diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/file/parse-file.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/file/parse-file.pipe.ts
index d2ea60e505b..6fa0b6b6bcd 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/file/parse-file.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/file/parse-file.pipe.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { ParseFileOptions } from './parse-file-options.interface';
  * @publicApi
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ParseFilePipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
+export class ParseFilePipe implements PipeTransform {
   protected exceptionFactory: (error: string) => any;
   private readonly validators: FileValidator[];
   private readonly fileIsRequired: boolean;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class ParseFilePipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
     this.fileIsRequired = fileIsRequired ?? true;
   }
 
-  async transform(value: any): Promise<any> {
+  async transform(value: unknown): Promise<any> {
     const areThereAnyFilesIn = this.thereAreNoFilesIn(value);
 
     if (areThereAnyFilesIn && this.fileIsRequired) {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class ParseFilePipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
     return value;
   }
 
-  private async validateFilesOrFile(value: any): Promise<void> {
+  private async validateFilesOrFile(value: unknown): Promise<void> {
     if (Array.isArray(value)) {
       await Promise.all(value.map(f => this.validate(f)));
     } else {
@@ -59,21 +59,21 @@ export class ParseFilePipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
     }
   }
 
-  private thereAreNoFilesIn(value: any): boolean {
+  private thereAreNoFilesIn(value: unknown): boolean {
     const isEmptyArray = Array.isArray(value) && isEmpty(value);
     const isEmptyObject = isObject(value) && isEmpty(Object.keys(value));
     return isUndefined(value) || isEmptyArray || isEmptyObject;
   }
 
-  protected async validate(file: any): Promise<any> {
+  protected async validate(file: unknown): Promise<any> {
     for (const validator of this.validators) {
       await this.validateOrThrow(file, validator);
     }
     return file;
   }
 
-  private async validateOrThrow(file: any, validator: FileValidator) {
-    const isValid = await validator.isValid(file);
+  private async validateOrThrow(file: unknown, validator: FileValidator) {
+    const isValid = await validator.isValid(file as any);
 
     if (!isValid) {
       const errorMessage = validator.buildErrorMessage(file);
diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/parse-array.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/parse-array.pipe.ts
index 5bc5bd029a3..4d9103828ea 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/parse-array.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/parse-array.pipe.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export class ParseArrayPipe implements PipeTransform {
    * @param value currently processed route argument
    * @param metadata contains metadata about the currently processed route argument
    */
-  async transform(value: any, metadata: ArgumentMetadata): Promise<any> {
+  async transform(value: unknown, metadata: ArgumentMetadata): Promise<any> {
     if (!value && !this.options.optional) {
       throw this.exceptionFactory(VALIDATION_ERROR_MESSAGE);
     } else if (isNil(value) && this.options.optional) {
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ export class ParseArrayPipe implements PipeTransform {
         }
         return targetArray;
       } else {
-        value = await Promise.all(value.map(toClassInstance));
+        value = await Promise.all(
+          (value as Array<unknown>).map(toClassInstance),
+        );
       }
     }
     return value;
diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/parse-bool.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/parse-bool.pipe.ts
index 177ee7cbeeb..5a1e8370bf8 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/parse-bool.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/parse-bool.pipe.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ export interface ParseBoolPipeOptions {
  * @publicApi
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ParseBoolPipe implements PipeTransform<
-  string | boolean,
-  Promise<boolean>
-> {
+export class ParseBoolPipe implements PipeTransform {
   protected exceptionFactory: (error: string) => any;
 
   constructor(@Optional() protected readonly options?: ParseBoolPipeOptions) {
@@ -64,9 +61,9 @@ export class ParseBoolPipe implements PipeTransform<
    * @param metadata contains metadata about the currently processed route argument
    */
   async transform(
-    value: string | boolean,
+    value: unknown,
     metadata: ArgumentMetadata,
-  ): Promise<boolean> {
+  ): Promise<boolean | undefined | null> {
     if (isNil(value) && this.options?.optional) {
       return value;
     }
@@ -86,7 +83,7 @@ export class ParseBoolPipe implements PipeTransform<
    * @returns `true` if `value` is said 'true', ie., if it is equal to the boolean
    * `true` or the string `"true"`
    */
-  protected isTrue(value: string | boolean): boolean {
+  protected isTrue(value: unknown): boolean {
     return value === true || value === 'true';
   }
 
