diff --git a/src/lightning/pytorch/utilities/types.py b/src/lightning/pytorch/utilities/types.py
index 433e6ab25f8b7..a087b2a862d8b 100644
--- a/src/lightning/pytorch/utilities/types.py
+++ b/src/lightning/pytorch/utilities/types.py
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ class OptimizerLRSchedulerConfig(TypedDict):
         Sequence[Optimizer],
         Tuple[Sequence[Optimizer], Sequence[Union[LRSchedulerTypeUnion, LRSchedulerConfig]]],
         OptimizerLRSchedulerConfig,
+        Sequence[OptimizerLRSchedulerConfig]
     ]
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/tests_pytorch/trainer/optimization/test_optimizers.py b/tests/tests_pytorch/trainer/optimization/test_optimizers.py
index d44d4b009c095..60b987c88b625 100644
--- a/tests/tests_pytorch/trainer/optimization/test_optimizers.py
+++ b/tests/tests_pytorch/trainer/optimization/test_optimizers.py
@@ -231,6 +231,16 @@ def test_optimizer_return_options(tmpdir):
     assert opt[0] == opt_a
     assert lr_sched[0] == ref_lr_sched
 
+    # opt list of dictionaries
+    model.automatic_optimization = False
+    model.configure_optimizers = lambda: [
+        {"optimizer": opt_a, "lr_scheduler": scheduler_a}, {"optimizer": opt_b, "lr_scheduler": scheduler_a}
+    ]
+    opt, lr_sched = _init_optimizers_and_lr_schedulers(model)
+    assert len(opt) == len(lr_sched) == 2
+    assert opt == [opt_a, opt_b]
+    assert lr_sched == [ref_lr_sched, ref_lr_sched]
+
 
 def test_none_optimizer(tmpdir):
     model = BoringModel()