diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperGenericsTests.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperGenericsTests.java
index 7348aa5ee8a..7b42535d213 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperGenericsTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/BeanWrapperGenericsTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.beans;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -31,18 +29,18 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import junit.framework.Assert;
-
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomNumberEditor;
-import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringTrimmerEditor;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
-
 import test.beans.GenericBean;
 import test.beans.GenericIntegerBean;
 import test.beans.GenericSetOfIntegerBean;
 import test.beans.TestBean;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.CustomNumberEditor;
+import org.springframework.beans.propertyeditors.StringTrimmerEditor;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+
 /**
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Chris Beams
@@ -62,6 +60,19 @@ public final class BeanWrapperGenericsTests {
 		assertTrue(gb.getIntegerSet().contains(new Integer(5)));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testGenericLowerBoundedSet() {
+		GenericBean<?> gb = new GenericBean<Object>();
+		BeanWrapper bw = new BeanWrapperImpl(gb);
+		bw.registerCustomEditor(Number.class, new CustomNumberEditor(Integer.class, true));
+		Set<String> input = new HashSet<String>();
+		input.add("4");
+		input.add("5");
+		bw.setPropertyValue("numberSet", input);
+		assertTrue(gb.getNumberSet().contains(new Integer(4)));
+		assertTrue(gb.getNumberSet().contains(new Integer(5)));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testGenericSetWithConversionFailure() {
 		GenericBean<?> gb = new GenericBean<Object>();
diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/test/beans/GenericBean.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/test/beans/GenericBean.java
index f6e13e90527..add4659b450 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/test/beans/GenericBean.java
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/test/beans/GenericBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public class GenericBean<T> {
 
 	private Set<Integer> integerSet;
 
+	private Set<? extends Number> numberSet;
+
 	private List<Resource> resourceList;
 
 	private List<List<Integer>> listOfLists;
@@ -105,6 +107,14 @@ public class GenericBean<T> {
 		this.integerSet = integerSet;
 	}
 
+	public Set<? extends Number> getNumberSet() {
+		return numberSet;
+	}
+
+	public void setNumberSet(Set<? extends Number> numberSet) {
+		this.numberSet = numberSet;
+	}
+
 	public List<Resource> getResourceList() {
 		return resourceList;
 	}
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolver.java b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolver.java
index 402b9961129..8c21ee6b761 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolver.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolver.java
@@ -341,9 +341,16 @@ public abstract class GenericCollectionTypeResolver {
 			}
 		}
 		if (paramType instanceof WildcardType) {
-			Type[] lowerBounds = ((WildcardType) paramType).getLowerBounds();
-			if (lowerBounds != null && lowerBounds.length > 0) {
-				paramType = lowerBounds[0];
+			WildcardType wildcardType = (WildcardType) paramType;
+			Type[] upperBounds = wildcardType.getUpperBounds();
+			if (upperBounds != null && upperBounds.length > 0 && !Object.class.equals(upperBounds[0])) {
+				paramType = upperBounds[0];
+			}
+			else {
+				Type[] lowerBounds = wildcardType.getLowerBounds();
+				if (lowerBounds != null && lowerBounds.length > 0 && !Object.class.equals(lowerBounds[0])) {
+					paramType = lowerBounds[0];
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		if (paramType instanceof ParameterizedType) {
diff --git a/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolverTests.java b/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolverTests.java
index 9840fb60b5b..d86ed5ebb65 100644
--- a/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolverTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/GenericCollectionTypeResolverTests.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class GenericCollectionTypeResolverTests extends AbstractGenericsTests {
 		this.targetClass = Foo.class;
 		this.methods = new String[] {"a", "b", "b2", "b3", "c", "d", "d2", "d3", "e", "e2", "e3"};
 		this.expectedResults = new Class[] {
-			Integer.class, null, null, Set.class, null, Integer.class,
+			Integer.class, null, Set.class, Set.class, null, Integer.class,
 			Integer.class, Integer.class, Integer.class, Integer.class, Integer.class};
 	}