diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/src/LiveComponentHydrator.php b/src/LiveComponent/src/LiveComponentHydrator.php
index df7baa2cfde..7fe27e3ca7d 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/src/LiveComponentHydrator.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/src/LiveComponentHydrator.php
@@ -222,6 +222,18 @@ public function hydrate(object $component, array $props, array $updatedProps, Li
                 $dehydratedUpdatedProps,
             );
 
+            if (0 < \count($updatedWritablePaths)) {
+                try {
+                    $propertyValue = $this->hydrateValue(
+                        $propertyValue,
+                        $propMetadata,
+                        $component,
+                    );
+                } catch (HydrationException $e) {
+                    // swallow this: it's bad data from the user
+                }
+            }
+
             try {
                 $this->propertyAccessor->setValue($component, $propMetadata->getName(), $propertyValue);
             } catch (PropertyAccessExceptionInterface $exception) {
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixtures/Component/ComponentWithHydrateWithProps.php b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixtures/Component/ComponentWithHydrateWithProps.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49ac2546280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Fixtures/Component/ComponentWithHydrateWithProps.php
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Tests\Fixtures\Component;
+
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\AsLiveComponent;
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\LiveProp;
+
+#[AsLiveComponent]
+final class ComponentWithHydrateWithProps
+{
+    /**
+     * @var array<string, int>
+     */
+    #[LiveProp(writable: true, hydrateWith: 'hydrateIntegers')]
+    public array $integers = [
+        'one' => 1,
+        'two' => 2,
+        'three' => 3,
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $data
+     *
+     * @return array<string, int>
+     */
+    public function hydrateIntegers(array $data): array
+    {
+        return array_map(intval(...), $data);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Unit/LiveComponentHydratorTest.php b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Unit/LiveComponentHydratorTest.php
index 618f26d34b5..1f296a1c422 100644
--- a/src/LiveComponent/tests/Unit/LiveComponentHydratorTest.php
+++ b/src/LiveComponent/tests/Unit/LiveComponentHydratorTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Tests\Unit;
 
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccess;
 use Symfony\Component\PropertyAccess\PropertyAccessorInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\ObjectNormalizer;
@@ -20,9 +21,13 @@
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Attribute\LiveProp;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\LiveComponentHydrator;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Metadata\LegacyLivePropMetadata;
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Metadata\LiveComponentMetadata;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Metadata\LiveComponentMetadataFactory;
 use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Metadata\LivePropMetadata;
+use Symfony\UX\LiveComponent\Tests\Fixtures\Component\ComponentWithHydrateWithProps;
+use Symfony\UX\TwigComponent\ComponentMetadata;
 use Twig\Environment;
+use Twig\Runtime\EscaperRuntime;
 
 final class LiveComponentHydratorTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -80,6 +85,76 @@ public function testItCanHydrateWithNullValues()
             self::assertNull($hydratedValue);
         }
     }
+
+    public function testHydrateWithIsCalledWithNestedArrayAsProps()
+    {
+        $twigMock = $this->createMock(Environment::class);
+        $twigMock->method('getRuntime')->willReturn(new EscaperRuntime());
+        $hydrator = new LiveComponentHydrator(
+            [],
+            PropertyAccess::createPropertyAccessor(),
+            $this->createMock(LiveComponentMetadataFactory::class),
+            new Serializer(normalizers: [new ObjectNormalizer()]),
+            'foo',
+            $twigMock,
+        );
+        $component = new ComponentWithHydrateWithProps();
+
+        // BC layer when "symfony/type-info" is not available
+        if (!class_exists(Type::class)) {
+            $hydrator->hydrate(
+                $component,
+                [
+                    '@checksum' => 'SNKH1tHUgwgWT8V+Z/A7z126JQ2dWGiG6xVmjx7FbeA=',
+                    'integers' => [
+                        'one' => 1,
+                        'two' => 2,
+                        'three' => 3,
+                    ],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'integers.one' => '4',
+                    'integers.two' => '5',
+                    'integers.three' => '6',
+                ],
+                new LiveComponentMetadata(
+                    new ComponentMetadata([]),
+                    [
+                        new LegacyLivePropMetadata('integers', new LiveProp(writable: true, hydrateWith: 'hydrateIntegers'), typeName: 'array', isBuiltIn: true, allowsNull: false, collectionValueType: new \Symfony\Component\PropertyInfo\Type('int')),
+                    ],
+                ),
+            );
+        } else {
+            $hydrator->hydrate(
+                $component,
+                [
+                    '@checksum' => 'SNKH1tHUgwgWT8V+Z/A7z126JQ2dWGiG6xVmjx7FbeA=',
+                    'integers' => [
+                        'one' => 1,
+                        'two' => 2,
+                        'three' => 3,
+                    ],
+                ],
+                [
+                    'integers.one' => '4',
+                    'integers.two' => '5',
+                    'integers.three' => '6',
+                ],
+                new LiveComponentMetadata(
+                    new ComponentMetadata([]),
+                    [
+                        new LivePropMetadata('integers', new LiveProp(writable: true, hydrateWith: 'hydrateIntegers'), Type::array(Type::int(), Type::string())),
+                    ],
+                ),
+            );
+        }
+
+        self::assertSame([
+            'one' => 4,
+            'two' => 5,
+            'three' => 6,
+        ], $component->integers);
+    }
 }
 
 class Foo