diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/Tag.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/Tag.scala
index fec72beb7..4b6b63889 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/Tag.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/Tag.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package org.virtuslab.yaml
 
+import org.virtuslab.yaml.internal.load.reader.token.ScalarStyle
+import org.virtuslab.yaml.internal.load.reader.token.ScalarStyle.{DoubleQuoted, SingleQuoted}
+
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
 sealed trait Tag {
@@ -35,9 +38,11 @@ object Tag {
   private val minusInfinity  = "-(\\.inf|\\.Inf|\\.INF)".r
   private val plusInfinity   = "\\+?(\\.inf|\\.Inf|\\.INF)".r
 
-  def resolveTag(value: String): Tag = {
+  def resolveTag(value: String, style: Option[ScalarStyle] = None): Tag = {
+    val assumeString = style.exists(s => s == DoubleQuoted || s == SingleQuoted)
     value match {
       case null               => nullTag
+      case _ if assumeString  => str
       case nullPattern(_*)    => nullTag
       case booleanPattern(_*) => boolean
       case int10Pattern(_*)   => int
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/internal/load/compose/Composer.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/internal/load/compose/Composer.scala
index 410a4e370..0d8df42b1 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/internal/load/compose/Composer.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/internal/load/compose/Composer.scala
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ object ComposerImpl extends Composer {
         case EventKind.MappingStart(NodeEventMetadata(anchor, _)) =>
           composeMappingNode(tail, anchor, aliases)
         case s: EventKind.Scalar =>
-          val tag: Tag = s.metadata.tag.getOrElse(Tag.resolveTag(s.value))
+          val tag: Tag = s.metadata.tag.getOrElse(Tag.resolveTag(s.value, Some(s.style)))
           val node     = Node.ScalarNode(s.value, tag, head.pos)
           s.metadata.anchor.foreach(anchor => aliases.put(anchor, node))
           Right(Result(node, tail))
diff --git a/core/shared/src/test/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/parser/ScalarSuite.scala b/core/shared/src/test/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/parser/ScalarSuite.scala
index d4e2efdc9..6f0dea90d 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/test/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/parser/ScalarSuite.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/test/scala/org/virtuslab/yaml/parser/ScalarSuite.scala
@@ -458,4 +458,54 @@ class ScalarSpec extends BaseYamlSuite {
     )
     assertEquals(yaml.events, Right(expectedEvents))
   }
+  test("quoted integer and bool values") {
+    val yaml =
+      """
+        | -  "123"
+        | -  "bool"
+        | -  'bool'
+        | -  "0xFFFF"
+        | -  123
+        | -  bool
+        | -  0xFFFF
+        |    """.stripMargin
+    val expectedEvents = List(
+      StreamStart,
+      DocumentStart(),
+      SequenceStart(),
+      Scalar("123", ScalarStyle.DoubleQuoted),
+      Scalar("bool", ScalarStyle.DoubleQuoted),
+      Scalar("bool", ScalarStyle.SingleQuoted),
+      Scalar("0xFFFF", ScalarStyle.DoubleQuoted),
+      Scalar("123", ScalarStyle.Plain),
+      Scalar("bool", ScalarStyle.Plain),
+      Scalar("0xFFFF", ScalarStyle.Plain),
+      SequenceEnd,
+      DocumentEnd(),
+      StreamEnd
+    )
+    assertEquals(yaml.events, Right(expectedEvents))
+  }
+
+  test("quoted values are read as String type") {
+    import org.virtuslab.yaml.{StringOps ⇒ SO, _}
+    val isStringType: Seq[Boolean] = Seq(
+      """ "123" """,
+      """ "0xFFFF" """,
+      """ "true" """,
+      """ "null" """,
+      """ "123.456" """,
+      """ "-.inf" """,
+      """ '123' """,
+      """ '0xFFFF' """,
+      """ 'true' """,
+      """ 'null' """,
+      """ '123.456' """,
+      """ '-.inf' """
+    ).map { yaml =>
+      val obj = SO(yaml).as[Any].toOption.get
+      obj.isInstanceOf[java.lang.String]
+    }
+    assertEquals(isStringType, Seq.fill(isStringType.length)(true))
+  }
 }