diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
index d18767d2847b..5726a8a8ca92 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints.py
@@ -1043,6 +1043,8 @@ def _is_subclass_constraint(sub):
               FrozenSetTypeConstraint,
               SetTypeConstraint))
 
+    # TODO(https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/29135): allow for consistency
+    # with Mapping types
     def _consistent_with_check_(self, sub):
       if self._is_subclass_constraint(sub):
         return is_consistent_with(sub.inner_type, self.inner_type)
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
index d7e3832f7ec8..1d938edcc24b 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/typehints_test.py
@@ -873,6 +873,7 @@ def test_type_constraint_compatibility(self):
     self.assertCompatible(
         typehints.Collection[typehints.Any], typehints.Collection[int])
     self.assertCompatible(typehints.Collection[int], typehints.Tuple[int])
+    self.assertCompatible(typehints.Any, typehints.Collection[str])
 
   def test_one_way_compatibility(self):
     self.assertNotCompatible(typehints.Set[int], typehints.Collection[int])