diff --git a/src/core/validateGeneratedTypes.test.ts b/src/core/validateGeneratedTypes.test.ts
index 3d8925da..04a4d0ab 100644
--- a/src/core/validateGeneratedTypes.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/validateGeneratedTypes.test.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,56 @@ describe("validateGeneratedTypes", () => {
     expect(errors).toEqual([]);
   });
 
+  it("should return no error if we use a non-optional any", () => {
+    const sourceTypes = {
+      sourceText: `
+      export interface Citizen {
+        villain: any;
+      };
+    `,
+      relativePath: "source.ts",
+    };
+
+    const zodSchemas = {
+      sourceText: `// Generated by ts-to-zod
+    import { z } from "zod";
+    export const citizenSchema = z.object({
+      villain: z.any()
+    });
+    `,
+      relativePath: "source.zod.ts",
+    };
+
+    const integrationTests = {
+      sourceText: `// Generated by ts-to-zod
+      import { z } from "zod";
+
+      import * as spec from "./${sourceTypes.relativePath.slice(0, -3)}";
+      import * as generated from "./${zodSchemas.relativePath.slice(0, -3)}";
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+      function expectType<T>(_: T) {
+        /* noop */
+      }
+
+      export type CitizenInferredType = z.infer<typeof generated.citizenSchema>;
+
+      expectType<CitizenInferredType>({} as spec.Citizen);
+      expectType<spec.Citizen>({} as CitizenInferredType);
+  `,
+      relativePath: "source.integration.ts",
+    };
+
+    const errors = validateGeneratedTypes({
+      sourceTypes,
+      zodSchemas,
+      integrationTests,
+      skipParseJSDoc: false,
+    });
+
+    expect(errors).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
   it("should return an error if the types doesn't match", () => {
     const sourceTypes = {
       sourceText: `