diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b8cb8017a6..257ea6eec53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Available functions:
 * `ROUND(value, ?precision)` - Rounds the value to the specified precision (defaults to 0 precision if not specified).
 * `CEIL(value)` - Returns the value rounded up.
 * `SIGN(expr)` - Returns the sign of the argument.
-* `CAST(expr as type)` - Takes an expression of any type and produces a result value of a specified type. Supported types are: `char`, `string`, `text`, `date`, `datetime`, `time`, `int`, `integer`, `bigint`, `decimal`, `boolean`, `binary`.
+* `CAST(expr as type)` - Takes an expression of any type and produces a result value of a specified type. Supported types are: `char`, `string`, `text`, `date`, `datetime`, `time`, `int`, `integer`, `bigint`, `decimal`, `boolean`, `binary`, `uuid`.
 * `CONCAT_WS` - Concatenate all but the first argument. The first argument is used as the separator string.
 * `GROUP_CONCAT` - Returns a concatenated string. GROUP_CONCAT full syntax:
 ```
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 98a978e4203..b2fe7209735 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
         "phpunit/phpunit": "9.*",
         "doctrine/data-fixtures": "^1.3",
         "symfony/yaml": "5.*",
+        "symfony/cache": "5.*",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "3.5.*",
-        "doctrine/annotations": ">1.0, <2.0",
-        "symfony/cache": ">=v5.0.0"
+        "doctrine/annotations": ">1.0, <2.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/Oro/ORM/Query/AST/Functions/Cast.php b/src/Oro/ORM/Query/AST/Functions/Cast.php
index e161b418c14..fdd26b6572a 100644
--- a/src/Oro/ORM/Query/AST/Functions/Cast.php
+++ b/src/Oro/ORM/Query/AST/Functions/Cast.php
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ class Cast extends AbstractPlatformAwareFunctionNode
         'json',
         'bool',
         'boolean',
-        'binary'
+        'binary',
+        'uuid'
     ];
 
     public function parse(Parser $parser)
diff --git a/src/Oro/ORM/Query/AST/Platform/Functions/Mysql/Cast.php b/src/Oro/ORM/Query/AST/Platform/Functions/Mysql/Cast.php
index 6b2f4685197..db7e2eeb822 100644
--- a/src/Oro/ORM/Query/AST/Platform/Functions/Mysql/Cast.php
+++ b/src/Oro/ORM/Query/AST/Platform/Functions/Mysql/Cast.php
@@ -16,11 +16,15 @@ public function getSql(SqlWalker $sqlWalker): string
         $value = $this->parameters[DqlFunction::PARAMETER_KEY];
         $type  = $this->parameters[DqlFunction::TYPE_KEY];
 
+        if ($type === 'json' && !$sqlWalker->getConnection()->getDatabasePlatform()->hasNativeJsonType()) {
+            $type = 'text';
+        }
+
         $type = \strtolower($type);
         $isBoolean = $type === 'bool' || $type === 'boolean';
         if ($type === 'char') {
             $type = 'char(1)';
-        } elseif ($type === 'string' || $type === 'text' || $type === 'json') {
+        } elseif ($type === 'string' || $type === 'text' || $type === 'uuid') {
             $type = 'char';
         } elseif ($type === 'int' || $type === 'integer' || $isBoolean) {
             $type = 'signed';
diff --git a/tests/Oro/Tests/DBAL/Types/PercentTypeTest.php b/tests/Oro/Tests/DBAL/Types/PercentTypeTest.php
index a49af471769..8959aff25f3 100644
--- a/tests/Oro/Tests/DBAL/Types/PercentTypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Oro/Tests/DBAL/Types/PercentTypeTest.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
-
 use Doctrine\ORM\ORMException;
 use Oro\DBAL\Types\PercentType;
 use Oro\Tests\Connection\TestUtil;
diff --git a/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/FunctionsTest.php b/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/FunctionsTest.php
index 6a8366ff75a..6603ec782ea 100644
--- a/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/FunctionsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/FunctionsTest.php
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@
 
 use Doctrine\ORM\Configuration;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Query;
-
-use PHPUnit\Framework\Constraint\LogicalOr;
-use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
-
 use Oro\Tests\Connection\TestUtil;
 use Oro\Tests\TestCase;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Constraint\LogicalOr;
+use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
 
 class FunctionsTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -65,11 +63,14 @@ public function functionsDataProvider(): array
             if (!\is_array($fileData)) {
                 throw new \RuntimeException(\sprintf('Could not parse file %s', $file));
             }
-            /** @noinspection SlowArrayOperationsInLoopInspection */
-            $data = \array_merge($data, $fileData);
+            $data[] = $fileData;
+        }
+
+        if (!$data) {
+            return [];
         }
 
-        return $data;
+        return array_merge(...$data);
     }
 
     protected function registerDqlFunction(
diff --git a/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/mysql/cast.yml b/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/mysql/cast.yml
index 56ab3582643..a8f9b20aba5 100644
--- a/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/mysql/cast.yml
+++ b/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/mysql/cast.yml
@@ -31,14 +31,21 @@
 
 #CHAR
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+      - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
+  dql: "SELECT CAST('56366a57-43fa-4f4e-a0a2-66f87d52b601' as uuid) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
+  sql: "SELECT CAST('56366a57-43fa-4f4e-a0a2-66f87d52b601' AS char) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
+  expectedResult:
+      - '56366a57-43fa-4f4e-a0a2-66f87d52b601'
+
+- functions:
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST('12' as char) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST('12' AS char(1)) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
       - 1
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(f.createdAt as char) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(t0_.created_at AS char(1)) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -46,14 +53,14 @@
 
