diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 170d368..3c3a61c 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Shortcut for creating and mocking a `HTTPX` [Response](#response).
 >   Response *text* content to mock, with automatic content-type header added.
 > * **html** - *(optional) str*  
 >   Response *HTML* content to mock, with automatic content-type header added.
-> * **json** - *(optional) str | list | dict*  
+> * **json** - *(optional) Any*  
 >   Response *JSON* content to mock, with automatic content-type header added.
 > * **stream** - *(optional) Iterable[bytes]*  
 >   Response *stream* to mock.
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Shortcut for creating and mocking a `HTTPX` [Response](#response).
 >   Text content, with automatic content-type header added.
 > * **html** - *(optional) str*  
 >   HTML content, with automatic content-type header added.
-> * **json** - *(optional) str | list | dict*  
+> * **json** - *(optional) Any*  
 >   JSON content, with automatic content-type header added.
 > * **stream** - *(optional) Iterable[bytes]*  
 >   Content *stream*.
diff --git a/respx/models.py b/respx/models.py
index 9690324..7585171 100644
--- a/respx/models.py
+++ b/respx/models.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def respond(
         content: Optional[Content] = None,
         text: Optional[str] = None,
         html: Optional[str] = None,
-        json: Optional[Union[str, List, Dict]] = None,
+        json: Any = None,
         stream: Optional[Union[httpx.SyncByteStream, httpx.AsyncByteStream]] = None,
         content_type: Optional[str] = None,
         http_version: Optional[str] = None,