diff --git a/src/Type/Doctrine/Descriptors/BinaryType.php b/src/Type/Doctrine/Descriptors/BinaryType.php
index 5b3c848a..21a38092 100644
--- a/src/Type/Doctrine/Descriptors/BinaryType.php
+++ b/src/Type/Doctrine/Descriptors/BinaryType.php
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
 
 namespace PHPStan\Type\Doctrine\Descriptors;
 
+use Composer\InstalledVersions;
 use PHPStan\Type\MixedType;
 use PHPStan\Type\ResourceType;
 use PHPStan\Type\StringType;
 use PHPStan\Type\Type;
+use function class_exists;
+use function strpos;
 
 class BinaryType implements DoctrineTypeDescriptor
 {
@@ -17,6 +20,10 @@ public function getType(): string
 
 	public function getWritableToPropertyType(): Type
 	{
+		if ($this->hasDbal4()) {
+			return new StringType();
+		}
+
 		return new ResourceType();
 	}
 
@@ -30,4 +37,18 @@ public function getDatabaseInternalType(): Type
 		return new StringType();
 	}
 
+	private function hasDbal4(): bool
+	{
+		if (!class_exists(InstalledVersions::class)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$dbalVersion = InstalledVersions::getVersion('doctrine/dbal');
+		if ($dbalVersion === null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return strpos($dbalVersion, '4.') === 0;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/Rules/Doctrine/ORM/EntityColumnRuleTest.php b/tests/Rules/Doctrine/ORM/EntityColumnRuleTest.php
index 56878cc7..b2297774 100644
--- a/tests/Rules/Doctrine/ORM/EntityColumnRuleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Rules/Doctrine/ORM/EntityColumnRuleTest.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 use PHPStan\Type\Doctrine\ObjectMetadataResolver;
 use function array_unshift;
 use function class_exists;
+use function sprintf;
 use function strpos;
 use const PHP_VERSION_ID;
 
@@ -271,9 +272,16 @@ public function testSuperclass(?string $objectManagerLoader): void
 	{
 		$this->allowNullablePropertyForRequiredField = false;
 		$this->objectManagerLoader = $objectManagerLoader;
+
+		$dbalVersion = InstalledVersions::getVersion('doctrine/dbal');
+		$hasDbal4 = $dbalVersion !== null && strpos($dbalVersion, '4.') === 0;
+
 		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/MyBrokenSuperclass.php'], [
 			[
-				'Property PHPStan\Rules\Doctrine\ORM\MyBrokenSuperclass::$five type mapping mismatch: database can contain resource but property expects int.',
+				sprintf(
+					'Property PHPStan\Rules\Doctrine\ORM\MyBrokenSuperclass::$five type mapping mismatch: database can contain %s but property expects int.',
+					$hasDbal4 ? 'string' : 'resource',
+				),
 				17,
 			],
 		]);
@@ -495,4 +503,33 @@ public function testBugSingleEnum(?string $objectManagerLoader): void
 		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/bug-single-enum.php'], []);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataObjectManagerLoader
+	 */
+	public function testBug659(?string $objectManagerLoader): void
+	{
+		$this->allowNullablePropertyForRequiredField = false;
+		$this->objectManagerLoader = $objectManagerLoader;
+
+		$dbalVersion = InstalledVersions::getVersion('doctrine/dbal');
+		$hasDbal4 = $dbalVersion !== null && strpos($dbalVersion, '4.') === 0;
+		if ($hasDbal4) {
+			$errors = [
+				[
+					'Property PHPStan\Rules\Doctrine\ORM\MyEntity659::$binaryResource type mapping mismatch: database can contain string but property expects resource.',
+					31,
+				],
+			];
+		} else {
+			$errors = [
+				[
+					'Property PHPStan\Rules\Doctrine\ORM\MyEntity659::$binaryString type mapping mismatch: database can contain resource but property expects string.',
+					25,
+				],
+			];
+		}
+
+		$this->analyse([__DIR__ . '/data/bug-659.php'], $errors);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/tests/Rules/Doctrine/ORM/data/bug-659.php b/tests/Rules/Doctrine/ORM/data/bug-659.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4ac3f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Rules/Doctrine/ORM/data/bug-659.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php // lint >= 8.0
+
+namespace PHPStan\Rules\Doctrine\ORM;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
+
+/**
+ * @ORM\Entity()
+ */
+class MyEntity659
+{
+
+	/**
+	 * @ORM\Id()
+	 * @ORM\GeneratedValue()
+	 * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
+	 * @var int
+	 */
+	private $id;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string
+	 * @ORM\Column(type="binary")
+	 */
+	private $binaryString;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var resource
+	 * @ORM\Column(type="binary")
+	 */
+	private $binaryResource;
+}