diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/iceberg/iceberg_common.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/iceberg/iceberg_common.py
index 98db275e754c0f..b74c096d0798e8 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/iceberg/iceberg_common.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/iceberg/iceberg_common.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 from pydantic import Field, validator
 from pyiceberg.catalog import Catalog, load_catalog
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class IcebergSourceConfig(StatefulIngestionConfigBase, DatasetSourceConfigMixin)
         default=None, description="Iceberg Stateful Ingestion Config."
     )
     # The catalog configuration is using a dictionary to be open and flexible.  All the keys and values are handled by pyiceberg.  This will future-proof any configuration change done by pyiceberg.
-    catalog: Dict[str, Dict[str, str]] = Field(
+    catalog: Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]] = Field(
         description="Catalog configuration where to find Iceberg tables.  Only one catalog specification is supported.  The format is the same as [pyiceberg's catalog configuration](https://py.iceberg.apache.org/configuration/), where the catalog name is specified as the object name and attributes are set as key-value pairs.",
     )
     table_pattern: AllowDenyPattern = Field(
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_iceberg.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_iceberg.py
index 5df7a2f3aa944a..c8c6c6ac8a85d3 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_iceberg.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_iceberg.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import uuid
 from decimal import Decimal
-from typing import Any, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 import pytest
 from pydantic import ValidationError
@@ -124,6 +124,34 @@ def test_config_for_tests():
     with_iceberg_source()
 
 
+def test_config_support_nested_dicts():
+    """
+    Test that Iceberg source supports nested dictionaries inside its configuration, as allowed by pyiceberg.
+    """
+    catalog = {
+        "test": {
+            "type": "rest",
+            "nested_dict": {
+                "nested_key": "nested_value",
+                "nested_array": ["a1", "a2"],
+                "subnested_dict": {"subnested_key": "subnested_value"},
+            },
+        }
+    }
+    test_config = IcebergSourceConfig(catalog=catalog)
+    assert isinstance(test_config.catalog["test"]["nested_dict"], Dict)
+    assert test_config.catalog["test"]["nested_dict"]["nested_key"] == "nested_value"
+    assert isinstance(test_config.catalog["test"]["nested_dict"]["nested_array"], List)
+    assert test_config.catalog["test"]["nested_dict"]["nested_array"][0] == "a1"
+    assert isinstance(
+        test_config.catalog["test"]["nested_dict"]["subnested_dict"], Dict
+    )
+    assert (
+        test_config.catalog["test"]["nested_dict"]["subnested_dict"]["subnested_key"]
+        == "subnested_value"
+    )
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "iceberg_type, expected_schema_field_type",
     [