diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 29d7c776..3b519f87 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ The library will remain open source and MIT licensed and can still be used, fork
    - Use Junit BOM thanks to [spannm](https://github.com/spannm) ([PR#248](https://github.com/hypfvieh/dbus-java/issues/248))
    - More Java 17 syntactic sugar, thanks to [spannm](https://github.com/spannm) ([PR#249](https://github.com/hypfvieh/dbus-java/issues/249))
    - Added support for custom ClassLoader/ModuleLayer when configuring Transport (allows usage of third party transports when e.g. using JPMS) ([#251](https://github.com/hypfvieh/dbus-java/issues/251))
+   - Improved handling of `@DBusBoundProperty` annotation ([#253](https://github.com/hypfvieh/dbus-java/issues/253)), ([PR#252](https://github.com/hypfvieh/dbus-java/issues/252))
 
 ##### Changes in 5.0.0 (2024-01-25):
    - **Updated minimum required Java version to 17**
diff --git a/dbus-java-core/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/dbus/propertyref/PropRefRemoteHandler.java b/dbus-java-core/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/dbus/propertyref/PropRefRemoteHandler.java
index 44a91c97..a7b2698b 100644
--- a/dbus-java-core/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/dbus/propertyref/PropRefRemoteHandler.java
+++ b/dbus-java-core/src/main/java/org/freedesktop/dbus/propertyref/PropRefRemoteHandler.java
@@ -65,13 +65,24 @@ public static Object handleDBusBoundProperty(AbstractConnection _conn, RemoteObj
 
         String[] variantType = type != null ? new String[] {Marshalling.getDBusType(type)} : null;
 
+        RemoteObject propertiesRemoteObj = new RemoteObject(_remote.getBusName(), _remote.getObjectPath(), Properties.class, _remote.isAutostart());
+
+        Object result = null;
+
         if (access == Access.READ) {
-            return RemoteInvocationHandler.executeRemoteMethod(_remote, PROP_GET_METHOD,
+            result = RemoteInvocationHandler.executeRemoteMethod(propertiesRemoteObj, PROP_GET_METHOD,
                    new Type[] {_method.getGenericReturnType()}, _conn, RemoteInvocationHandler.CALL_TYPE_SYNC, null, DBusNamingUtil.getInterfaceName(_method.getDeclaringClass()), name);
         } else {
-            return RemoteInvocationHandler.executeRemoteMethod(_remote, PROP_SET_METHOD, variantType,
+            result = RemoteInvocationHandler.executeRemoteMethod(propertiesRemoteObj, PROP_SET_METHOD, variantType,
                    new Type[] {_method.getGenericReturnType()}, _conn, RemoteInvocationHandler.CALL_TYPE_SYNC, null, DBusNamingUtil.getInterfaceName(_method.getDeclaringClass()), name, _args[0]);
         }
+
+        // requested return type is not Variant but the result is -> unwrap Variant
+        if (_method.getReturnType() != Variant.class && typeClass != Variant.class && result instanceof Variant<?> v) {
+            return v.getValue();
+        }
+
+        return result;
     }
 
     private static Method getPropertiesMethod(String _method, Class<?>... _signature) {