diff --git a/src/fastmcp/tools/tool.py b/src/fastmcp/tools/tool.py
index b039f2775..073496a90 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/tools/tool.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/tools/tool.py
@@ -125,18 +125,25 @@ class Tool(BaseModel):
                 # which can be pre-parsed here.
                 signature = inspect.signature(self.fn)
                 for param_name in self.parameters["properties"]:
+                    arg = parsed_args.get(param_name, None)
+                    # if not in signature, we won't have annotations, so skip logic
                     if param_name not in signature.parameters:
                         continue
-                    arg = parsed_args.get(param_name, None)
-                    if isinstance(arg, str) and signature.parameters[
-                        param_name
-                    ].annotation not in (int, float, bool):
-                        # if arg.strip().startswith("{") or arg.strip().startswith("["):
-                        try:
-                            parsed_args[param_name] = json.loads(arg)
+                    # if not a string, we won't have a JSON to parse, so skip logic
+                    if not isinstance(arg, str):
+                        continue
+                    # skip if the type is a simple type (int, float, bool)
+                    if signature.parameters[param_name].annotation in (
+                        int,
+                        float,
+                        bool,
+                    ):
+                        continue
+                    try:
+                        parsed_args[param_name] = json.loads(arg)
 
-                        except json.JSONDecodeError:
-                            pass
+                    except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                        pass
 
             type_adapter = get_cached_typeadapter(self.fn)
             result = type_adapter.validate_python(parsed_args | injected_args)
diff --git a/src/fastmcp/utilities/types.py b/src/fastmcp/utilities/types.py
index f21a013f7..0ad371db3 100644
--- a/src/fastmcp/utilities/types.py
+++ b/src/fastmcp/utilities/types.py
@@ -6,26 +6,23 @@ from collections.abc import Callable
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
 from types import UnionType
-from typing import Annotated, Any, TypeVar, Union, get_args, get_origin
+from typing import Annotated, TypeVar, Union, get_args, get_origin
 
 from mcp.types import ImageContent
-from pydantic import ConfigDict, TypeAdapter
+from pydantic import TypeAdapter
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
 
 
 @lru_cache(maxsize=5000)
-def get_cached_typeadapter(
-    cls: T, config: frozenset[tuple[str, Any]] | None = None
-) -> TypeAdapter[T]:
+def get_cached_typeadapter(cls: T) -> TypeAdapter[T]:
     """
     TypeAdapters are heavy objects, and in an application context we'd typically
     create them once in a global scope and reuse them as often as possible.
     However, this isn't feasible for user-generated functions. Instead, we use a
     cache to minimize the cost of creating them as much as possible.
     """
-    config_dict = dict(config or {})
-    return TypeAdapter(cls, config=ConfigDict(**config_dict))
+    return TypeAdapter(cls)
 
 
 def issubclass_safe(cls: type, base: type) -> bool: