diff --git a/awswrangler/dynamodb/_utils.py b/awswrangler/dynamodb/_utils.py
index 046ebc79e..8108ccb00 100644
--- a/awswrangler/dynamodb/_utils.py
+++ b/awswrangler/dynamodb/_utils.py
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 
 import logging
 from types import TracebackType
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Mapping, Optional, Type, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Iterator, List, Mapping, Optional, Type, TypedDict, Union
 
 import boto3
 from boto3.dynamodb.types import TypeDeserializer, TypeSerializer
 from botocore.exceptions import ClientError
+from typing_extensions import NotRequired, Required
 
 from awswrangler import _utils, exceptions
 from awswrangler._config import apply_configs
@@ -53,12 +54,33 @@ def get_table(
     return dynamodb_table
 
 
+def _serialize_item(
+    item: Mapping[str, Any], serializer: Optional[TypeSerializer] = None
+) -> Dict[str, "AttributeValueTypeDef"]:
+    serializer = serializer if serializer else TypeSerializer()
+    return {k: serializer.serialize(v) for k, v in item.items()}
+
+
+def _deserialize_item(
+    item: Mapping[str, "AttributeValueTypeDef"], deserializer: Optional[TypeDeserializer] = None
+) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+    deserializer = deserializer if deserializer else TypeDeserializer()
+    return {k: deserializer.deserialize(v) for k, v in item.items()}
+
+
+class _ReadExecuteStatementKwargs(TypedDict):
+    Statement: Required[str]
+    ConsistentRead: Required[bool]
+    Parameters: NotRequired[List["AttributeValueTypeDef"]]
+    NextToken: NotRequired[str]
+
+
 def _execute_statement(
-    kwargs: Dict[str, Union[str, bool, List[Any]]],
+    kwargs: _ReadExecuteStatementKwargs,
     dynamodb_client: "DynamoDBClient",
 ) -> "ExecuteStatementOutputTypeDef":
     try:
-        response = dynamodb_client.execute_statement(**kwargs)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
+        response = dynamodb_client.execute_statement(**kwargs)
     except ClientError as err:
         if err.response["Error"]["Code"] == "ResourceNotFoundException":
             _logger.error("Couldn't execute PartiQL: '%s' because the table does not exist.", kwargs["Statement"])
@@ -73,22 +95,8 @@ def _execute_statement(
     return response
 
 
-def _serialize_item(
-    item: Mapping[str, Any], serializer: Optional[TypeSerializer] = None
-) -> Dict[str, "AttributeValueTypeDef"]:
-    serializer = serializer if serializer else TypeSerializer()
-    return {k: serializer.serialize(v) for k, v in item.items()}
-
-
-def _deserialize_item(
-    item: Mapping[str, "AttributeValueTypeDef"], deserializer: Optional[TypeDeserializer] = None
-) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-    deserializer = deserializer if deserializer else TypeDeserializer()
-    return {k: deserializer.deserialize(v) for k, v in item.items()}
-
-
 def _read_execute_statement(
-    kwargs: Dict[str, Union[str, bool, List[Any]]],
+    kwargs: _ReadExecuteStatementKwargs,
     dynamodb_client: "DynamoDBClient",
 ) -> Iterator[List[Dict[str, Any]]]:
     next_token: Optional[str] = "init_token"  # Dummy token
@@ -96,10 +104,12 @@ def _read_execute_statement(
 
     while next_token:
         response = _execute_statement(kwargs=kwargs, dynamodb_client=dynamodb_client)
-        next_token = response.get("NextToken", None)
-        kwargs["NextToken"] = next_token  # type: ignore[assignment]
         yield [_deserialize_item(item, deserializer) for item in response["Items"]]
 
+        next_token = response.get("NextToken", None)
+        if next_token:
+            kwargs["NextToken"] = next_token
+
 
 def execute_statement(
     statement: str,
@@ -156,7 +166,7 @@ def execute_statement(
     ...     parameters=[title, year],
     ... )
     """
-    kwargs: Dict[str, Union[str, bool, List[Any]]] = {"Statement": statement, "ConsistentRead": consistent_read}
+    kwargs: _ReadExecuteStatementKwargs = {"Statement": statement, "ConsistentRead": consistent_read}
     if parameters:
         serializer = TypeSerializer()
         kwargs["Parameters"] = [serializer.serialize(p) for p in parameters]