 #STRING
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(12 as string) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(12 AS char) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
       - '12'
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(f.createdAt as string) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(t0_.created_at AS char) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -61,25 +68,25 @@
 
 #TEXT
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(12 as text) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(12 AS char) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
       - '12'
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(f.createdAt as text) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(t0_.created_at AS char) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
       - '2014-01-04 05:06:07'
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(CONCAT('{\"a\":', f.id, '}') as json) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
-  sql: "SELECT CAST(CONCAT('{\\\"a\\\":', t0_.id, '}') AS char) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
+  sql: "SELECT CAST(CONCAT('{\\\"a\\\":', t0_.id, '}') AS json) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
-      - '{"a":1}'
+      - '{"a": 1}'
 
 #DECIMAL
 - functions:
@@ -98,7 +105,7 @@
 
 #DATE
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' as date) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' AS date) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@
 
 #TIME
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' as time) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' AS time) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -114,14 +121,14 @@
 
 #DATETIME
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "datetime" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' as datetime) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' AS datetime) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
       - '2014-01-02 12:13:14'
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "datetime" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(f.createdAt as datetime) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(t0_.created_at AS datetime) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
diff --git a/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/mysql/timestampdiff.yml b/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/mysql/timestampdiff.yml
index 13c129749b6..85862a352ce 100644
--- a/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/mysql/timestampdiff.yml
+++ b/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/mysql/timestampdiff.yml
@@ -116,4 +116,3 @@
   sql: SELECT TIMESTAMPDIFF(YEAR, '2016-01-01 00:00:01', '2017-01-01 00:00:00') AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1
   expectedResult:
       - 0
-
diff --git a/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/postgresql/cast.yml b/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/postgresql/cast.yml
index 19c8f641a97..fb86b9ce724 100644
--- a/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/postgresql/cast.yml
+++ b/tests/Oro/Tests/ORM/AST/Query/Functions/fixtures/postgresql/cast.yml
@@ -31,14 +31,21 @@
 
 #CHAR
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+      - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
+  dql: "SELECT CAST('56366a57-43fa-4f4e-a0a2-66f87d52b601' as uuid) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
+  sql: "SELECT CAST('56366a57-43fa-4f4e-a0a2-66f87d52b601' AS uuid) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
+  expectedResult:
+      - '56366a57-43fa-4f4e-a0a2-66f87d52b601'
+
+- functions:
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST('12' as char) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST('12' AS char) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
       - 1
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(f.createdAt as char) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(t0_.created_at AS char) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -46,14 +53,14 @@
 
 #STRING
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(12 as string) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(12 AS varchar) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
       - '12'
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(f.createdAt as string) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(t0_.created_at AS varchar) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -61,14 +68,14 @@
 
 #TEXT
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(12 as text) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(12 AS text) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
       - '12'
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(f.createdAt as text) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST(t0_.created_at AS text) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@
 
 #DATE
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' as date) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' AS date) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -108,7 +115,7 @@
 
 #TIME
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "string" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' as time) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' AS time) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1"
   expectedResult:
@@ -116,14 +123,14 @@
 
 #DATETIME
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "datetime" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST('2014-01-02 12:13:14' as datetime) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: SELECT "timestamp"('2014-01-02 12:13:14') AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1
   expectedResult:
       - '2014-01-02 12:13:14'
 
 - functions:
-    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "numeric" }
+    - { name: "cast", className: "Oro\\ORM\\Query\\AST\\Functions\\Cast", type: "datetime" }
   dql: "SELECT CAST(f.createdAt as datetime) FROM Oro\\Entities\\Foo f WHERE f.id = 1"
   sql: SELECT "timestamp"(t0_.created_at) AS sclr_0 FROM test_foo t0_ WHERE t0_.id = 1
   expectedResult: