diff --git a/java/fory-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/Fory.java b/java/fory-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/Fory.java
index a2840ef5d3..70f59dda51 100644
--- a/java/fory-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/Fory.java
+++ b/java/fory-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fory/Fory.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.apache.fory.config.ForyBuilder;
 import org.apache.fory.config.Language;
 import org.apache.fory.config.LongEncoding;
+import org.apache.fory.exception.DeserializationException;
 import org.apache.fory.io.ForyInputStream;
 import org.apache.fory.io.ForyReadableChannel;
 import org.apache.fory.logging.Logger;
@@ -798,7 +799,7 @@ public Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) {
   public <T> T deserialize(byte[] bytes, Class<T> type) {
     generics.pushGenericType(classResolver.buildGenericType(type));
     try {
-      return (T) deserialize(MemoryUtils.wrap(bytes), null);
+      return (T) checkedDeserialize(MemoryUtils.wrap(bytes), null, type);
     } finally {
       generics.popGenericType();
     }
@@ -834,6 +835,12 @@ public Object deserialize(MemoryBuffer buffer) {
    */
   @Override
   public Object deserialize(MemoryBuffer buffer, Iterable<MemoryBuffer> outOfBandBuffers) {
+    return checkedDeserialize(buffer, outOfBandBuffers, null);
+  }
+
+  private Object checkedDeserialize(MemoryBuffer buffer,
+                                    Iterable<MemoryBuffer> outOfBandBuffers,
+                                    Class<?> expectedType) {
     try {
       jitContext.lock();
       if (depth != 0) {
@@ -878,7 +885,13 @@ public Object deserialize(MemoryBuffer buffer, Iterable<MemoryBuffer> outOfBandB
       }
       Object obj;
       if (isTargetXLang) {
-        obj = xreadRef(buffer);
+        if (expectedType != null) {
+          obj = checkedXreadRef(buffer, expectedType);
+        } else {
+          obj = xreadRef(buffer);
+        }
+      } else if (expectedType != null) {
+        obj = checkedReadRef(buffer, expectedType);
       } else {
         obj = readRef(buffer);
       }
@@ -934,6 +947,26 @@ public Object readRef(MemoryBuffer buffer) {
     }
   }
 
+  private Object checkedReadRef(MemoryBuffer buffer, Class<?> expectedType) {
+    RefResolver refResolver = this.refResolver;
+    int nextReadRefId = refResolver.tryPreserveRefId(buffer);
+    if (nextReadRefId >= NOT_NULL_VALUE_FLAG) {
+      // ref value or not-null value
+      ClassInfo classInfo = classResolver.readClassInfo(buffer);
+      if (!expectedType.isAssignableFrom(classInfo.getCls())) {
+        throw new DeserializationException(String.format(
+            "Unexpected type %s which is not assignable to %s",
+                classInfo.getClass().getName(),
+                expectedType.getName()));
+      }
+      Object o = readDataInternal(buffer, classInfo);
+      refResolver.setReadObject(nextReadRefId, o);
+      return o;
+    } else {
+      return refResolver.getReadObject();
+    }
+  }
+
   public Object readRef(MemoryBuffer buffer, ClassInfoHolder classInfoHolder) {
     RefResolver refResolver = this.refResolver;
     int nextReadRefId = refResolver.tryPreserveRefId(buffer);
@@ -1070,6 +1103,26 @@ public Object xreadRef(MemoryBuffer buffer) {
     }
   }
 
+  private Object checkedXreadRef(MemoryBuffer buffer, Class<?> expectedType) {
+    RefResolver refResolver = this.refResolver;
+    int nextReadRefId = refResolver.tryPreserveRefId(buffer);
+    if (nextReadRefId >= NOT_NULL_VALUE_FLAG) {
+      ClassInfo classInfo = xtypeResolver.readClassInfo(buffer);
+      if (!expectedType.isAssignableFrom(classInfo.getCls())) {
+        throw new DeserializationException(String.format(
+            "Unexpected type %s which is not assignable to %s",
+            classInfo.getClass().getName(),
+            expectedType.getName()));
+      }
+      Object o = xreadNonRef(buffer, classInfo);
+      refResolver.setReadObject(nextReadRefId, o);
+      return o;
+    } else {
+      return refResolver.getReadObject();
+    }
+  }
+
+
   public Object xreadRef(MemoryBuffer buffer, Serializer<?> serializer) {
     if (serializer.needToWriteRef()) {
       RefResolver refResolver = this.refResolver;
diff --git a/java/fory-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fory/ForyTest.java b/java/fory-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fory/ForyTest.java
index 4d8a10a75b..abecf269a6 100644
--- a/java/fory-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fory/ForyTest.java
+++ b/java/fory-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fory/ForyTest.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import org.apache.fory.config.CompatibleMode;
 import org.apache.fory.config.ForyBuilder;
 import org.apache.fory.config.Language;
+import org.apache.fory.exception.DeserializationException;
 import org.apache.fory.exception.ForyException;
 import org.apache.fory.exception.InsecureException;
 import org.apache.fory.memory.MemoryBuffer;
@@ -673,4 +674,20 @@ public void testStructMapping() {
     Assert.assertEquals(struct1.f1, struct2.f1);
     Assert.assertEquals(struct1.f2, struct2.f2);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCheckedDeserialize() {
+    Fory fory = Fory.builder()
+        .withLanguage(Language.JAVA)
+        .withRefTracking(true)
+        .requireClassRegistration(false)
+        .build();
+    LocalDate now = LocalDate.now();
+    byte[] bytes = fory.serialize(now);
+    LocalDate ld0 = fory.deserialize(bytes, LocalDate.class);
+    Assert.assertEquals(ld0, now);
+    // Deserialize with wrong type and get a DeserializationException
+    assertThrows(DeserializationException.class,
+        () -> fory.deserialize(bytes, String.class));
+  }
 }