diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index c7391e2f1..3c1a93703 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ class BulkEditSerializer(
     def _validate_owner(self, owner):
         try:
             return User.objects.get(pk=owner)
-        except User.DoesNotExist:
+        except (User.DoesNotExist, TypeError, ValueError):
             raise serializers.ValidationError("Specified owner cannot be found")
 
     def _validate_parameters_set_permissions(self, parameters) -> None:
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api_bulk_edit.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api_bulk_edit.py
index 2009694e3..b91988b98 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api_bulk_edit.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api_bulk_edit.py
@@ -1192,6 +1192,38 @@ class TestBulkEditAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         m.assert_not_called()
 
+    @mock.patch("documents.serialisers.bulk_edit.set_permissions")
+    def test_set_permissions_rejects_wrong_typed_owner(self, m) -> None:
+        """
+        _validate_owner only caught User.DoesNotExist -- a wrong-typed
+        owner (list/dict/non-numeric string) reaches
+        User.objects.get(pk=owner) and raises an uncaught TypeError or
+        ValueError instead, since `parameters` is a bare DictField with
+        no type checking on "owner" at that level.
+        """
+        self.setup_mock(m, "set_permissions")
+
+        for bad_owner in (["not", "an", "id"], {"nested": "dict"}, "not-a-number"):
+            with self.subTest(owner=bad_owner):
+                response = self.client.post(
+                    "/api/documents/bulk_edit/",
+                    json.dumps(
+                        {
+                            "documents": [self.doc2.id],
+                            "method": "set_permissions",
+                            "parameters": {
+                                "set_permissions": {
+                                    "view": {"users": [self.user.id]},
+                                },
+                                "owner": bad_owner,
+                            },
+                        },
+                    ),
+                    content_type="application/json",
+                )
+                self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        m.assert_not_called()
+
     @mock.patch("documents.serialisers.bulk_edit.set_permissions")
     def test_set_permissions_merge(self, m) -> None:
         self.setup_mock(m, "set_permissions")