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ export class ParseBoolPipe implements PipeTransform<
    * @returns `true` if `value` is said 'false', ie., if it is equal to the boolean
    * `false` or the string `"false"`
    */
-  protected isFalse(value: string | boolean): boolean {
+  protected isFalse(value: unknown): boolean {
     return value === false || value === 'false';
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/parse-date.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/parse-date.pipe.ts
index 22f3bf25c50..89314d89c7a 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/parse-date.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/parse-date.pipe.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   ErrorHttpStatusCode,
   HttpErrorByCode,
 } from '../utils/http-error-by-code.util';
-import { isNil } from '../utils/shared.utils';
+import { isNil, isNumber, isString } from '../utils/shared.utils';
 
 export interface ParseDatePipeOptions {
   /**
@@ -31,9 +31,7 @@ export interface ParseDatePipeOptions {
 }
 
 @Injectable()
-export class ParseDatePipe implements PipeTransform<
-  string | number | undefined | null
-> {
+export class ParseDatePipe implements PipeTransform {
   protected exceptionFactory: (error: string) => any;
 
   constructor(private readonly options: ParseDatePipeOptions = {}) {
@@ -52,9 +50,7 @@ export class ParseDatePipe implements PipeTransform<
    * @param value currently processed route argument
    * @param metadata contains metadata about the currently processed route argument
    */
-  transform(
-    value: string | number | undefined | null,
-  ): Date | null | undefined {
+  transform(value: unknown): Date | null | undefined {
     if (this.options.optional && isNil(value)) {
       return this.options.default ? this.options.default() : value;
     }
@@ -63,7 +59,10 @@ export class ParseDatePipe implements PipeTransform<
       throw this.exceptionFactory('Validation failed (no Date provided)');
     }
 
-    const transformedValue = new Date(value);
+    const transformedValue =
+      isString(value) || isNumber(value) || value instanceof Date
+        ? new Date(value)
+        : new Date(NaN);
 
     if (isNaN(transformedValue.getTime())) {
       throw this.exceptionFactory('Validation failed (invalid date format)');
diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/parse-enum.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/parse-enum.pipe.ts
index 47f3c263abe..9699225d1b6 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/parse-enum.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/parse-enum.pipe.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ export class ParseEnumPipe<T = any> implements PipeTransform<T> {
    * @param value currently processed route argument
    * @param metadata contains metadata about the currently processed route argument
    */
-  async transform(value: T, metadata: ArgumentMetadata): Promise<T> {
+  async transform(
+    value: unknown,
+    metadata: ArgumentMetadata,
+  ): Promise<T | undefined | null> {
     if (isNil(value) && this.options?.optional) {
       return value;
     }
@@ -73,10 +76,10 @@ export class ParseEnumPipe<T = any> implements PipeTransform<T> {
         'Validation failed (enum string is expected)',
       );
     }
-    return value;
+    return value as T;
   }
 
-  protected isEnum(value: T): boolean {
+  protected isEnum(value: unknown): boolean {
     const enumValues = Object.keys(this.enumType as object).map(
       item => this.enumType[item],
     );
diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/parse-float.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/parse-float.pipe.ts
index 04f5e97e27e..70368bdaca6 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/parse-float.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/parse-float.pipe.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export interface ParseFloatPipeOptions {
  * @publicApi
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ParseFloatPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
+export class ParseFloatPipe implements PipeTransform {
   protected exceptionFactory: (error: string) => any;
 
   constructor(@Optional() protected readonly options?: ParseFloatPipeOptions) {
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ export class ParseFloatPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
    * @param value currently processed route argument
    * @param metadata contains metadata about the currently processed route argument
    */
-  async transform(value: string, metadata: ArgumentMetadata): Promise<number> {
+  async transform(
+    value: unknown,
+    metadata: ArgumentMetadata,
+  ): Promise<number | undefined | null> {
     if (isNil(value) && this.options?.optional) {
       return value;
     }
@@ -66,17 +69,17 @@ export class ParseFloatPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
         'Validation failed (numeric string is expected)',
       );
     }
-    return parseFloat(value);
+    return parseFloat(String(value));
   }
 
