diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-interfaces/src/main/java/com/appsmith/external/helpers/PluginUtils.java b/app/server/appsmith-interfaces/src/main/java/com/appsmith/external/helpers/PluginUtils.java
index 81159b627c..237a71bd84 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-interfaces/src/main/java/com/appsmith/external/helpers/PluginUtils.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-interfaces/src/main/java/com/appsmith/external/helpers/PluginUtils.java
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ public class PluginUtils {
 
     }
 
+    public static String getValueSafelyFromFormDataAsString(Map<String, Object> formData, String field) {
+        return String.valueOf(getValueSafelyFromFormData(formData, field));
+    }
+
     public static void setDataValueSafelyInFormData(Map<String, Object> formData, String field, Object value) {
 
         // In case the formData has not been initialized before the fxn call, assign a new HashMap to the variable
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-interfaces/src/test/java/com/appsmith/external/helpers/PluginUtilsTest.java b/app/server/appsmith-interfaces/src/test/java/com/appsmith/external/helpers/PluginUtilsTest.java
index 140ec86ec6..5d9f8b6f47 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-interfaces/src/test/java/com/appsmith/external/helpers/PluginUtilsTest.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-interfaces/src/test/java/com/appsmith/external/helpers/PluginUtilsTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import com.appsmith.external.constants.ConditionalOperator;
 import com.appsmith.external.models.Condition;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -16,8 +19,10 @@ import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.STRING_TYPE;
 import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.parseWhereClause;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+@Slf4j
 public class PluginUtilsTest {
 
     private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
@@ -173,6 +178,28 @@ public class PluginUtilsTest {
 
         assertEquals(Map.of("k", "value"), data);
     }
+    
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetValueSafelyInFormData_IncorrectParsingByCaller() {
+        final Map<String, Object> dataMap = Map.of("k", 1);
+
+        final Object data = PluginUtils.getValueSafelyFromFormData(dataMap, "k");
+
+        assertThrows(ClassCastException.class, () -> {
+            String result = (String) data;
+        });
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetValueSafelyInFormDataAsString() {
+        final Map<String, Object> dataMap = Map.of("k", 1);
+
+        final Object data = PluginUtils.getValueSafelyFromFormDataAsString(dataMap, "k");
+
+        String result = (String) data;
+        assertTrue(result instanceof String);
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void testSetDataValueSafelyInFormData_withNestedPath_createsInnermostDataKey() {
@@ -182,4 +209,5 @@ public class PluginUtilsTest {
 
         assertEquals(Map.of("key", Map.of("innerKey", Map.of("data", "value"))), dataMap);
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-plugins/googleSheetsPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/config/MethodConfig.java b/app/server/appsmith-plugins/googleSheetsPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/config/MethodConfig.java
index 36f13e178a..71083c3f03 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-plugins/googleSheetsPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/config/MethodConfig.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-plugins/googleSheetsPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/config/MethodConfig.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.STRING_TYPE;
 import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.getDataValueSafelyFromFormData;
 import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.getTrimmedStringDataValueSafelyFromFormData;
-import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.getValueSafelyFromFormData;
+import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.getValueSafelyFromFormDataAsString;
 import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.parseWhereClause;
 import static com.appsmith.external.helpers.PluginUtils.validDataConfigurationPresentInFormData;
 import static com.external.constants.FieldName.SHEET_NAME;
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ public class MethodConfig {
         switch (parameters.size()) {
             case 3:
             case 2:
-                this.tableHeaderIndex = (String) getValueSafelyFromFormData(parameters, TABLE_HEADER_INDEX);
+                this.tableHeaderIndex = getValueSafelyFromFormDataAsString(parameters, TABLE_HEADER_INDEX);
                 if (!StringUtils.hasLength(this.tableHeaderIndex)) {
                     this.tableHeaderIndex = "1";
                 }
-                this.sheetName = (String) getValueSafelyFromFormData(parameters, SHEET_NAME);
+                this.sheetName = getValueSafelyFromFormDataAsString(parameters, SHEET_NAME);
             case 1:
-                this.spreadsheetUrl = (String) getValueSafelyFromFormData(parameters, SHEET_URL);
+                this.spreadsheetUrl = getValueSafelyFromFormDataAsString(parameters, SHEET_URL);
                 setSpreadsheetUrlFromSpreadsheetId();
         }
     }