diff --git a/dev-requirements.in b/dev-requirements.in
index 23bdb828c..203c9c2f5 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.in
+++ b/dev-requirements.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ coverage
 pre-commit
 codespell
 mock
+pydantic>2
 pytest
 mypy
 mashumaro
diff --git a/examples/data_types_and_io/Dockerfile b/examples/data_types_and_io/Dockerfile
index d93ea429b..1d9af3994 100644
--- a/examples/data_types_and_io/Dockerfile
+++ b/examples/data_types_and_io/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN python3 -m venv ${VENV}
 ENV PATH="${VENV}/bin:$PATH"
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,sharing=locked,mode=0777,target=/root/.cache/pip,id=pip \
-    pip install flytekit pandas pyarrow
+    pip install flytekit pandas pyarrow pydantic>2
 RUN --mount=type=cache,sharing=locked,mode=0777,target=/root/.cache/pip,id=pip \
     pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
 
diff --git a/examples/data_types_and_io/data_types_and_io/attribute_access.py b/examples/data_types_and_io/data_types_and_io/attribute_access.py
index cb430683b..a89320507 100644
--- a/examples/data_types_and_io/data_types_and_io/attribute_access.py
+++ b/examples/data_types_and_io/data_types_and_io/attribute_access.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 
-from dataclasses_json import dataclass_json
 from flytekit import task, workflow
 
 
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ def dict_wf():
 
 
 # Directly access an attribute of a dataclass
-@dataclass_json
 @dataclass
 class Fruit:
     name: str
diff --git a/examples/data_types_and_io/data_types_and_io/pydantic_basemodel.py b/examples/data_types_and_io/data_types_and_io/pydantic_basemodel.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0242e0b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/data_types_and_io/data_types_and_io/pydantic_basemodel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+import os
+import tempfile
+
+import pandas as pd
+from flytekit import ImageSpec, task, workflow
+from flytekit.types.directory import FlyteDirectory
+from flytekit.types.file import FlyteFile
+from flytekit.types.structured import StructuredDataset
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+image_spec = ImageSpec(
+    registry="ghcr.io/flyteorg",
+    packages=["pandas", "pyarrow", "pydantic"],
+)
+
+
+# Python types
+# Define a Pydantic model with `int`, `str`, and `dict` as the data types
+class Datum(BaseModel):
+    x: int
+    y: str
+    z: dict[int, str]
+
+
+# Once declared, a Pydantic model can be returned as an output or accepted as an input
+@task(container_image=image_spec)
+def stringify(s: int) -> Datum:
+    """
+    A Pydantic model return will be treated as a single complex JSON return.
+    """
+    return Datum(x=s, y=str(s), z={s: str(s)})
+
+
+@task(container_image=image_spec)
+def add(x: Datum, y: Datum) -> Datum:
+    """
+    Flytekit automatically converts the provided JSON into a Pydantic model.
+    If the structures don't match, it triggers a runtime failure.
+    """
+    x.z.update(y.z)
+    return Datum(x=x.x + y.x, y=x.y + y.y, z=x.z)
+
+
+# Flyte types
+class FlyteTypes(BaseModel):
+    dataframe: StructuredDataset
+    file: FlyteFile
+    directory: FlyteDirectory
+
+
+@task(container_image=image_spec)
+def upload_data() -> FlyteTypes:
+    """
+    Flytekit will upload FlyteFile, FlyteDirectory, and StructuredDataset to the blob store,
+    such as GCP or S3.
+    """
+    # 1. StructuredDataset
+    df = pd.DataFrame({"Name": ["Tom", "Joseph"], "Age": [20, 22]})
+
+    # 2. FlyteDirectory
+    temp_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="flyte-")
+    df.to_parquet(os.path.join(temp_dir, "df.parquet"))
+
+    # 3. FlyteFile
+    file_path = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
+    file_path.write(b"Hello, World!")
+    file_path.close()
+
+    fs = FlyteTypes(
+        dataframe=StructuredDataset(dataframe=df),
+        file=FlyteFile(file_path.name),
+        directory=FlyteDirectory(temp_dir),
+    )
+    return fs
+
+
+@task(container_image=image_spec)
+def download_data(res: FlyteTypes):
+    expected_df = pd.DataFrame({"Name": ["Tom", "Joseph"], "Age": [20, 22]})
+    actual_df = res.dataframe.open(pd.DataFrame).all()
+    assert expected_df.equals(actual_df), "DataFrames do not match!"
+
+    with open(res.file, "r") as f:
+        assert f.read() == "Hello, World!", "File contents do not match!"
+
+    assert os.listdir(res.directory) == ["df.parquet"], "Directory contents do not match!"
+
+
+# Define a workflow that calls the tasks created above
+@workflow
+def basemodel_wf(x: int, y: int) -> (Datum, FlyteTypes):
+    o1 = add(x=stringify(s=x), y=stringify(s=y))
+    o2 = upload_data()
+    download_data(res=o2)
+    return o1, o2
+
+
+# Run the workflow locally
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    basemodel_wf(x=10, y=20)
diff --git a/examples/data_types_and_io/requirements.in b/examples/data_types_and_io/requirements.in
index 2bcce8b12..502469658 100644
--- a/examples/data_types_and_io/requirements.in
+++ b/examples/data_types_and_io/requirements.in
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ torch
 tabulate
 tensorflow
 pyarrow
+pydantic>2