   /**
    * @param value currently processed route argument
    * @returns `true` if `value` is a valid float number
    */
-  protected isNumeric(value: string): boolean {
+  protected isNumeric(value: unknown): boolean {
     return (
       ['string', 'number'].includes(typeof value) &&
-      !isNaN(parseFloat(value)) &&
+      !isNaN(parseFloat(String(value))) &&
       isFinite(value as any)
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/parse-int.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/parse-int.pipe.ts
index d74aa0205ab..8276348a32c 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/parse-int.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/parse-int.pipe.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export interface ParseIntPipeOptions {
  * @publicApi
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ParseIntPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
+export class ParseIntPipe implements PipeTransform {
   protected exceptionFactory: (error: string) => any;
 
   constructor(@Optional() protected readonly options?: ParseIntPipeOptions) {
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ export class ParseIntPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
    * @param value currently processed route argument
    * @param metadata contains metadata about the currently processed route argument
    */
-  async transform(value: string, metadata: ArgumentMetadata): Promise<number> {
+  async transform(
+    value: unknown,
+    metadata: ArgumentMetadata,
+  ): Promise<number | undefined | null> {
     if (isNil(value) && this.options?.optional) {
       return value;
     }
@@ -70,17 +73,17 @@ export class ParseIntPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
         'Validation failed (numeric string is expected)',
       );
     }
-    return parseInt(value, 10);
+    return parseInt(String(value), 10);
   }
 
   /**
    * @param value currently processed route argument
    * @returns `true` if `value` is a valid integer number
    */
-  protected isNumeric(value: string): boolean {
+  protected isNumeric(value: unknown): boolean {
     return (
       ['string', 'number'].includes(typeof value) &&
-      /^-?\d+$/.test(value) &&
+      /^-?\d+$/.test(String(value)) &&
       isFinite(value as any)
     );
   }
diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/parse-uuid.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/parse-uuid.pipe.ts
index 1c67860b9cf..96f9e5799dd 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/parse-uuid.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/parse-uuid.pipe.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export interface ParseUUIDPipeOptions {
  * @publicApi
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ParseUUIDPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
+export class ParseUUIDPipe implements PipeTransform {
   protected static uuidRegExps = {
     3: /^[0-9A-F]{8}-[0-9A-F]{4}-3[0-9A-F]{3}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{12}$/i,
     4: /^[0-9A-F]{8}-[0-9A-F]{4}-4[0-9A-F]{3}-[89AB][0-9A-F]{3}-[0-9A-F]{12}$/i,
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ export class ParseUUIDPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
       (error => new HttpErrorByCode[errorHttpStatusCode](error));
   }
 
-  async transform(value: string, metadata: ArgumentMetadata): Promise<string> {
+  async transform(
+    value: unknown,
+    metadata: ArgumentMetadata,
+  ): Promise<string | undefined | null> {
     if (isNil(value) && this.options?.optional) {
       return value;
     }
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ export class ParseUUIDPipe implements PipeTransform<string> {
         } is expected)`,
       );
     }
-    return value;
+    return value as string;
   }
 
   protected isUUID(str: unknown, version = 'all') {
diff --git a/packages/common/pipes/validation.pipe.ts b/packages/common/pipes/validation.pipe.ts
index 0911231a248..05faf204e6b 100644
--- a/packages/common/pipes/validation.pipe.ts
+++ b/packages/common/pipes/validation.pipe.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ let classTransformer: TransformerPackage = {} as any;
  * @publicApi
  */
 @Injectable()
-export class ValidationPipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
+export class ValidationPipe implements PipeTransform {
   protected isTransformEnabled: boolean;
   protected isDetailedOutputDisabled?: boolean;
   protected validatorOptions: ValidatorOptions;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class ValidationPipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
     );
   }
 
-  public async transform(value: any, metadata: ArgumentMetadata) {
+  public async transform(value: unknown, metadata: ArgumentMetadata) {
     if (this.expectedType) {
       metadata = { ...metadata, metatype: this.expectedType };
     }
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export class ValidationPipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
     return !types.some(t => metatype === t) && !isNil(metatype);
   }
 
-  protected transformPrimitive(value: any, metadata: ArgumentMetadata) {
+  protected transformPrimitive(value: unknown, metadata: ArgumentMetadata) {
     if (!metadata.data) {
       // leave top-level query/param objects unmodified
       return value;
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export class ValidationPipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
         // they were not defined
         return undefined;
       }
-      return +value;
+      return +(value as any);
     }
     if (metatype === String && !isUndefined(value)) {
       return String(value);
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export class ValidationPipe implements PipeTransform<any> {
   }
 
   protected toEmptyIfNil<T = any, R = T>(
-    value: T,
+    value: unknown,
     metatype: Type<unknown> | object,
   ): R | object | string {
     if (!isNil(value)) {