diff --git a/django_pydantic_field/v2/forms.py b/django_pydantic_field/v2/forms.py
index b2c49d2..510682c 100644
--- a/django_pydantic_field/v2/forms.py
+++ b/django_pydantic_field/v2/forms.py
@@ -53,18 +53,22 @@ def to_python(self, value: ty.Any) -> ty.Any:
             return value
         if value in self.empty_values:
             return None
-        elif isinstance(value, JSONString):
-            return value
+
         try:
-            converted = self.adapter.validate_json(value)
+            if not isinstance(value, (str, bytes)):
+                # The form data may contain python objects for some cases (e.g. using django-constance).
+                value = self.adapter.validate_python(value)
+            elif not isinstance(value, JSONString):
+                # Otherwise, try to parse incoming JSON according to the schema.
+                value = self.adapter.validate_json(value)
         except pydantic.ValidationError as exc:
             error_params = {"value": value, "title": exc.title, "detail": exc.json(), "errors": exc.errors()}
             raise ValidationError(self.error_messages["schema_error"], code="invalid", params=error_params) from exc
 
-        if isinstance(converted, str):
-            return JSONString(converted)
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            value = JSONString(value)
 
-        return converted
+        return value
 
     def prepare_value(self, value):
         if isinstance(value, InvalidJSONInput):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b103cbf..22d42c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "django-pydantic-field"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2-beta1"
 description = "Django JSONField with Pydantic models as a Schema"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
diff --git a/tests/v2/test_forms.py b/tests/v2/test_forms.py
index 4a1081e..88e9e6a 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/v2/test_forms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import typing as ty
+from datetime import date
 
 import django
 import pytest
@@ -16,11 +17,20 @@ class SampleForm(Form):
     field = forms.SchemaField(ty.ForwardRef("SampleSchema"))
 
 
-def test_form_schema_field():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "raw_data, clean_data",
+    [
+        ('{"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]}', {"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]}),
+        (b'{"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]}', {"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]}),
+        ({"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]}, {"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]}),
+        (InnerSchema(stub_str="abc", stub_list=[date(1970, 1, 1)]), {"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]}),
+    ],
+)
+def test_form_schema_field(raw_data, clean_data):
     field = forms.SchemaField(InnerSchema)
 
-    cleaned_data = field.clean('{"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]}')
-    assert cleaned_data == InnerSchema.model_validate({"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]})
+    cleaned_data = field.clean(raw_data)
+    assert cleaned_data == InnerSchema.model_validate(clean_data)
 
 
 def test_empty_form_values():
@@ -87,14 +97,17 @@ def test_forwardref_model_formfield():
     assert cleaned_data["annotated_field"] == SampleSchema(field=2)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("export_kwargs", [
-    {"include": {"stub_str", "stub_int"}},
-    {"exclude": {"stub_list"}},
-    {"exclude_unset": True},
-    {"exclude_defaults": True},
-    {"exclude_none": True},
-    {"by_alias": True},
-])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "export_kwargs",
+    [
+        {"include": {"stub_str", "stub_int"}},
+        {"exclude": {"stub_list"}},
+        {"exclude_unset": True},
+        {"exclude_defaults": True},
+        {"exclude_none": True},
+        {"by_alias": True},
+    ],
+)
 def test_form_field_export_kwargs(export_kwargs):
     field = forms.SchemaField(InnerSchema, required=False, **export_kwargs)
     value = InnerSchema.model_validate({"stub_str": "abc", "stub_list": ["1970-01-01"]})