diff --git a/changelog/@unreleased/pr-128.v2.yml b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-128.v2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8c5b94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/@unreleased/pr-128.v2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+type: improvement
+improvement:
+  description: Deserialize enum variants case-insensitively, for compatibility with
+    the Java implementation
+  links:
+  - https://github.com/palantir/conjure-python-client/pull/128
diff --git a/conjure_python_client/_serde/decoder.py b/conjure_python_client/_serde/decoder.py
index aa806acf..817063eb 100644
--- a/conjure_python_client/_serde/decoder.py
+++ b/conjure_python_client/_serde/decoder.py
@@ -142,8 +142,9 @@ def decode_conjure_enum_type(cls, obj, conjure_type):
                 )
             )
 
-        if obj in conjure_type.__members__:
-            return conjure_type[obj]
+        upper_value: str = obj.upper()
+        if upper_value in conjure_type.__members__:
+            return conjure_type[upper_value]
 
         else:
             return conjure_type["UNKNOWN"]
diff --git a/test/example_service/product/datasets/__init__.py b/test/example_service/product/datasets/__init__.py
index dca630a6..2a9c9ae7 100644
--- a/test/example_service/product/datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/test/example_service/product/datasets/__init__.py
@@ -110,3 +110,36 @@ def __init__(self, value: Dict[str, str]) -> None:
     @property
     def value(self) -> Dict[str, str]:
         return self._value
+
+
+class EnumExample(ConjureEnumType):
+
+    ONE = 'ONE'
+    '''ONE'''
+    TWO = 'TWO'
+    '''TWO'''
+    ONE_HUNDRED = 'ONE_HUNDRED'
+    '''ONE_HUNDRED'''
+    UNKNOWN = 'UNKNOWN'
+    '''UNKNOWN'''
+
+    def __reduce_ex__(self, proto):
+        return self.__class__, (self.name,)
+
+
+class EnumFieldExample(ConjureBeanType):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _fields(cls) -> Dict[str, ConjureFieldDefinition]:
+        return {
+            'enum': ConjureFieldDefinition('enum', EnumExample)
+        }
+
+    __slots__: List[str] = ['_enum']
+
+    def __init__(self, enum: "EnumExample") -> None:
+        self._enum = enum
+
+    @property
+    def enum(self) -> "EnumExample":
+        return self._enum
diff --git a/test/serde/test_decode_object.py b/test/serde/test_decode_object.py
index 05c5f92c..6a5f5614 100644
--- a/test/serde/test_decode_object.py
+++ b/test/serde/test_decode_object.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import re
 from conjure_python_client import ConjureDecoder
 from test.example_service.product import CreateDatasetRequest
-from test.example_service.product.datasets import ListExample, MapExample
+from test.example_service.product.datasets import EnumExample, EnumFieldExample, ListExample, MapExample
 
 
 def test_object_decodes_when_exact_fields_are_present():
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ def test_object_with_omitted_map_field_decodes():
     assert decoded == MapExample({})
 
 
+def test_object_with_enum_field_decodes():
+    decoded = ConjureDecoder().read_from_string('{"enum": "ONE"}', EnumFieldExample)
+    assert decoded == EnumFieldExample(EnumExample.ONE)
+
+
+def test_object_with_enum_field_decodes_case_insensitive():
+    decoded = ConjureDecoder().read_from_string('{"enum": "one"}', EnumFieldExample)
+    assert decoded == EnumFieldExample(EnumExample.ONE)
+
+
 def test_object_with_missing_field_should_throw_helpful_exception():
     with pytest.raises(Exception) as excinfo:
         ConjureDecoder().read_from_string(