diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/UpdateRequest.py b/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/UpdateRequest.py
index 6e8991794..d18c94a56 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/UpdateRequest.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/components/utilities/UpdateRequest.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class UpdateRequest(CustomComponent):
         "url": {"display_name": "URL", "info": "The URL to make the request to."},
         "headers": {
             "display_name": "Headers",
-            "field_type": "code",
+            "field_type": "NestedDict",
             "info": "The headers to send with the request.",
         },
         "code": {"show": False},
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py
index 0f9a5e8a9..715babf25 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py
@@ -122,6 +122,18 @@ class Vertex:
                     except Exception as exc:
                         logger.debug(f"Error parsing code: {exc}")
                         params[key] = value.get("value")
+                elif value.get("type") in ["dict", "NestedDict"]:
+                    # When dict comes from the frontend it comes as a
+                    # list of dicts, so we need to convert it to a dict
+                    # before passing it to the build method
+                    _value = value.get("value")
+                    if isinstance(_value, list):
+                        params[key] = {
+                            item["key"]: item["value"]
+                            for item in value.get("value", [])
+                        }
+                    elif isinstance(_value, dict):
+                        params[key] = _value
                 else:
                     params[key] = value.get("value")
 
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/llms.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/llms.py
index 01098724e..b8e007a27 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/llms.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/llms.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class LLMFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
         if display_name := display_names_dict.get(field.name):
             field.display_name = display_name
         if field.name == "model_kwargs":
-            field.field_type = "code"
+            field.field_type = "dict"
             field.advanced = True
             field.show = True
         elif field.name in [
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/utilities.py b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/utilities.py
index 9dedacd0f..a5adb219d 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/utilities.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/template/frontend_node/utilities.py
@@ -21,5 +21,4 @@ class UtilitiesFrontendNode(FrontendNode):
             field.field_type = "str"
 
         if isinstance(field.value, dict):
-            field.field_type = "code"
             field.value = orjson_dumps(field.value)
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/utils/constants.py b/src/backend/langflow/utils/constants.py
index e473d855b..43f92f651 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/utils/constants.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/utils/constants.py
@@ -48,4 +48,14 @@ def python_function(text: str) -> str:
     return text
 """
 
-DIRECT_TYPES = ["str", "bool", "code", "int", "float", "Any", "prompt"]
+DIRECT_TYPES = [
+    "str",
+    "bool",
+    "dict",
+    "int",
+    "float",
+    "Any",
+    "prompt",
+    "code",
+    "NestedDict",
+]
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/utils/util.py b/src/backend/langflow/utils/util.py
index 921f913c6..519ee79ca 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/utils/util.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/utils/util.py
@@ -276,8 +276,6 @@ def format_dict(
         value["password"] = is_password_field(key)
         value["multiline"] = is_multiline_field(key)
 
-        replace_dict_type_with_code(value)
-
         if key == "dict_":
             set_dict_file_attributes(value)