diff --git a/docs/Changelog.md b/docs/Changelog.md
index 54713ea814a..117b5b6a355 100644
--- a/docs/Changelog.md
+++ b/docs/Changelog.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 * [#6925](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/6925) Fix situation when preset labels were presented as `null` when node didn't pass the validation.
 * [#6935](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/6935) Spel: Scenario labels added to meta variable - `#meta.scenarioLabels`
 * [#6952](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/6952) Improvement: TypeInformation support for scala.Option
-* [#6840](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/6840) Introduce castTo and canCastTo extension methods in SpeL.
+* [#6840](https://github.com/TouK/nussknacker/pull/6840) Introduce canCastTo, castTo and castToOrNull extension methods in SpeL.
 
 ## 1.17
 
diff --git a/scenario-compiler/src/main/java/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/spel/internal/RuntimeConversionHandler.java b/scenario-compiler/src/main/java/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/spel/internal/RuntimeConversionHandler.java
index a7e4e7fa49c..73114d00c3f 100644
--- a/scenario-compiler/src/main/java/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/spel/internal/RuntimeConversionHandler.java
+++ b/scenario-compiler/src/main/java/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/spel/internal/RuntimeConversionHandler.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import pl.touk.nussknacker.engine.extension.Cast;
 import pl.touk.nussknacker.engine.extension.ExtensionMethods;
+import scala.PartialFunction;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
@@ -42,17 +43,16 @@ public Object invoke(Method method,
                              Object target,
                              Object[] arguments,
                              ClassLoader classLoader) throws IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
-            if (target != null && target.getClass().isArray() && method.getDeclaringClass().isAssignableFrom(List.class)) {
+            Class<?> methodDeclaringClass = method.getDeclaringClass();
+            if (target != null && target.getClass().isArray() && methodDeclaringClass.isAssignableFrom(List.class)) {
                 return method.invoke(RuntimeConversionHandler.convert(target), arguments);
+            }
+            PartialFunction<Class<?>, Object> extMethod =
+                ExtensionMethods.invoke(method, target, arguments, classLoader);
+            if (extMethod.isDefinedAt(methodDeclaringClass)) {
+                return extMethod.apply(methodDeclaringClass);
             } else {
-                return ExtensionMethods.invoke(method, target, arguments, classLoader)
-                    .applyOrElse(method.getDeclaringClass(), (ignored) -> {
-                        try {
-                            return method.invoke(target, arguments);
-                        } catch (IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
-                            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-                        }
-                    });
+                return method.invoke(target, arguments);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/scenario-compiler/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/extension/Cast.scala b/scenario-compiler/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/extension/Cast.scala
index 531a1935cf1..6f1909f8e74 100644
--- a/scenario-compiler/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/extension/Cast.scala
+++ b/scenario-compiler/src/main/scala/pl/touk/nussknacker/engine/extension/Cast.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class CastImpl(target: Any, classLoader: ClassLoader) extends Cast {
     }
   }
 
-  override def castToOrNull[T >: Null](className: String): T = Try { castTo(className) }.getOrElse(null)
+  override def castToOrNull[T >: Null](className: String): T = Try { castTo[T](className) }.getOrElse(null)
 }
 
 private[extension] object CastImpl extends ExtensionMethodsImplFactory {
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 62869434179..0040221ee12 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
@@ -1494,6 +1494,22 @@ class SpelExpressionSpec extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers with ValidatedValuesD
     }
   }
 
+  test("should return null if castToOrNull fails") {
+    parse[Any](
+      expr = "#unknownString.value.castToOrNull('java.lang.Integer')",
+      context = ctx,
+      methodExecutionForUnknownAllowed = true
+    ).validExpression.evaluateSync[Any](ctx) == null shouldBe true
+  }
+
+  test("should castToOrNull succeed") {
+    parse[Any](
+      expr = "#unknownString.value.castToOrNull('java.lang.String')",
+      context = ctx,
+      methodExecutionForUnknownAllowed = true
+    ).validExpression.evaluateSync[Any](ctx) shouldBe "unknown"
+  }
+
 }
 
 case class SampleObject(list: java.util.List[SampleValue])