diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c43489f73..0c773d048 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hono",
-  "version": "4.11.9",
+  "version": "4.11.10",
   "description": "Web framework built on Web Standards",
   "main": "dist/cjs/index.js",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/src/utils/buffer.test.ts b/src/utils/buffer.test.ts
index 62f805815..56db598df 100644
--- a/src/utils/buffer.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/buffer.test.ts
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ describe('buffer', () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
     // @ts-ignore
     expect(await timingSafeEqual(undefined, undefined)).toBe(true)
-    expect(await timingSafeEqual(true, true)).toBe(true)
-    expect(await timingSafeEqual(false, false)).toBe(true)
-    expect(
-      await timingSafeEqual(true, true, (d: boolean) =>
-        createHash('sha256').update(d.toString()).digest('hex')
-      )
-    )
   })
 
   it('negative', async () => {
@@ -58,10 +51,30 @@ describe('buffer', () => {
       await timingSafeEqual('aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa', 'a')
     ).toBe(false)
     expect(await timingSafeEqual('alpha', 'beta')).toBe(false)
-    expect(await timingSafeEqual(false, true)).toBe(false)
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
     // @ts-ignore
     expect(await timingSafeEqual(false, undefined)).toBe(false)
+
+    expect(
+      await timingSafeEqual(
+        // well known md5 hash collision
+        // https://marc-stevens.nl/research/md5-1block-collision/
+        'TEXTCOLLBYfGiJUETHQ4hAcKSMd5zYpgqf1YRDhkmxHkhPWptrkoyz28wnI9V0aHeAuaKnak',
+        'TEXTCOLLBYfGiJUETHQ4hEcKSMd5zYpgqf1YRDhkmxHkhPWptrkoyz28wnI9V0aHeAuaKnak',
+        (input) => createHash('md5').update(input).digest('hex')
+      )
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it.skip('comparing variables except string are deprecated', async () => {
+    expect(await timingSafeEqual(true, true)).toBe(true)
+    expect(await timingSafeEqual(false, false)).toBe(true)
+    expect(
+      await timingSafeEqual(true, true, (d: boolean) =>
+        createHash('sha256').update(d.toString()).digest('hex')
+      )
+    )
+    expect(await timingSafeEqual(false, true)).toBe(false)
     expect(
       await timingSafeEqual(
         () => {},
diff --git a/src/utils/buffer.ts b/src/utils/buffer.ts
index b8ead4eed..663405095 100644
--- a/src/utils/buffer.ts
+++ b/src/utils/buffer.ts
@@ -26,22 +26,73 @@ export const equal = (a: ArrayBuffer, b: ArrayBuffer): boolean => {
   return true
 }
 
-export const timingSafeEqual = async (
-  a: string | object | boolean,
-  b: string | object | boolean,
+const constantTimeEqualString = (a: string, b: string): boolean => {
+  const aLen = a.length
+  const bLen = b.length
+  const maxLen = Math.max(aLen, bLen)
+  let out = aLen ^ bLen
+  for (let i = 0; i < maxLen; i++) {
+    const aChar = i < aLen ? a.charCodeAt(i) : 0
+    const bChar = i < bLen ? b.charCodeAt(i) : 0
+    out |= aChar ^ bChar
+  }
+  return out === 0
+}
+
+type StringHashFunction = (input: string) => string | null | Promise<string | null>
+
+const timingSafeEqualString = async (
+  a: string,
+  b: string,
+  hashFunction?: StringHashFunction
+): Promise<boolean> => {
+  if (!hashFunction) {
+    hashFunction = sha256
+  }
+
+  const [sa, sb] = await Promise.all([hashFunction(a), hashFunction(b)])
+
+  if (sa == null || sb == null || typeof sa !== 'string' || typeof sb !== 'string') {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  const hashEqual = constantTimeEqualString(sa, sb)
+  const originalEqual = constantTimeEqualString(a, b)
+
+  return hashEqual && originalEqual
+}
+
+type TimingSafeEqual = {
+  (a: string, b: string, hashFunction?: StringHashFunction): Promise<boolean>
+  /**
+   * @deprecated object and boolean signatures that take boolean as first and second arguments, and functions with signatures that take non-string arguments have been deprecated
+   */
+  (
+    a: string | object | boolean,
+    b: string | object | boolean,
+    hashFunction?: Function
+  ): Promise<boolean>
+}
+export const timingSafeEqual: TimingSafeEqual = async (
+  a,
+  b,
   hashFunction?: Function
 ): Promise<boolean> => {
+  if (typeof a === 'string' && typeof b === 'string') {
+    return timingSafeEqualString(a, b, hashFunction as StringHashFunction)
+  }
+
   if (!hashFunction) {
     hashFunction = sha256
   }
 
   const [sa, sb] = await Promise.all([hashFunction(a), hashFunction(b)])
 
-  if (!sa || !sb) {
+  if (!sa || !sb || typeof sa !== 'string' || typeof sb !== 'string') {
     return false
   }
 
-  return sa === sb && a === b
+  return timingSafeEqualString(sa, sb)
 }
 
 export const bufferToString = (buffer: ArrayBuffer): string => {