diff --git a/packages/core/src/baseclient.ts b/packages/core/src/baseclient.ts
index 7a90b07925f6..b551cfafb8e8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/baseclient.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/baseclient.ts
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ export abstract class BaseClient<O extends ClientOptions> implements Client<O> {
           data: {
             __sentry__: true,
           },
-          originalException: reason as Error,
+          originalException: reason,
         });
         throw new SentryError(
           `Event processing pipeline threw an error, original event will not be sent. Details have been sent as a new event.\nReason: ${reason}`,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/hub.ts b/packages/core/src/hub.ts
index 5a3f99937042..c150c05eaef9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/hub.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/hub.ts
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ export class Hub implements HubInterface {
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any, @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types
-  public captureException(exception: any, hint?: EventHint): string {
+  public captureException(exception: unknown, hint?: EventHint): string {
     const eventId = (this._lastEventId = hint && hint.event_id ? hint.event_id : uuid4());
     const syntheticException = new Error('Sentry syntheticException');
     this._withClient((client, scope) => {
diff --git a/packages/node/src/integrations/onunhandledrejection.ts b/packages/node/src/integrations/onunhandledrejection.ts
index aa3916931ba7..1504b6dee6e0 100644
--- a/packages/node/src/integrations/onunhandledrejection.ts
+++ b/packages/node/src/integrations/onunhandledrejection.ts
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ export class OnUnhandledRejection implements Integration {
    * @param reason string
    * @param promise promise
    */
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types, @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  public sendUnhandledPromise(reason: any, promise: any): void {
+  public sendUnhandledPromise(reason: unknown, promise: unknown): void {
     const hub = getCurrentHub();
     if (hub.getIntegration(OnUnhandledRejection)) {
       hub.withScope((scope: Scope) => {
diff --git a/packages/types/src/event.ts b/packages/types/src/event.ts
index 7d21456d8044..61783ef9361b 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/event.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/event.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export interface EventHint {
   event_id?: string;
   captureContext?: CaptureContext;
   syntheticException?: Error | null;
-  originalException?: Error | string | null;
+  originalException?: unknown;
   attachments?: Attachment[];
   data?: any;
   integrations?: string[];