diff --git a/pkg/expr/expr_types.go b/pkg/expr/expr_types.go
index fae386412..3ebaf9618 100644
--- a/pkg/expr/expr_types.go
+++ b/pkg/expr/expr_types.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (t *Unresolved) Assign(interface{}) (err error) {
 }
 
 func CastToAny(val interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
-	return val, nil
+	return UntypedValue(val), nil
 }
 
 func CastToArray(val interface{}) (out []TypedValue, err error) {
diff --git a/pkg/expr/vars_test.go b/pkg/expr/vars_test.go
index 93c5ee7be..fd050e4f2 100644
--- a/pkg/expr/vars_test.go
+++ b/pkg/expr/vars_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ package expr
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 // extract typed-value
@@ -282,6 +283,19 @@ func TestVars_Omit(t *testing.T) {
 	req.Equal(expected, out)
 }
 
+func TestVarsTypeResolving(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		req = require.New(t)
+		v   = &Vars{}
+	)
+
+	req.NoError(v.Set("unr", &Unresolved{value: "wrapped any", typ: "Any"}))
+	req.NoError(v.Set("any", &Any{value: "raw any"}))
+	req.NoError(v.ResolveTypes(func(typ string) Type { return Any{} }))
+	req.Equal("wrapped any", v.value["unr"].Get())
+	req.Equal("raw any", v.value["any"].Get())
+}
+
 func TestVars_UnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		name string