diff --git a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/AnthropicModel.py b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/AnthropicModel.py
index 9b4b4dca3..dd7ccb4f5 100644
--- a/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/AnthropicModel.py
+++ b/src/backend/base/langflow/components/models/AnthropicModel.py
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ class AnthropicModelComponent(LCModelComponent):
         try:
             from anthropic import BadRequestError
         except ImportError:
-            return
+            return None
         if isinstance(exception, BadRequestError):
             message = exception.body.get("error", {}).get("message")  # type: ignore
             if message:
                 return message
-        return
+        return None