diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-omegaconf/flytekitplugins/omegaconf/dictconfig_transformer.py b/plugins/flytekit-omegaconf/flytekitplugins/omegaconf/dictconfig_transformer.py
index c61f1e7fe8..0f2b8c63cc 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-omegaconf/flytekitplugins/omegaconf/dictconfig_transformer.py
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-omegaconf/flytekitplugins/omegaconf/dictconfig_transformer.py
@@ -120,16 +120,27 @@ def create_struct(type_map: Dict[str, str], value_map: Dict[str, Any], base_conf
 
 def parse_type_description(type_desc: str) -> Type:
     """Parse the type description and return the corresponding type."""
-    if re.match(r".+\[.*]", type_desc):
-        origin_module, origin_type = type_desc.split("[")[0].rsplit(".", 1)
-        origin = importlib.import_module(origin_module).__getattribute__(origin_type)
-        sub_types = type_desc.split("[")[1][:-1].split(", ")
-        for i, t in enumerate(sub_types):
-            if t != "NoneType":
-                module_name, class_name = t.rsplit(".", 1)
-                sub_types[i] = importlib.import_module(module_name).__getattribute__(class_name)
+    generic_pattern = re.compile(r"(?P<type>[^\[\]]+)\[(?P<args>[^\[\]]+)\]")
+    match = generic_pattern.match(type_desc)
+
+    if match:
+        origin_type = match.group("type")
+        args = match.group("args").split(", ")
+
+        origin_module, origin_class = origin_type.rsplit(".", 1)
+        origin = importlib.import_module(origin_module).__getattribute__(origin_class)
+
+        sub_types = []
+        for arg in args:
+            if arg == "NoneType":
+                sub_types.append(type(None))
             else:
-                sub_types[i] = type(None)
+                module_name, class_name = arg.rsplit(".", 1)
+                sub_type = importlib.import_module(module_name).__getattribute__(class_name)
+                sub_types.append(sub_type)
+
+        if origin_class == "Optional":
+            return origin[sub_types[0]]
         return origin[tuple(sub_types)]
     else:
         module_name, class_name = type_desc.rsplit(".", 1)