diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/ImportCollection/FileTab.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/ImportCollection/FileTab.js
index 949af58d9..daba50d44 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/ImportCollection/FileTab.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/Sidebar/ImportCollection/FileTab.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const convertFileToObject = async (file) => {
       return JSON.parse(text);
     }
 
-    const parsed = jsyaml.load(text);
+    const parsed = jsyaml.load(text, { schema: jsyaml.JSON_SCHEMA });
     if (typeof parsed !== 'object' || parsed === null) {
       throw new Error();
     }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
index 4a6477afc..8ed2c9c0c 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/importers/common.js
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export const fetchAndValidateApiSpecFromUrl = ({ url }) => {
     ipcRenderer
       .invoke('renderer:fetch-api-spec', url)
       .then(async (res) => {
-        const data = await jsyaml.load(res);
+        const data = await jsyaml.load(res, { schema: jsyaml.JSON_SCHEMA });
         const specType = getCollectionSpecType(data);
         resolve({ data, specType, rawContent: res });
       })
diff --git a/packages/bruno-converters/src/insomnia/insomnia-to-bruno.js b/packages/bruno-converters/src/insomnia/insomnia-to-bruno.js
index 38c452f28..35c9aa505 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-converters/src/insomnia/insomnia-to-bruno.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-converters/src/insomnia/insomnia-to-bruno.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const addSuffixToDuplicateName = (item, index, allItems) => {
 const regexVariable = new RegExp('{{.*?}}', 'g');
 
 const normalizeVariables = (value) => {
-  value = value || '';
+  value = String(value ?? '');
   const variables = value.match(regexVariable) || [];
   each(variables, (variable) => {
     value = value.replace(variable, variable.replace('_.', '').replaceAll(' ', ''));
diff --git a/tests/import/insomnia/fixtures/insomnia-v5-dates.yaml b/tests/import/insomnia/fixtures/insomnia-v5-dates.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd64c5719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/import/insomnia/fixtures/insomnia-v5-dates.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+type: collection.insomnia.rest/5.0
+schema_version: "5.1"
+name: Date Type Test
+meta:
+  id: wrk_date_test
+  created: 1776845227518
+  modified: 1776845227518
+collection:
+  - url: http://example.com/test
+    name: Date Request
+    meta:
+      id: req_date_test_001
+      created: 1776845260825
+      modified: 1778146479401
+      isPrivate: false
+      sortKey: -1776845260825
+    method: GET
+    parameters:
+      - name: date
+        value: 2024-01-01
+        disabled: false
+      - name: is_active
+        value: "false"
+        disabled: false
+      - name: limit
+        value: "0"
+        disabled: false
+      - name: version
+        value: "2.0"
+        disabled: false
+      - name: count
+        value: 42
+        disabled: false
+    settings:
+      renderRequestBody: true
+      encodeUrl: true
+      followRedirects: global
+      cookies:
+        send: true
+        store: true
+      rebuildPath: true
+environments:
+  name: Base
+  meta:
+    id: env_date_test_001
+    created: 1776845235974
+    modified: 1776845235974
+    isPrivate: false
+  data:
+    expiry_date: 2024-12-31
+    max_retries: "3"
+    enabled: "true"
diff --git a/tests/import/insomnia/import-insomnia-v5-date-types.spec.ts b/tests/import/insomnia/import-insomnia-v5-date-types.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97ef02379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/import/insomnia/import-insomnia-v5-date-types.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { test, expect } from '../../../playwright';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { closeAllCollections, importCollection } from '../../utils/page';
+
+test.describe('Import Insomnia Collection - date types preserved', () => {
+  test.afterEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await closeAllCollections(page);
+  });
+
+  test('should keep date-like strings and quoted values intact through the full FileTab.js import flow', async ({
+    page,
+    createTmpDir
+  }) => {
+    const insomniaFile = path.resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'insomnia-v5-dates.yaml');
+    const collectionName = 'Date Type Test';
+    const collectionDir = await createTmpDir('insomnia-dates-test');
+
+    await importCollection(page, insomniaFile, collectionDir, {
+      expectedCollectionName: collectionName
+    });
+
+    const requestFilePath = path.join(collectionDir, collectionName, 'Date Request.yml');
+    const yamlContent = fs.readFileSync(requestFilePath, 'utf8');
+
+    expect(yamlContent).toContain(`  params:
+    - name: date
+      value: 2024-01-01
+      type: query
+    - name: is_active
+      value: "false"
+      type: query
+    - name: limit
+      value: "0"
+      type: query
+    - name: version
+      value: "2.0"
+      type: query
+    - name: count
+      value: "42"
+      type: query
+`);
+
+    const envFilePath = path.join(collectionDir, collectionName, 'environments', 'Base.yml');
+    const envContent = fs.readFileSync(envFilePath, 'utf8');
+
+    expect(envContent).toContain(`variables:
+  - name: expiry_date
+    value: 2024-12-31
+  - name: max_retries
+    value: "3"
+  - name: enabled
+    value: "true"
+`);
+  });
+});