diff --git a/universal/src/formats/yaml/value.cpp b/universal/src/formats/yaml/value.cpp
index 2a218a1fc06a..2a44425f9a59 100644
--- a/universal/src/formats/yaml/value.cpp
+++ b/universal/src/formats/yaml/value.cpp
@@ -11,52 +11,6 @@
 #include "exttypes.hpp"
 #include "string_view_support.hpp"
 
-namespace {
-
-// Helper structure for YAML conversions. YAML has built in conversion logic and
-// an `T Node::as<T>(U default_value)` function that uses it. We provide
-// `IsConvertibleChecker<T>{}` as a `default_value`, and if the
-// `IsConvertibleChecker` was converted to T (an implicit conversion operator
-// was called), then the conversion failed.
-template <class T>
-struct IsConvertibleChecker {
-    bool& convertible;
-
-    operator T() const {
-        convertible = false;
-        return {};
-    }
-};
-
-}  // anonymous namespace
-
-namespace YAML {
-
-// Reverting harm done by https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp/commit/96f5c887f373ac483844c51cfc9a3621002314f0
-// to detect if the conversion is successful without throwing an exception
-template <typename T>
-requires std::integral<T> || std::floating_point<T>
-struct as_if<T, IsConvertibleChecker<T> > {
-    explicit as_if(const Node& node_in)
-        : node(node_in)
-    {}
-    const Node& node;
-
-    T operator()(const IsConvertibleChecker<T>& fallback) const {
-        if (!node.m_pNode) {
-            return fallback;
-        }
-
-        T t;
-        if (convert<T>::decode(node, t)) {
-            return t;
-        }
-        return fallback;
-    }
-};
-
-}  // namespace YAML
-
 USERVER_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
 namespace formats::yaml {
@@ -182,21 +136,19 @@ bool Value::IsConvertibleToArithmetic() const {
         return false;
     }
 
-    bool ok = true;
-    value_pimpl_->as<T>(IsConvertibleChecker<T>{ok});
-    return ok && !IsExplicitlyTypedString(*value_pimpl_);
+    T t{};
+    return YAML::convert<T>::decode(*value_pimpl_, t) && !IsExplicitlyTypedString(*value_pimpl_);
 }
 
 template <class T>
 T Value::ValueAsArithmetic() const {
     CheckNotMissing();
 
-    bool ok = true;
-    auto res = value_pimpl_->as<T>(IsConvertibleChecker<T>{ok});
-    if (!ok || IsExplicitlyTypedString(*value_pimpl_)) {
+    T t{};
+    if (!YAML::convert<T>::decode(*value_pimpl_, t) || IsExplicitlyTypedString(*value_pimpl_)) {
         throw TypeMismatchException(*value_pimpl_, compiler::GetTypeName<T>(), path_.ToStringView());
     }
-    return res;
+    return t;
 }
 
 bool Value::IsNull() const noexcept {
diff --git a/universal/src/formats/yaml/value_test.cpp b/universal/src/formats/yaml/value_test.cpp
index 4689072b32a4..57264187fea8 100644
--- a/universal/src/formats/yaml/value_test.cpp
+++ b/universal/src/formats/yaml/value_test.cpp
@@ -146,4 +146,23 @@ TEST(FormatsYaml, NodesTags) {
     EXPECT_EQ(yaml["field_tag_prefix"].GetTag(), "tag:example,2024:foo");
 }
 
+TEST(FormatsYaml, IsBoolFromParsedScalar) {
+    auto f = formats::yaml::FromString("false");
+    auto t = formats::yaml::FromString("true");
+
+    EXPECT_TRUE(f.IsBool());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(t.IsBool());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(f.As<bool>());
+    EXPECT_TRUE(t.As<bool>());
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(formats::yaml::FromString("\"false\"").IsBool());
+    EXPECT_FALSE(formats::yaml::FromString("hello").IsBool());
+}
+
+TEST(FormatsYaml, IsIntFromParsedScalar) {
+    auto v = formats::yaml::FromString("42");
+    EXPECT_TRUE(v.IsInt());
+    EXPECT_EQ(v.As<int>(), 42);
+}
+
 USERVER_NAMESPACE_END
diff --git a/universal/src/yaml_config/merge_schemas_test.cpp b/universal/src/yaml_config/merge_schemas_test.cpp
index 2cf3db66ff65..fc0cfbf12252 100644
--- a/universal/src/yaml_config/merge_schemas_test.cpp
+++ b/universal/src/yaml_config/merge_schemas_test.cpp
@@ -205,4 +205,16 @@ TEST(MergeSchemas, RequiredParentOnlyNoChildRequired) {
     EXPECT_EQ(*schema.required, (std::unordered_set<std::string>{"parent_option"}));
 }
 
+TEST(YamlConfigSchema, AdditionalPropertiesFalse) {
+    auto schema = yaml_config::impl::SchemaFromString(R"(
+type: object
+description: test
+additionalProperties: false
+properties: {}
+)");
+    ASSERT_TRUE(schema.additional_properties.has_value());
+    ASSERT_TRUE(std::holds_alternative<bool>(schema.additional_properties.value()));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(std::get<bool>(schema.additional_properties.value()));
+}
+
 USERVER_NAMESPACE_END