diff --git a/packages/hub/src/scope.ts b/packages/hub/src/scope.ts
index 82d470a265db..ee378373b3e2 100644
--- a/packages/hub/src/scope.ts
+++ b/packages/hub/src/scope.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import {
   Breadcrumb,
   CaptureContext,
+  Context,
+  Contexts,
   Event,
   EventHint,
   EventProcessor,
@@ -40,12 +42,10 @@ export class Scope implements ScopeInterface {
   protected _tags: { [key: string]: string } = {};
 
   /** Extra */
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  protected _extra: { [key: string]: any } = {};
+  protected _extra: Extras = {};
 
   /** Contexts */
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  protected _contexts: { [key: string]: any } = {};
+  protected _contexts: Contexts = {};
 
   /** Fingerprint */
   protected _fingerprint?: string[];
@@ -185,9 +185,14 @@ export class Scope implements ScopeInterface {
   /**
    * @inheritDoc
    */
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  public setContext(key: string, context: { [key: string]: any } | null): this {
-    this._contexts = { ...this._contexts, [key]: context };
+  public setContext(key: string, context: Context | null): this {
+    if (context === null) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-dynamic-delete
+      delete this._contexts[key];
+    } else {
+      this._contexts = { ...this._contexts, [key]: context };
+    }
+
     this._notifyScopeListeners();
     return this;
   }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/context.ts b/packages/types/src/context.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fbbeb00b6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/context.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export type Context = Record<string, unknown>;
+export type Contexts = Record<string, Context>;
diff --git a/packages/types/src/event.ts b/packages/types/src/event.ts
index fc1b4205611b..38e7a6ad5a21 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/event.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/event.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { Breadcrumb } from './breadcrumb';
+import { Contexts } from './context';
 import { Exception } from './exception';
+import { Extras } from './extra';
 import { Request } from './request';
 import { CaptureContext } from './scope';
 import { SdkInfo } from './sdkinfo';
@@ -31,11 +33,9 @@ export interface Event {
   };
   stacktrace?: Stacktrace;
   breadcrumbs?: Breadcrumb[];
-  contexts?: {
-    [key: string]: Record<any, any>;
-  };
+  contexts?: Contexts;
   tags?: { [key: string]: string };
-  extra?: { [key: string]: any };
+  extra?: Extras;
   user?: User;
   type?: EventType;
   spans?: Span[];
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index da4fa2f6129f..98a429e9e455 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export { Breadcrumb, BreadcrumbHint } from './breadcrumb';
 export { Client } from './client';
+export { Context, Contexts } from './context';
 export { Dsn, DsnComponents, DsnLike, DsnProtocol } from './dsn';
 export { ExtendedError } from './error';
 export { Event, EventHint } from './event';
diff --git a/packages/types/src/scope.ts b/packages/types/src/scope.ts
index 973d45fd7b4e..630d980c8eb7 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/scope.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/scope.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Breadcrumb } from './breadcrumb';
+import { Context, Contexts } from './context';
 import { EventProcessor } from './eventprocessor';
 import { Extra, Extras } from './extra';
 import { Severity } from './severity';
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ export type CaptureContext = Scope | Partial<ScopeContext> | ((scope: Scope) =>
 export interface ScopeContext {
   user: User;
   level: Severity;
-  extra: { [key: string]: any };
-  contexts: { [key: string]: any };
+  extra: Extras;
+  contexts: Contexts;
   tags: { [key: string]: string };
   fingerprint: string[];
 }
@@ -80,9 +81,9 @@ export interface Scope {
   /**
    * Sets context data with the given name.
    * @param name of the context
-   * @param context Any kind of data. This data will be normailzed.
+   * @param context an object containing context data. This data will be normailzed. Pass `null` to unset the context.
    */
-  setContext(name: string, context: { [key: string]: any } | null): this;
+  setContext(name: string, context: Context | null): this;
 
   /**
    * Sets the Span on the scope.