diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/dynamodb/metadata.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/dynamodb/metadata.py
index 506e8a5339a..977e941ef76 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/dynamodb/metadata.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/dynamodb/metadata.py
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ class DynamodbSource(CommonNoSQLSource):
         Method to get actual data available within table
         need to be overridden by sources
         """
+        attributes = []
         try:
-            attributes = []
             scan_kwargs = {}
             done = False
             start_key = None
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class DynamodbSource(CommonNoSQLSource):
             logger.warning(
                 f"Failed to read DynamoDB attributes for [{table_name}]: {err}"
             )
-        return []
+        return attributes
 
     def get_source_url(
         self,
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/dynamodb/models.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/dynamodb/models.py
index c2f4a7987a9..58e44329282 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/dynamodb/models.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/database/dynamodb/models.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 """
 DynamoDB Models
 """
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ class TableResponse(BaseModel):
     """
 
     Items: Optional[List[Dict]] = []
-    LastEvaluatedKey: Optional[str] = None
+    LastEvaluatedKey: Optional[Any] = None