresidioPIIMasking(CustomGuardrail):
             analyze_payload["ad_hoc_recognizers"] = self.ad_hoc_recognizers
 
         if self.pii_entities_config:
-            analyze_payload["entities"] = list(self.pii_entities_config.keys())  # type: ignore
+            analyze_payload["entities"] = list(self.pii_entities_config.keys())
 
         ##################################################################
         ######### End of adding config params
diff --git a/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/presidio.py b/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/presidio.py
index 5e480db482..89e0f39c43 100644
--- a/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/presidio.py
+++ b/litellm/types/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/presidio.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class PresidioAnalyzeRequest(TypedDict, total=False):
     text: str
     language: Optional[str]
     ad_hoc_recognizers: Optional[List[str]]
-    entities: Optional[List[PiiEntityType]]
+    entities: Optional[List[Union[PiiEntityType, str]]]
 
 
 class PresidioAnalyzeResponseItem(TypedDict, total=False):