diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md
index e69e0e932f6c7..3863b5717a1fe 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ CHANGELOG
 4.2.0
 -----
 
+ * added a new `UnexpectedValueException` that can be thrown by constraint validators, these exceptions are caught by
+   the validator and are converted into constraint violations
  * added `DivisibleBy` constraint
  * decoupled from `symfony/translation` by using `Symfony\Contracts\Translation\TranslatorInterface`
  * deprecated `ValidatorBuilderInterface`
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/AllValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/AllValidator.php
index 97de37058f650..5bacdf8b95ff2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/AllValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/AllValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!\is_array($value) && !$value instanceof \Traversable) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'array or Traversable');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'iterable');
         }
 
         $context = $this->context;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/BicValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/BicValidator.php
index 89077db68038a..7daf9a9c250d8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/BicValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/BicValidator.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\LogicException;
-use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Michael Hirschler <michael.vhirsch@gmail.com>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $canonicalize = str_replace(' ', '', $value);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ChoiceValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ChoiceValidator.php
index e40b4d9ecf930..19eae97481e2c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ChoiceValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/ChoiceValidator.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\ConstraintDefinitionException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * ChoiceValidator validates that the value is one of the expected values.
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if ($constraint->multiple && !\is_array($value)) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'array');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'array');
         }
 
         if ($constraint->callback) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CollectionValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CollectionValidator.php
index e3a297329d1c8..731501e08db14 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CollectionValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CollectionValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!\is_array($value) && !($value instanceof \Traversable && $value instanceof \ArrayAccess)) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'array or Traversable and ArrayAccess');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'array|(Traversable&ArrayAccess)');
         }
 
         // We need to keep the initialized context when CollectionValidator
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CountValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CountValidator.php
index 39be8aa82e9a7..c60912093d7be 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CountValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CountValidator.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
-use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!\is_array($value) && !$value instanceof \Countable) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'array or \Countable');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'array|\Countable');
         }
 
         $count = \count($value);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CountryValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CountryValidator.php
index 2cc057d1c266b..ad5dc36a9ab54 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CountryValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CountryValidator.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether a value is a valid country code.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         if (!class_exists(Intl::class)) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CurrencyValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CurrencyValidator.php
index bcd9e8f007959..44e5df246cb89 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CurrencyValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/CurrencyValidator.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether a value is a valid currency.
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         if (!class_exists(Intl::class)) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
index ac6bf975d27dc..16abf6f671ce4 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateTimeValidator.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
index 7b5825408aa05..93b1f7d074e18 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/DateValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/EmailValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/EmailValidator.php
index d373368583dd0..d79440a6d4cf0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/EmailValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/EmailValidator.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/FileValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/FileValidator.php
index b2a850cd286bb..047254632bd17 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/FileValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/FileValidator.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !$value instanceof FileObject && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $path = $value instanceof FileObject ? $value->getPathname() : (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IbanValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IbanValidator.php
index 9d8d5b863cc86..8f7cb5e910983 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IbanValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IbanValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Manuel Reinhard <manu@sprain.ch>
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IpValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IpValidator.php
index 5c687b900fdbb..b96e50623cc62 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IpValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IpValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether a value is a valid IP address.
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IsbnValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IsbnValidator.php
index 9f0d1fa1a35a1..53687ddc80477 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IsbnValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IsbnValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether the value is a valid ISBN-10 or ISBN-13.
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IssnValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IssnValidator.php
index f045e62e2ca18..90dceba1faa2b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IssnValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/IssnValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether the value is a valid ISSN.
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LanguageValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LanguageValidator.php
index 575e6c14ceda3..22ddb0fe53459 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LanguageValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LanguageValidator.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\LogicException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether a value is a valid language code.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         if (!class_exists(Intl::class)) {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LengthValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LengthValidator.php
index d8cb09ccb65f8..2fb3dba7980f2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LengthValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LengthValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $stringValue = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LocaleValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LocaleValidator.php
index cc23b3f1a4c43..d4bca35a70375 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LocaleValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LocaleValidator.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether a value is a valid locale code.
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $inputValue = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LuhnValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LuhnValidator.php
index 554fc6f48b10b..c69057caa6aba 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LuhnValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/LuhnValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates a PAN using the LUHN Algorithm.
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         // Work with strings only, because long numbers are represented as floats
         // internally and don't work with strlen()
         if (!\is_string($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/RegexValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/RegexValidator.php
index c6b70feb7f0e1..b88a5b1909369 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/RegexValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/RegexValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether a value match or not given regexp pattern.
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/TimeValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/TimeValidator.php
index 9bdd541c68872..799dbc3108e0c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/TimeValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/TimeValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/UrlValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/UrlValidator.php
index 35c63a06dc9ca..2f7db080543d5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/UrlValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/UrlValidator.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\InvalidOptionsException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/UuidValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/UuidValidator.php
index 38e9a0da8585e..79c35ddac7e47 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/UuidValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Constraints/UuidValidator.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 
 /**
  * Validates whether the value is a valid UUID (also known as GUID).
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ public function validate($value, Constraint $constraint)
         }
 
         if (!is_scalar($value) && !(\is_object($value) && method_exists($value, '__toString'))) {
-            throw new UnexpectedTypeException($value, 'string');
+            throw new UnexpectedValueException($value, 'string');
         }
 
