diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
index b329cf1542334..64bb1e8952997 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+7.1
+---
+
+ * Add `AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION` for scalar type transformation
+
 7.0
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Context/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerContextBuilder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Context/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerContextBuilder.php
index a27f00c5ba80c..19a2e6e794beb 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Context/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerContextBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Context/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerContextBuilder.php
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ public function withDisableTypeEnforcement(?bool $disableTypeEnforcement): stati
         return $this->with(AbstractObjectNormalizer::DISABLE_TYPE_ENFORCEMENT, $disableTypeEnforcement);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Configures whether to convert scalar types to the expected type, if their value is compatible.
+     */
+    public function withEnableTypeConversion(?bool $enableTypeConversion): static
+    {
+        return $this->with(AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION, $enableTypeConversion);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Configures whether fields with the value `null` should be output during normalization.
      */
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
index 4ca328d591beb..eeb56cb2f6f1c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizer.php
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ abstract class AbstractObjectNormalizer extends AbstractNormalizer
      */
     public const DISABLE_TYPE_ENFORCEMENT = 'disable_type_enforcement';
 
+    /**
+     * While denormalizing, convert scalar types to the expected type.
+     *
+     * If not defined, it will be enabled for XML and CSV format, because all basic datatypes are represented as strings.
+     */
+    public const ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION = 'enable_type_conversion';
+
     /**
      * Flag to control whether fields with the value `null` should be output
      * when normalizing or omitted.
@@ -294,6 +301,8 @@ public function denormalize(mixed $data, string $type, ?string $format = null, a
             return null;
         }
 
+        $context[self::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION] = $context[self::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION] ?? (XmlEncoder::FORMAT === $format || CsvEncoder::FORMAT === $format);
+
         $allowedAttributes = $this->getAllowedAttributes($type, $context, true);
         $normalizedData = $this->prepareForDenormalization($data);
         $extraAttributes = [];
@@ -438,7 +447,7 @@ private function validateAndDenormalize(array $types, string $currentClass, stri
                 // if a value is meant to be a string, float, int or a boolean value from the serialized representation.
                 // That's why we have to transform the values, if one of these non-string basic datatypes is expected.
                 $builtinType = $type->getBuiltinType();
-                if (\is_string($data) && (XmlEncoder::FORMAT === $format || CsvEncoder::FORMAT === $format)) {
+                if (\is_string($data) && ($context[self::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION] ?? $this->defaultContext[self::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION] ?? false)) {
                     if ('' === $data) {
                         if (Type::BUILTIN_TYPE_ARRAY === $builtinType) {
                             return [];
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Context/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerContextBuilderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Context/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerContextBuilderTest.php
index 410f2972b0258..1a12c1a8d4653 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Context/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerContextBuilderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Context/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerContextBuilderTest.php
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public function testWithers(array $values)
             ->withEnableMaxDepth($values[AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_MAX_DEPTH])
             ->withDepthKeyPattern($values[AbstractObjectNormalizer::DEPTH_KEY_PATTERN])
             ->withDisableTypeEnforcement($values[AbstractObjectNormalizer::DISABLE_TYPE_ENFORCEMENT])
+            ->withEnableTypeConversion($values[AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION])
             ->withSkipNullValues($values[AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_NULL_VALUES])
             ->withSkipUninitializedValues($values[AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_VALUES])
             ->withMaxDepthHandler($values[AbstractObjectNormalizer::MAX_DEPTH_HANDLER])
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ public static function withersDataProvider(): iterable
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_MAX_DEPTH => true,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::DEPTH_KEY_PATTERN => '%s_%s',
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::DISABLE_TYPE_ENFORCEMENT => false,
+            AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION => false,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_NULL_VALUES => true,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_VALUES => false,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::MAX_DEPTH_HANDLER => static function (): void {},
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ public static function withersDataProvider(): iterable
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_MAX_DEPTH => null,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::DEPTH_KEY_PATTERN => null,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::DISABLE_TYPE_ENFORCEMENT => null,
+            AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION => null,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_NULL_VALUES => null,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::SKIP_UNINITIALIZED_VALUES => null,
             AbstractObjectNormalizer::MAX_DEPTH_HANDLER => null,
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
index 4ebe11d915767..befa298ec1c62 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Tests/Normalizer/AbstractObjectNormalizerTest.php
@@ -627,7 +627,10 @@ public function getTypeForMappedObject($object): ?string
         $this->assertInstanceOf(AbstractDummySecondChild::class, $denormalizedData);
     }
 
-    public function testDenormalizeBasicTypePropertiesFromXml()
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider denormalizeBasicTypePropertiesConversionDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testDenormalizeBasicTypePropertiesConversion(string $format, array $context = [])
     {
         $denormalizer = $this->getDenormalizerForObjectWithBasicProperties();
 
@@ -648,7 +651,8 @@ public function testDenormalizeBasicTypePropertiesFromXml()
                 'floatNegInf' => '-INF',
             ],
             ObjectWithBasicProperties::class,
-            'xml'
+            $format,
+            $context
         );
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(ObjectWithBasicProperties::class, $objectWithBooleanProperties);
@@ -672,6 +676,30 @@ public function testDenormalizeBasicTypePropertiesFromXml()
         $this->assertEquals(-\INF, $objectWithBooleanProperties->floatNegInf);
     }
 
+    public function testDenormalizeBasicTypePropertiesThrowsWithoutTypeConversion()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(NotNormalizableValueException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessageMatches('/must be one of "bool" \("string" given\)/');
+        $denormalizer = $this->getDenormalizerForObjectWithBasicProperties();
+        $denormalizer->denormalize(
+            [
+                'boolTrue1' => 'true',
+            ],
+            ObjectWithBasicProperties::class,
+            'other',
+            [AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION => false]
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function denormalizeBasicTypePropertiesConversionDataProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            ['xml', []],
+            ['csv', []],
+            ['other', [AbstractObjectNormalizer::ENABLE_TYPE_CONVERSION => true]],
+        ];
+    }
+
     private function getDenormalizerForObjectWithBasicProperties()
     {
         $extractor = $this->createMock(PhpDocExtractor::class);