diff --git a/src/huggingface_hub/dataclasses.py b/src/huggingface_hub/dataclasses.py
index 16b5a1be70..2fcec6b774 100644
--- a/src/huggingface_hub/dataclasses.py
+++ b/src/huggingface_hub/dataclasses.py
@@ -431,11 +431,11 @@ def type_validator(name: str, value: Any, expected_type: Any) -> None:
     elif origin is Required:
         if value is _TYPED_DICT_DEFAULT_VALUE:
             raise TypeError(f"Field '{name}' is required but missing.")
-        _validate_simple_type(name, value, args[0])
+        type_validator(name, value, args[0])
     elif origin is NotRequired:
         if value is _TYPED_DICT_DEFAULT_VALUE:
             return
-        _validate_simple_type(name, value, args[0])
+        type_validator(name, value, args[0])
     else:
         raise TypeError(f"Unsupported type for field '{name}': {expected_type}")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils_strict_dataclass.py b/tests/test_utils_strict_dataclass.py
index bdd2620264..70ee8f5cdb 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_strict_dataclass.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_strict_dataclass.py
@@ -671,6 +671,13 @@ class ConfigDict(TypedDict):
     optional_value: Optional[int]
 
 
+class ConfigDictIncomplete(TypedDict, total=False):
+    str_value: str
+    positive_int_value: Annotated[int, positive_int]
+    forward_ref_value: "ForwardDtype"
+    optional_value: Optional[int]
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "data",
     [
@@ -680,6 +687,7 @@ class ConfigDict(TypedDict):
 )
 def test_typed_dict_valid_data(data: dict):
     validate_typed_dict(ConfigDict, data)
+    validate_typed_dict(ConfigDictIncomplete, data)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(