         $value = (string) $value;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Exception/UnexpectedValueException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Exception/UnexpectedValueException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7a7f7f7bf2915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Exception/UnexpectedValueException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christian Flothmann <christian.flothmann@sensiolabs.de>
+ */
+class UnexpectedValueException extends UnexpectedTypeException
+{
+    private $expectedType;
+
+    public function __construct($value, string $expectedType)
+    {
+        parent::__construct($value, $expectedType);
+
+        $this->expectedType = $expectedType;
+    }
+
+    public function getExpectedType(): string
+    {
+        return $this->expectedType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/AllValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/AllValidatorTest.php
index 2792dc4014a73..054b5949ce59b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/AllValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/AllValidatorTest.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public function testNullIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testThrowsExceptionIfNotTraversable()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/BicValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/BicValidatorTest.php
index d135923f647ab..231843a792d41 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/BicValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/BicValidatorTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ChoiceValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ChoiceValidatorTest.php
index 38607bb9a8891..f9db12200e6d5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ChoiceValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/ChoiceValidatorTest.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public function objectMethodCallback()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectArrayIfMultipleIsTrue()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CollectionValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CollectionValidatorTest.php
index 32aa8e359e771..d025e1d97bdd7 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CollectionValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CollectionValidatorTest.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function testFieldsAsDefaultOption()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testThrowsExceptionIfNotTraversable()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CountValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CountValidatorTest.php
index d23188a098213..baa919df2e785 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CountValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CountValidatorTest.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public function testNullIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsCountableType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CountryValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CountryValidatorTest.php
index 044a742db630a..30ab40a71308a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CountryValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CountryValidatorTest.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CurrencyValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CurrencyValidatorTest.php
index 1286ff31f89f3..3a13775fe1b98 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CurrencyValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/CurrencyValidatorTest.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateTimeValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateTimeValidatorTest.php
index 918d6577c928a..c1e9d3807fe0a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateTimeValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateTimeValidatorTest.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public function testDateTimeImmutableClassIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
index bf9c103f5810b..340b4f63121f9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/DateValidatorTest.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public function testDateTimeImmutableClassIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/EmailValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/EmailValidatorTest.php
index 5f3353bc5fe5a..8bc11d4fd7ae5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/EmailValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/EmailValidatorTest.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/FileValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/FileValidatorTest.php
index 1f63b0d1d96d8..13d7b24ce2d2f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/FileValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/FileValidatorTest.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleTypeOrFile()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IpValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IpValidatorTest.php
index 985bd9577d2d5..1cd0a1b33c87c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IpValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IpValidatorTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IsbnValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IsbnValidatorTest.php
index f810fc9820ae8..0b93388850c89 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IsbnValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IsbnValidatorTest.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IssnValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IssnValidatorTest.php
index ca61ffac4c550..9f485d241cade 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IssnValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/IssnValidatorTest.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LanguageValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LanguageValidatorTest.php
index 2980f2a233193..4f9e8e52a5837 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LanguageValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LanguageValidatorTest.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LengthValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LengthValidatorTest.php
index da98387ccb466..1d537e2db3b58 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LengthValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LengthValidatorTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LocaleValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LocaleValidatorTest.php
index b9f23db8a8869..060d17a6432a5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LocaleValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LocaleValidatorTest.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     /**
      * @group legacy
      * @expectedDeprecation The "canonicalize" option with value "false" is deprecated since Symfony 4.1, set it to "true" instead.
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testLegacyExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public function testLegacyExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LuhnValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LuhnValidatorTest.php
index 3ee04d7f46820..8427b66825b13 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LuhnValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/LuhnValidatorTest.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public function getInvalidNumbers()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      * @dataProvider getInvalidTypes
      */
     public function testInvalidTypes($number)
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/RegexValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/RegexValidatorTest.php
index 5194b0816ea39..777fa26693f56 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/RegexValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/RegexValidatorTest.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/TimeValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/TimeValidatorTest.php
index 3b5e1e594d4e7..b0ccc7795e4d6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/TimeValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/TimeValidatorTest.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function testDateTimeClassIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/UrlValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/UrlValidatorTest.php
index 5e7c81e92a6ef..fd9d252f38da3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/UrlValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/UrlValidatorTest.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function testEmptyStringFromObjectIsValid()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/UuidValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/UuidValidatorTest.php
index a39ec93d6cdf6..a83a7599ae4ef 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/UuidValidatorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Constraints/UuidValidatorTest.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function testExpectsUuidConstraintCompatibleType()
     }
 
     /**
-     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedTypeException
+     * @expectedException \Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException
      */
     public function testExpectsStringCompatibleType()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
index f50f767bd9685..964052a341cb2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/RecursiveContextualValidator.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\ConstraintDefinitionException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\NoSuchMetadataException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\UnsupportedMetadataException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\ValidatorException;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\CascadingStrategy;
@@ -798,7 +799,14 @@ private function validateInGroup($value, $cacheKey, MetadataInterface $metadata,
 
             $validator = $this->validatorFactory->getInstance($constraint);
             $validator->initialize($context);
-            $validator->validate($value, $constraint);
+
+            try {
+                $validator->validate($value, $constraint);
+            } catch (UnexpectedValueException $e) {
+                $context->buildViolation('This value should be of type {{ type }}.')
+                    ->setParameter('{{ type }}', $e->getExpectedType())
+                    ->addViolation();
+            }
         }
     }
 }