diff --git a/tools/rest/multi_binder.go b/tools/rest/multi_binder.go
index 5467909a..cd8f52ca 100644
--- a/tools/rest/multi_binder.go
+++ b/tools/rest/multi_binder.go
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v5"
+	"github.com/spf13/cast"
 )
 
 // BindBody binds request body content to i.
@@ -28,10 +30,12 @@ func BindBody(c echo.Context, i interface{}) error {
 			return echo.NewHTTPErrorWithInternal(http.StatusBadRequest, err, err.Error())
 		}
 		return nil
-	default:
-		// fallback to the default binder
-		return echo.BindBody(c, i)
+	case strings.HasPrefix(ctype, echo.MIMEApplicationForm), strings.HasPrefix(ctype, echo.MIMEMultipartForm):
+		return bindFormData(c, i)
 	}
+
+	// fallback to the default binder
+	return echo.BindBody(c, i)
 }
 
 // CopyJsonBody reads the request body into i by
@@ -57,3 +61,69 @@ func CopyJsonBody(r *http.Request, i interface{}) error {
 
 	return err
 }
+
+// This is temp hotfix for properly binding multipart/form-data array values
+// when a map destination is used.
+//
+// It should be replaced with echo.BindBody(c, i) once the issue is fixed in echo.
+func bindFormData(c echo.Context, i interface{}) error {
+	if i == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	values, err := c.FormValues()
+	if err != nil {
+		return echo.NewHTTPErrorWithInternal(http.StatusBadRequest, err, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	if len(values) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	rt := reflect.TypeOf(i).Elem()
+
+	// map
+	if rt.Kind() == reflect.Map {
+		rv := reflect.ValueOf(i).Elem()
+
+		for k, v := range values {
+			if total := len(v); total == 1 {
+				rv.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(k), reflect.ValueOf(normalizeMultipartValue(v[0])))
+			} else {
+				normalized := make([]any, total)
+				for i, vItem := range v {
+					normalized[i] = vItem
+				}
+				rv.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(k), reflect.ValueOf(normalized))
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// anything else
+	return echo.BindBody(c, i)
+}
+
+// In order to support more seamlessly both json and multipart/form-data requests,
+// the following normalization rules are applied for plain multipart string values:
+// - "true" is converted to the json `true`
+// - "false" is converted to the json `false`
+// - numeric (non-scientific) strings are converted to json number
+// - any other string (empty string too) is left as it is
+func normalizeMultipartValue(raw string) any {
+	switch raw {
+	case "true":
+		return true
+	case "false":
+		return false
+	default:
+		if raw[0] >= '0' && raw[0] <= '9' {
+			if v, err := cast.ToFloat64E(raw); err == nil {
+				return v
+			}
+		}
+
+		return raw
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tools/rest/multi_binder_test.go b/tools/rest/multi_binder_test.go
index 853e2191..318e767b 100644
--- a/tools/rest/multi_binder_test.go
+++ b/tools/rest/multi_binder_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package rest_test
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -16,31 +17,40 @@ func TestBindBody(t *testing.T) {
 	scenarios := []struct {
 		body        io.Reader
 		contentType string
-		result      map[string]string
+		expectBody  string
 		expectError bool
 	}{
 		{
 			strings.NewReader(""),
 			echo.MIMEApplicationJSON,
-			map[string]string{},
+			`{}`,
 			false,
 		},
 		{
 			strings.NewReader(`{"test":"invalid`),
 			echo.MIMEApplicationJSON,
-			map[string]string{},
+			`{}`,
 			true,
 		},
 		{
-			strings.NewReader(`{"test":"test123"}`),
+			strings.NewReader(`{"test":123}`),
 			echo.MIMEApplicationJSON,
-			map[string]string{"test": "test123"},
+			`{"test":123}`,
 			false,
 		},
 		{
-			strings.NewReader(url.Values{"test": []string{"test123"}}.Encode()),
+			strings.NewReader(
+				url.Values{
+					"string":  []string{"str"},
+					"stings":  []string{"str1", "str2"},
+					"number":  []string{"123"},
+					"numbers": []string{"123", "456"},
+					"bool":    []string{"true"},
+					"bools":   []string{"true", "false"},
+				}.Encode(),
+			),
 			echo.MIMEApplicationForm,
-			map[string]string{"test": "test123"},
+			`{"bool":true,"bools":["true","false"],"number":123,"numbers":["123","456"],"stings":["str1","str2"],"string":"str"}`,
 			false,
 		},
 	}
@@ -52,25 +62,22 @@ func TestBindBody(t *testing.T) {
 		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		c := e.NewContext(req, rec)
 
-		result := map[string]string{}
-		err := rest.BindBody(c, &result)
+		data := map[string]any{}
+		err := rest.BindBody(c, &data)
 
-		if err == nil && scenario.expectError {
-			t.Errorf("(%d) Expected error, got nil", i)
+		hasErr := err != nil
+		if hasErr != scenario.expectError {
+			t.Errorf("[%d] Expected hasErr %v, got %v", i, scenario.expectError, hasErr)
 		}
 
-		if err != nil && !scenario.expectError {
-			t.Errorf("(%d) Expected nil, got error %v", i, err)
+		rawBody, err := json.Marshal(data)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("[%d] Failed to marshal binded body: %v", i, err)
+
 		}
 
-		if len(result) != len(scenario.result) {
-			t.Errorf("(%d) Expected %v, got %v", i, scenario.result, result)
-		}
-
-		for k, v := range result {
-			if sv, ok := scenario.result[k]; !ok || v != sv {
-				t.Errorf("(%d) Expected value %v for key %s, got %v", i, sv, k, v)
-			}
+		if scenario.expectBody != string(rawBody) {
+			t.Errorf("[%d] Expected body \n%s, \ngot \n%s", i, scenario.expectBody, rawBody)
 		}
 	}
 }