diff --git a/common/build.gradle.kts b/common/build.gradle.kts
index 993feccf5e0..2fe2e4d7cc7 100644
--- a/common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ kotlin {
                 implementation(projects.kspAnnotations)
             }
         }
+        jvmTest {
+            dependencies {
+                implementation(libs.bson)
+                implementation(libs.kbson)
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/serialization/LongOrStringSerializer.kt b/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/serialization/LongOrStringSerializer.kt
index 604503d35c9..22d974256f2 100644
--- a/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/serialization/LongOrStringSerializer.kt
+++ b/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/serialization/LongOrStringSerializer.kt
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.descriptors.PrimitiveKind
 import kotlinx.serialization.descriptors.PrimitiveSerialDescriptor
 import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Decoder
 import kotlinx.serialization.encoding.Encoder
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonDecoder
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonEncoder
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.long
 
 internal object LongOrStringSerializer : KSerializer<String> {
-    private val backingSerializer = JsonPrimitive.serializer()
-
     /*
      * Delegating serializers should not reuse descriptors:
      * https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization/blob/master/docs/serializers.md#delegating-serializers
      *
-     * however `SerialDescriptor("...", backingSerializer.descriptor)` will throw since
-     * `JsonPrimitive.serializer().kind` is `PrimitiveKind.STRING` (`SerialDescriptor()` does not allow
+     * however `SerialDescriptor("...", JsonPrimitive.serializer().descriptor)` will throw since
+     * `JsonPrimitive.serializer().descriptor.kind` is `PrimitiveKind.STRING` (`SerialDescriptor()` does not allow
      * `PrimitiveKind`)
      * -> use `PrimitiveSerialDescriptor("...", PrimitiveKind.STRING)` instead
      */
@@ -26,12 +26,21 @@ internal object LongOrStringSerializer : KSerializer<String> {
     )
 
     override fun serialize(encoder: Encoder, value: String) {
-        val jsonPrimitive = value.toLongOrNull()?.let { JsonPrimitive(it) } ?: JsonPrimitive(value)
-        encoder.encodeSerializableValue(backingSerializer, jsonPrimitive)
+        if (encoder is JsonEncoder) {
+            val jsonPrimitive = value.toLongOrNull()?.let { JsonPrimitive(it) } ?: JsonPrimitive(value)
+            encoder.encodeJsonElement(jsonPrimitive)
+        } else {
+            // fall back to a String for non-Json formats
+            encoder.encodeString(value)
+        }
     }
 
-    override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): String {
-        val jsonPrimitive = decoder.decodeSerializableValue(backingSerializer)
-        return if (jsonPrimitive.isString) jsonPrimitive.content else jsonPrimitive.long.toString()
-    }
+    override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): String =
+        if (decoder is JsonDecoder) {
+            val jsonPrimitive = decoder.decodeSerializableValue(JsonPrimitive.serializer())
+            if (jsonPrimitive.isString) jsonPrimitive.content else jsonPrimitive.long.toString()
+        } else {
+            // fall back to a String for non-Json formats
+            decoder.decodeString()
+        }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/jvmTest/kotlin/serialization/LongOrStringSerializerBsonTest.kt b/common/src/jvmTest/kotlin/serialization/LongOrStringSerializerBsonTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8de11b28628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/src/jvmTest/kotlin/serialization/LongOrStringSerializerBsonTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package dev.kord.common.serialization
+
+import com.github.jershell.kbson.KBson
+import dev.kord.common.entity.Permission.*
+import dev.kord.common.entity.Permissions
+import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
+import kotlin.random.Random
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class LongOrStringSerializerBsonTest {
+
+    @Serializable
+    private data class SomeObject(
+        @Serializable(with = LongOrStringSerializer::class) val someLong: String,
+        @Serializable(with = LongOrStringSerializer::class) val someString: String,
+        val somePermissions: Permissions,
+    )
+
+    private val someObject = SomeObject(
+        someLong = Random.nextLong().toString(),
+        someString = "some totally random string",
+        somePermissions = Permissions(DeafenMembers, ManageThreads, SendTTSMessages, ModerateMembers),
+    )
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test Bson serialization and deserialization with LongOrStringSerializer`() {
+        val kBson = KBson.default
+        assertEquals(
+            expected = someObject,
+            actual = kBson.load(SomeObject.serializer(), kBson.stringify(SomeObject.serializer(), someObject)),
+        )
+        assertEquals(
+            expected = someObject,
+            actual = kBson.load(SomeObject.serializer(), kBson.dump(SomeObject.serializer(), someObject)),
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 385924d0269..abc5b0e2206 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ kotlinpoet = "1.16.0" # https://github.com/square/kotlinpoet
 # tests
 junit5 = "5.10.2" # https://github.com/junit-team/junit5
 mockk = "1.13.10" # https://github.com/mockk/mockk
+bson = "5.0.1" # https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-java-driver
+kbson = "0.5.0" # https://github.com/jershell/kbson
 
 # plugins
 dokka = "1.9.20" # https://github.com/Kotlin/dokka
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@ kotlin-test-junit5 = { module = "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit5", versi
 junit-jupiter-engine = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine", version.ref = "junit5" }
 mockk = { module = "io.mockk:mockk", version.ref = "mockk" }
 slf4j-simple = { module = "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple", version.ref = "slf4j" }
+bson = { module = "org.mongodb:bson", version.ref = "bson" }
+kbson = { module = "com.github.jershell:kbson", version.ref = "kbson" }
 
 # actually plugins, not libraries, but used is 'buildSrc/build.gradle.kts' as implementation dependencies:
 # https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/custom_plugins.html#applying_external_plugins_in_precompiled_script_plugins