diff --git a/src/Interpreters/OptimizeShardingKeyRewriteInVisitor.cpp b/src/Interpreters/OptimizeShardingKeyRewriteInVisitor.cpp
index a031b8dc962..399def00006 100644
--- a/src/Interpreters/OptimizeShardingKeyRewriteInVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/Interpreters/OptimizeShardingKeyRewriteInVisitor.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <Parsers/ASTLiteral.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTIdentifier.h>
 #include <DataTypes/FieldToDataType.h>
+#include <DataTypes/DataTypesNumber.h>
 #include <Interpreters/OptimizeShardingKeyRewriteInVisitor.h>
 
 namespace
@@ -52,6 +53,13 @@ bool shardContains(
         return false;
 
     Field sharding_value = executeFunctionOnField(sharding_column_value, sharding_column_name, sharding_expr, sharding_key_column_name);
+    /// The value from IN can be non-numeric,
+    /// but in this case it should be convertible to numeric type, let's try.
+    sharding_value = convertFieldToType(sharding_value, DataTypeUInt64());
+    /// In case of conversion is not possible (NULL), shard cannot contain the value anyway.
+    if (sharding_value.isNull())
+        return false;
+
     UInt64 value = sharding_value.get<UInt64>();
     const auto shard_num = slots[value % slots.size()] + 1;
     return shard_info.shard_num == shard_num;
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01756_optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01756_optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in.reference
index 494e9ca3237..a1bfcf043da 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01756_optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01756_optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in.reference
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ others
 0
 0
 0
+different types -- prohibited
+different types -- conversion
+0
 optimize_skip_unused_shards_limit
 0
 0
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01756_optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01756_optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in.sql
index 59e2ad75fcc..dc481ccca72 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01756_optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01756_optimize_skip_unused_shards_rewrite_in.sql
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 drop table if exists dist_01756;
 drop table if exists dist_01756_str;
+drop table if exists dist_01756_column;
 drop table if exists data_01756_str;
 
 -- SELECT
@@ -90,8 +91,10 @@ select * from dist_01756 where dummy in (0); -- { serverError 507 }
 -- optimize_skip_unused_shards does not support non-constants
 select * from dist_01756 where dummy in (select * from system.one); -- { serverError 507 }
 select * from dist_01756 where dummy in (toUInt8(0)); -- { serverError 507 }
--- wrong type
+-- wrong type (tuple)
 select * from dist_01756 where dummy in ('0'); -- { serverError 507 }
+-- intHash64 does not accept string
+select * from dist_01756 where dummy in ('0', '2'); -- { serverError 43 }
 -- NOT IN does not supported
 select * from dist_01756 where dummy not in (0, 2); -- { serverError 507 }
 
@@ -110,6 +113,7 @@ select (2 IN (2,)), * from dist_01756 where dummy in (0, 2) format Null;
 select (dummy IN (toUInt8(2),)), * from dist_01756 where dummy in (0, 2) format Null;
 
 -- different type
+select 'different types -- prohibited';
 create table data_01756_str (key String) engine=Memory();
 create table dist_01756_str as data_01756_str engine=Distributed(test_cluster_two_shards, currentDatabase(), data_01756_str, cityHash64(key));
 select * from dist_01756_str where key in ('0', '2');
@@ -117,6 +121,12 @@ select * from dist_01756_str where key in ('0', Null); -- { serverError 507 }
 select * from dist_01756_str where key in (0, 2); -- { serverError 53 }
 select * from dist_01756_str where key in (0, Null); -- { serverError 53 }
 
+-- different type #2
+select 'different types -- conversion';
+create table dist_01756_column as system.one engine=Distributed(test_cluster_two_shards, system, one, dummy);
+select * from dist_01756_column where dummy in (0, '255');
+select * from dist_01756_column where dummy in (0, '255foo'); -- { serverError 53 }
+
 -- optimize_skip_unused_shards_limit
 select 'optimize_skip_unused_shards_limit';
 select * from dist_01756 where dummy in (0, 2) settings optimize_skip_unused_shards_limit=1; -- { serverError 507 }
@@ -124,4 +134,5 @@ select * from dist_01756 where dummy in (0, 2) settings optimize_skip_unused_sha
 
 drop table dist_01756;
 drop table dist_01756_str;
+drop table dist_01756_column;
 drop table data_01756_str;