diff --git a/scenario-compiler/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/extension/ToMapConversionExt.scala b/scenario-compiler/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/extension/ToMapConversionExt.scala
index b3bd7abd35f..77ebcb5510a 100644
--- a/scenario-compiler/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/extension/ToMapConversionExt.scala
+++ b/scenario-compiler/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/extension/ToMapConversionExt.scala
@@ -77,15 +77,16 @@ object ToMapConversion extends Conversion[JMap[_, _]] {
   @tailrec
   override def convertEither(value: Any): Either[Throwable, JMap[_, _]] =
     value match {
-      case m: JMap[_, _] => Right(m)
-      case a: Array[_]   => convertEither(ConversionHandler.convertArrayToList(a))
-      case c: JCollection[JMap[_, _] @unchecked] if canConvertToMap(c) =>
-        val map = new JHashMap[Any, Any]()
-        c.forEach(e => map.put(e.get(keyName), e.get(valueName)))
-        Right(map)
-      case x => Left(new IllegalArgumentException(s"Cannot convert: $x to a Map"))
+      case m: JMap[_, _]                           => Right(m)
+      case a: Array[_]                             => convertEither(ConversionHandler.convertArrayToList(a))
+      case c: JCollection[_] if canConvertToMap(c) => convertToMap(c).map(e => Right(e)).getOrElse(cannotConvertMessage(c))
+      case x                                       => cannotConvertMessage(x)
     }
 
+  private def cannotConvertMessage(c: Any): Left[IllegalArgumentException, Nothing] = {
+    Left(new IllegalArgumentException(s"Cannot convert: $c to a Map"))
+  }
+
   // We could leave underlying method using convertEither as well but this implementation is faster
   override def canConvert(value: Any): JBoolean = value match {
     case _: JMap[_, _]     => true
@@ -94,12 +95,29 @@ object ToMapConversion extends Conversion[JMap[_, _]] {
     case _                 => false
   }
 
-  private def canConvertToMap(c: JCollection[_]): Boolean = c.isEmpty || c
+  private def canConvertToMap(c: JCollection[_]): Boolean = c
     .stream()
     .allMatch {
-      case m: JMap[_, _] => m.keySet().containsAll(keyAndValueNames)
-      case _             => false
+      case m: JMap[_, _]                => m.keySet().containsAll(keyAndValueNames)
+      case _: JMap.Entry[_, _] => true
+      case _                            => false
+    }
+
+  private def convertToMap(c: JCollection[_]): Option[JMap[_, _]] = {
+    val map = new JHashMap[Any, Any]()
+    var foundError = false
+    c.forEach {
+      case e: JMap[_, _]                => map.put(e.get(keyName), e.get(valueName))
+      case e: JMap.Entry[_, _] => map.put(e.getKey, e.getValue)
+      case _ => foundError = true
+    }
+    if (foundError) {
+      // internal error of this class, should not have been called with such value
+      None
+    } else {
+      Some(map)
     }
+  }
 
   override def appliesToConversion(clazz: Class[_]): Boolean =
     clazz != resultTypeClass && (clazz.isAOrChildOf(collectionClass) || clazz == unknownClass || clazz.isArray)
diff --git a/scenario-compiler/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/spel/SpelExpressionSpec.scala b/scenario-compiler/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/spel/SpelExpressionSpec.scala
index 91cdd3b104b..80be87b147d 100644
--- a/scenario-compiler/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/spel/SpelExpressionSpec.scala
+++ b/scenario-compiler/src/test/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/spel/SpelExpressionSpec.scala
@@ -1663,6 +1663,36 @@ class SpelExpressionSpec extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers with ValidatedValuesD
     }
   }
 
+  test("should convert list of map entries into map") {
+    val result = evaluate[Any]("""
+        |{
+        |a: "A",
+        |b: "B"
+        |}.![#this].toMap
+        |""".stripMargin)
+    result shouldBe java.util.Map.of("a", "A", "b", "B")
+  }
+
+  test("should be able to convert list of map entries into map") {
+    val result = evaluate[Any]("""
+                                 |{
+                                 |a: "A",
+                                 |b: "B"
+                                 |}.![#this].canBeMap
+                                 |""".stripMargin)
+    result shouldBe true
+  }
+
+  test("should be able to convert list of map entries into map or null") {
+    val result = evaluate[Any]("""
+                                 |{
+                                 |a: "A",
+                                 |b: "B"
+                                 |}.![#this].toMapOrNull
+                                 |""".stripMargin)
+    result shouldBe java.util.Map.of("a", "A", "b", "B")
+  }
+
   test("should return error msg if record in map project does not contain required fields") {
     parse[Any]("#mapValue.![{invalid_key: #this.key}].toMap()", ctx).invalidValue.toList should matchPattern {
       case GenericFunctionError("List element must contain 'key' and 'value' fields") :: Nil =>