diff --git a/src/iceberg/manifest_entry.h b/src/iceberg/manifest_entry.h
index 43db00ae9..0b1355a7f 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/manifest_entry.h
+++ b/src/iceberg/manifest_entry.h
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <any>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "iceberg/expression/literal.h"
 #include "iceberg/file_format.h"
 #include "iceberg/iceberg_export.h"
 #include "iceberg/result.h"
@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ struct ICEBERG_EXPORT DataFile {
   FileFormatType file_format;
   /// Field id: 102
   /// Partition data tuple, schema based on the partition spec output using partition
-  /// field ids for the struct field ids
-  /// TODO(zhjwpku): use StructLike to represent partition data tuple
-  std::any partition;
+  /// field ids
+  std::vector<Literal> partition;
   /// Field id: 103
   /// Number of records in this file, or the cardinality of a deletion vector
   int64_t record_count = 0;
diff --git a/src/iceberg/schema_util.h b/src/iceberg/schema_util.h
index 72b6b55d7..8ba21a7c9 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/schema_util.h
+++ b/src/iceberg/schema_util.h
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <any>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <variant>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "iceberg/expression/literal.h"
 #include "iceberg/iceberg_export.h"
 #include "iceberg/result.h"
 #include "iceberg/type_fwd.h"
@@ -48,14 +48,13 @@ struct ICEBERG_EXPORT FieldProjection {
     kNull,
   };
 
-  /// \brief The field index in the source schema on the same nesting level when
-  /// `kind` is `kProjected`.
-  using SourceFieldIndex = size_t;
-  /// \brief A literal value used when `kind` is `kConstant` or `kDefault`.
-  /// TODO(gangwu): replace it with a specifically defined literal type
-  using Literal = std::any;
   /// \brief A variant to indicate how to set the value of the field.
-  using From = std::variant<std::monostate, SourceFieldIndex, Literal>;
+  /// \note `std::monostate` is used to indicate that the field is not projected.
+  /// \note `size_t` is used to indicate the field index in the source schema on the same
+  /// nesting level when `kind` is `kProjected`.
+  /// \note `Literal` is used to indicate the value of the field when `kind` is
+  /// `kConstant` or `kDefault`.
+  using From = std::variant<std::monostate, size_t, Literal>;
 
   /// \brief Format-specific attributes for the field.
   /// For example, for Parquet it might store column id and level info of the projected