diff --git a/packages/plugin-relay/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-relay/src/index.ts
index 2d01a96ae..25928321a 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-relay/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-relay/src/index.ts
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ export class PothosRelayPlugin<Types extends SchemaTypes> extends BasePlugin<Typ
   ): GraphQLFieldResolver<unknown, Types['Context'], object> {
     const argMappings = mapInputFields(fieldConfig.args, this.buildCache, (inputField) => {
       if (inputField.extensions?.isRelayGlobalID) {
-        return (inputField.extensions?.relayGlobalIDFor ?? true) as
-          | true
-          | { typename: string; parseId: (id: string, ctx: object) => unknown }[];
+        return (inputField.extensions?.relayGlobalIDFor ??
+          inputField.extensions?.alwaysParse ??
+          false) as boolean | { typename: string; parseId: (id: string, ctx: object) => unknown }[];
       }
 
       return null;
@@ -42,13 +42,7 @@ export class PothosRelayPlugin<Types extends SchemaTypes> extends BasePlugin<Typ
     const argMapper = createInputValueMapper(
       argMappings,
       (globalID, mappings, ctx: Types['Context'], info: GraphQLResolveInfo) =>
-        internalDecodeGlobalID(
-          this.builder,
-          String(globalID),
-          ctx,
-          info,
-          Array.isArray(mappings.value) ? mappings.value : true,
-        ),
+        internalDecodeGlobalID(this.builder, String(globalID), ctx, info, mappings.value ?? false),
     );
 
     return (parent, args, context, info) =>
diff --git a/packages/plugin-relay/src/schema-builder.ts b/packages/plugin-relay/src/schema-builder.ts
index 0d2f656f4..bfab4d94b 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-relay/src/schema-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-relay/src/schema-builder.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,12 @@ schemaBuilderProto.nodeInterfaceRef = function nodeInterfaceRef() {
           ...this.options.relayOptions.nodeQueryOptions,
           type: ref as InterfaceRef<unknown>,
           args: {
-            id: t.arg.globalID({ required: true }),
+            id: t.arg.globalID({
+              required: true,
+              extensions: {
+                alwaysParse: true,
+              },
+            }),
           },
           resolve: resolveNodeFn
             ? (root, args, context, info) =>
@@ -198,7 +203,12 @@ schemaBuilderProto.nodeInterfaceRef = function nodeInterfaceRef() {
         ...this.options.relayOptions.nodesQueryOptions,
         type: [ref],
         args: {
-          ids: t.arg.globalIDList({ required: true }),
+          ids: t.arg.globalIDList({
+            required: true,
+            extensions: {
+              alwaysParse: true,
+            },
+          }),
         },
         resolve: resolveNodesFn
           ? (root, args, context, info) =>
diff --git a/packages/plugin-relay/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap b/packages/plugin-relay/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
index 45ac44025..ea0bd4526 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-relay/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/plugin-relay/tests/__snapshots__/index.test.ts.snap
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ input GlobalIDInput {
   otherList: [OtherInput!] = [{someField: \\"abc\\"}]
 }
 
+type IDResult {
+  arg: String!
+  id: String!
+  idType: String!
+  typename: String!
+}
+
 type Mutation {
   answerPoll(answer: Int!, id: ID!): Poll!
   createPoll(answers: [String!]!, question: String!): Poll!
@@ -128,6 +135,7 @@ type PollAnswersUsingOffsetConnectionEdge {
 type Query {
   batchNumbers(after: ID, before: ID, first: Int, last: Int): QueryBatchNumbersConnection!
   cursorConnection(after: ID, before: ID, first: Int, last: Int): QueryCursorConnection!
+  echoIDs(genericNumberThingID: ID!, globalID: ID!, numberThingID: ID!): [IDResult!]!
   extraNode: Node
   inputGlobalID(id: ID!, inputObj: GlobalIDInput!, normalId: ID!): String!
   moreNodes: [Node]!
diff --git a/packages/plugin-relay/tests/examples/relay/schema/numbers.ts b/packages/plugin-relay/tests/examples/relay/schema/numbers.ts
index e7a5846a4..cd151ecc5 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-relay/tests/examples/relay/schema/numbers.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-relay/tests/examples/relay/schema/numbers.ts
@@ -236,3 +236,38 @@ builder.queryField('numberThingsByIDs', (t) =>
     resolve: (root, args) => args.ids.map(({ id }) => new NumberThing(id)),
   }),
 );
+
+const IDResult = builder
+  .objectRef<{
+    id: unknown;
+    typename: string;
+    arg: string;
+  }>('IDResult')
+  .implement({
+    fields: (t) => ({
+      id: t.string({
+        resolve: (n) => String(n.id),
+      }),
+      typename: t.exposeString('typename', {}),
+      arg: t.exposeString('arg', {}),
+      idType: t.string({
+        resolve: (n) => typeof n.id,
+      }),
+    }),
+  });
+
+builder.queryField('echoIDs', (t) =>
+  t.field({
+    type: [IDResult],
+    args: {
+      globalID: t.arg.globalID({ required: true }),
+      numberThingID: t.arg.globalID({ required: true, for: [NumberThingRef] }),
+      genericNumberThingID: t.arg.globalID({ required: true, for: [NumberThing] }),
+    },
+    resolve: (_, args) => [
+      { ...args.globalID, arg: 'globalID' },
+      { ...args.numberThingID, arg: 'numberThingID' },
+      { ...args.genericNumberThingID, arg: 'genericNumberThingID' },
+    ],
+  }),
+);
diff --git a/packages/plugin-relay/tests/index.test.ts b/packages/plugin-relay/tests/index.test.ts
index eb9f6322d..d362bd7e1 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-relay/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-relay/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -529,6 +529,16 @@ describe('relay example schema', () => {
             id
             number
           }
+          echoIDs(
+            globalID: "TnVtYmVyOjE="
+            numberThingID: "TnVtYmVyOjE="
+            genericNumberThingID: "TnVtYmVyOjE="
+          ) {
+            id
+            typename
+            arg
+            idType
+          }
         }
       `;
 
@@ -541,6 +551,26 @@ describe('relay example schema', () => {
       expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         {
           "data": {
+            "echoIDs": [
+              {
+                "arg": "globalID",
+                "id": "1",
+                "idType": "string",
+                "typename": "Number",
+              },
+              {
+                "arg": "numberThingID",
+                "id": "1",
+                "idType": "number",
+                "typename": "Number",
+              },
+              {
+                "arg": "genericNumberThingID",
+                "id": "1",
+                "idType": "string",
+                "typename": "Number",
+              },
+            ],
             "invalid": null,
             "invalidList": null,
             "numberThingByID": {