diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f10bec2bf..2f54a1982 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.networknt</groupId>
     <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.76</version>
+    <version>1.0.77</version>
     <packaging>bundle</packaging>
     <description>A json schema validator that supports draft v4, v6, v7, v2019-09 and v2020-12</description>
     <url>https://github.com/networknt/json-schema-validator</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/TypeFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/TypeFactory.java
index d44ff9c93..38fa58ee7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/TypeFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/TypeFactory.java
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public static JsonType getValueNodeType(JsonNode node, SchemaValidatorsConfig co
         if (node.isValueNode()) {
             if (node.isTextual())
                 return JsonType.STRING;
+            if (node.isBinary())
+                return JsonType.STRING;
             if (node.isIntegralNumber())
                 return JsonType.INTEGER;
             if (node.isNumber())
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/Issue650Test.java b/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/Issue650Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37a29f73e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/Issue650Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package com.networknt.schema;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Set;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.BinaryNode;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * created at 07.02.2023
+ *
+ * @author k-oliver
+ * @since 1.0.77
+ */
+public class Issue650Test {
+
+    /**
+     * Test using a Java model with a byte[] property which jackson converts to a BASE64 encoded string automatically. Then convert into
+     * a jackson tree. The resulting node is of type {@link BinaryNode}. This test checks if validation handles the {@link BinaryNode} as string
+     * when validating.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
+     * @since 1.0.77
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testBinaryNode() throws Exception {
+        final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        mapper.setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_EMPTY);
+        mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);
+        mapper.configure(SerializationFeature.FAIL_ON_EMPTY_BEANS, false);
+
+        // schema with data property of type string:
+        InputStream schemaInputStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/draft7/issue650.json");
+        JsonSchema schema = JsonSchemaFactory.getInstance(SpecVersion.VersionFlag.V7).getSchema(schemaInputStream);
+
+        // create model first:
+        Issue650Test.Model model = new Issue650Test.Model();
+        model.setData("content".getBytes("UTF-8"));
+        // now convert to tree. The resulting type of the data property is BinaryNode now:
+        JsonNode node = mapper.valueToTree(model);
+
+        // validate:
+        Set<ValidationMessage> errors = schema.validate(node);
+
+        // check result:
+        Assertions.assertTrue(errors.isEmpty());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * created at 07.02.2023
+     *
+     * @author Oliver Kelling
+     * @since 1.0.77
+     */
+    private static class Model {
+        private byte[] data;
+
+
+        /**
+         * @return the data
+         * @since 1.0.77
+         */
+        public byte[] getData() {
+            return this.data;
+        }
+
+
+        /**
+         * @param data the data to set
+         * @since 1.0.77
+         */
+        public void setData(byte[] data) {
+            this.data = data;
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/draft7/issue650.json b/src/test/resources/draft7/issue650.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eb430c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/draft7/issue650.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": [
+    "data"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "data": {
+      "$id": "#/properties/data",
+      "type": "string"
+    }
+  }
+}
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