diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PSRemotingCmdlet.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PSRemotingCmdlet.cs
index b12680865f4..f7e149ba14e 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PSRemotingCmdlet.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/remoting/commands/PSRemotingCmdlet.cs
@@ -1060,7 +1060,17 @@ protected void ValidateComputerName(string[] computerNames)
         /// <returns>Parameter value as string.</returns>
         private static string GetSSHConnectionStringParameter(object param)
         {
-            if (param is string paramValue && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(paramValue))
+            string paramValue;
+            try
+            {
+                paramValue = LanguagePrimitives.ConvertTo<string>(param);
+            }
+            catch (PSInvalidCastException e)
+            {
+                throw new PSArgumentException(e.Message, e);
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(paramValue))
             {
                 return paramValue;
             }
@@ -1075,12 +1085,19 @@ private static string GetSSHConnectionStringParameter(object param)
         /// <returns>Parameter value as integer.</returns>
         private static int GetSSHConnectionIntParameter(object param)
         {
-            if (param is int paramValue)
+            if (param == null)
             {
-                return paramValue;
+                throw new PSArgumentException(RemotingErrorIdStrings.InvalidSSHConnectionParameter);
             }
 
-            throw new PSArgumentException(RemotingErrorIdStrings.InvalidSSHConnectionParameter);
+            try
+            {
+                return LanguagePrimitives.ConvertTo<int>(param);
+            }
+            catch (PSInvalidCastException e)
+            {
+                throw new PSArgumentException(e.Message, e);
+            }
         }
 
         #endregion Private Methods
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/SSHRemotingCmdlets.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/SSHRemotingCmdlets.Tests.ps1
index 4141ab6c1ba..a84186ab260 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/SSHRemotingCmdlets.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Remoting/SSHRemotingCmdlets.Tests.ps1
@@ -40,3 +40,21 @@ Describe "SSHConnection parameter hashtable error conditions" -Tags 'Feature' {
         { & $scriptBlock } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "Argument,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewPSSessionCommand"
     }
 }
+
+Describe "SSHConnection parameter hashtable type conversions" -Tags 'Feature', 'Slow' {
+
+    BeforeAll {
+
+        # Port 49151 is IANA reserved, so it should not be in use. If type conversion fails
+        # then New-PSSession will throw before even attempting to open the session.
+        $TestCasesSSHConnection = @(
+            @{scriptBlock = {New-PSSession -ErrorAction Stop -SSHConnection @{ Port = 49151; ComputerName = [psobject]'localhost' }}; testName = 'SSHConnection can convert PSObject to string'}
+            @{scriptBlock = {New-PSSession -ErrorAction Stop -SSHConnection @{ Port = [psobject]49151; ComputerName = 'localhost' }}; testName = 'SSHConnection can convert PSObject to int'}
+        )
+    }
+
+    It "<testName>" -TestCases $TestCasesSSHConnection {
+        param($scriptBlock)
+        { & $scriptBlock } | Should -Throw -ErrorId '2100,PSSessionOpenFailed'
+    }
+}