diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/__init__.py b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/__init__.py
index 023eed972..3f21dc6fb 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/__init__.py
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import os
 
 from .firecrawl import FirecrawlApp, AsyncFirecrawlApp, JsonConfig, ScrapeOptions, ChangeTrackingOptions # noqa
 
-__version__ = "2.16.1"
+__version__ = "2.16.2"
 
 # Define the logger for the Firecrawl project
 logger: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger("firecrawl")
diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
index 85954cf96..3880cedfc 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
@@ -1372,8 +1372,8 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
             if isinstance(json_options, dict) and "schema" in json_options:
                 json_options["schema"] = self._ensure_schema_dict(json_options["schema"])
             scrape_params['jsonOptions'] = json_options if isinstance(json_options, dict) else json_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
-        if actions is not None:
-            scrape_params['actions'] = [action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
+        if actions:
+            scrape_params['actions'] = [action if isinstance(action, dict) else action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
         if agent is not None:
             scrape_params['agent'] = agent.dict(exclude_none=True)
         if max_concurrency is not None:
@@ -1513,8 +1513,8 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
             if isinstance(json_options, dict) and "schema" in json_options:
                 json_options["schema"] = self._ensure_schema_dict(json_options["schema"])
             scrape_params['jsonOptions'] = json_options if isinstance(json_options, dict) else json_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
-        if actions is not None:
-            scrape_params['actions'] = [action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
+        if actions:
+            scrape_params['actions'] = [action if isinstance(action, dict) else action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
         if agent is not None:
             scrape_params['agent'] = agent.dict(exclude_none=True)
         if max_concurrency is not None:
@@ -1649,8 +1649,8 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
             if isinstance(json_options, dict) and "schema" in json_options:
                 json_options["schema"] = self._ensure_schema_dict(json_options["schema"])
             scrape_params['jsonOptions'] = json_options if isinstance(json_options, dict) else json_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
-        if actions is not None:
-            scrape_params['actions'] = [action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
+        if actions:
+            scrape_params['actions'] = [action if isinstance(action, dict) else action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
         if agent is not None:
             scrape_params['agent'] = agent.dict(exclude_none=True)
         if max_concurrency is not None:
@@ -3074,7 +3074,6 @@ class AsyncFirecrawlApp(FirecrawlApp):
             scrape_params['jsonOptions'] = json_options if isinstance(json_options, dict) else json_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
         if actions:
             scrape_params['actions'] = [action if isinstance(action, dict) else action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
-
         if 'extract' in scrape_params and scrape_params['extract'] and 'schema' in scrape_params['extract']:
             scrape_params['extract']['schema'] = self._ensure_schema_dict(scrape_params['extract']['schema'])
         if 'jsonOptions' in scrape_params and scrape_params['jsonOptions'] and 'schema' in scrape_params['jsonOptions']:
@@ -3199,8 +3198,7 @@ class AsyncFirecrawlApp(FirecrawlApp):
             if isinstance(json_options, dict) and "schema" in json_options:
                 json_options["schema"] = self._ensure_schema_dict(json_options["schema"])
             scrape_params['jsonOptions'] = json_options if isinstance(json_options, dict) else json_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
-        if actions is not None:
-            scrape_params['actions'] = [action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
+
         if agent is not None:
             scrape_params['agent'] = agent.dict(exclude_none=True)
 
@@ -3339,8 +3337,8 @@ class AsyncFirecrawlApp(FirecrawlApp):
             if isinstance(json_options, dict) and "schema" in json_options:
                 json_options["schema"] = self._ensure_schema_dict(json_options["schema"])
             scrape_params['jsonOptions'] = json_options if isinstance(json_options, dict) else json_options.dict(exclude_none=True)
-        if actions is not None:
-            scrape_params['actions'] = [action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
+        if actions:
+            scrape_params['actions'] = [action if isinstance(action, dict) else action.dict(exclude_none=True) for action in actions]
         if agent is not None:
             scrape_params['agent'] = agent.dict(exclude_none=True)
         if zero_data_retention is not None: