diff --git a/common/script/script-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/script/api/tbel/TbUtils.java b/common/script/script-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/script/api/tbel/TbUtils.java
index bd14871fe2..31bd634221 100644
--- a/common/script/script-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/script/api/tbel/TbUtils.java
+++ b/common/script/script-api/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/script/api/tbel/TbUtils.java
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ public class TbUtils {
         parserConfig.addImport("decodeToJson", new MethodStub(TbUtils.class.getMethod("decodeToJson",
                 ExecutionContext.class, String.class)));
         parserConfig.addImport("stringToBytes", new MethodStub(TbUtils.class.getMethod("stringToBytes",
-                ExecutionContext.class, String.class)));
+                ExecutionContext.class, Object.class)));
         parserConfig.addImport("stringToBytes", new MethodStub(TbUtils.class.getMethod("stringToBytes",
-                ExecutionContext.class, String.class, String.class)));
+                ExecutionContext.class, Object.class, String.class)));
         parserConfig.registerNonConvertableMethods(TbUtils.class, Collections.singleton("stringToBytes"));
         parserConfig.addImport("parseInt", new MethodStub(TbUtils.class.getMethod("parseInt",
                 String.class)));
@@ -192,14 +192,22 @@ public class TbUtils {
         return new String(bytes, charsetName);
     }
 
-    public static List<Byte> stringToBytes(ExecutionContext ctx, String str) {
-        byte[] bytes = str.getBytes();
-        return bytesToList(ctx, bytes);
+    public static List<Byte> stringToBytes(ExecutionContext ctx, Object str) throws IllegalAccessException {
+        if (str instanceof String) {
+            byte[] bytes = str.toString().getBytes();
+            return bytesToList(ctx, bytes);
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalAccessException("Invalid type parameter [" + str.getClass().getSimpleName() + "]. Expected 'String'");
+        }
     }
 
-    public static List<Byte> stringToBytes(ExecutionContext ctx, String str, String charsetName) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
-        byte[] bytes = str.getBytes(charsetName);
-        return bytesToList(ctx, bytes);
+    public static List<Byte> stringToBytes(ExecutionContext ctx, Object str, String charsetName) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, IllegalAccessException {
+        if (str instanceof String) {
+            byte[] bytes = str.toString().getBytes(charsetName);
+            return bytesToList(ctx, bytes);
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalAccessException("Invalid type parameter [" + str.getClass().getSimpleName() + "]. Expected 'String'");
+        }
     }
 
     private static byte[] bytesFromList(List<Byte> bytesList) {
diff --git a/common/script/script-api/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/script/api/tbel/TbUtilsTest.java b/common/script/script-api/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/script/api/tbel/TbUtilsTest.java
index a16a70b962..d2900d6ec4 100644
--- a/common/script/script-api/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/script/api/tbel/TbUtilsTest.java
+++ b/common/script/script-api/src/test/java/org/thingsboard/script/api/tbel/TbUtilsTest.java
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ public class TbUtilsTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void parseBytesDecodeToJson() throws IOException {
+    public void parseBytesDecodeToJson() throws IOException, IllegalAccessException {
         String expectedStr = "{\"hello\": \"world\"}";
         ExecutionHashMap<String, Object> expectedJson = new ExecutionHashMap<>(1, ctx);
         expectedJson.put("hello", "world");
@@ -367,6 +367,24 @@ public class TbUtilsTest {
         Assert.assertEquals(expectedJson,actualJson);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void stringToBytesInputObjectTest() throws IOException, IllegalAccessException {
+        String expectedStr = "{\"hello\": \"world\"}";
+        Object inputJson = TbUtils.decodeToJson(ctx, expectedStr);
+        byte[] arrayBytes = {119, 111, 114, 108, 100};
+        List<Byte> expectedBytes = Bytes.asList(arrayBytes);
+        List<Byte> actualBytes = TbUtils.stringToBytes(ctx, ((ExecutionHashMap) inputJson).get("hello"));
+        Assert.assertEquals(expectedBytes, actualBytes);
+        actualBytes = TbUtils.stringToBytes(ctx, ((ExecutionHashMap) inputJson).get("hello"), "UTF-8");
+        Assert.assertEquals(expectedBytes, actualBytes);
+
+        expectedStr = "{\"hello\": 1234}";
+        inputJson = TbUtils.decodeToJson(ctx, expectedStr);
+        Object finalInputJson = inputJson;
+        Assert.assertThrows(IllegalAccessException.class, () -> TbUtils.stringToBytes(ctx, ((ExecutionHashMap) finalInputJson).get("hello")));
+        Assert.assertThrows(IllegalAccessException.class, () -> TbUtils.stringToBytes(ctx, ((ExecutionHashMap) finalInputJson).get("hello"), "UTF-8"));
+    }
+
     private static List<Byte> toList(byte[] data) {
         List<Byte> result = new ArrayList<>(data.length);
         for (Byte b : data) {