diff --git a/pkg/expression/builtin_cast.go b/pkg/expression/builtin_cast.go
index f4419dc96c4b54..c1a9aec8eae50d 100644
--- a/pkg/expression/builtin_cast.go
+++ b/pkg/expression/builtin_cast.go
@@ -300,10 +300,20 @@ func (c *castAsStringFunctionClass) getFunction(ctx BuildContext, args []Express
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if args[0].GetType(ctx.GetEvalCtx()).Hybrid() {
-		sig = &builtinCastStringAsStringSig{bf}
-		sig.setPbCode(tipb.ScalarFuncSig_CastStringAsString)
-		return sig, nil
+	if ft := args[0].GetType(ctx.GetEvalCtx()); ft.Hybrid() {
+		castBitAsUnBinary := ft.GetType() == mysql.TypeBit && c.tp.GetCharset() != charset.CharsetBin
+		if !castBitAsUnBinary {
+			sig = &builtinCastStringAsStringSig{bf}
+			sig.setPbCode(tipb.ScalarFuncSig_CastStringAsString)
+			return sig, nil
+		}
+		// for type BIT, it maybe an invalid value for the specified charset, we need to convert it to binary first,
+		// and then convert it to the specified charset with `HandleBinaryLiteral` in the following code.
+		tp := types.NewFieldType(mysql.TypeString)
+		tp.SetCharset(charset.CharsetBin)
+		tp.SetCollate(charset.CollationBin)
+		tp.AddFlag(mysql.BinaryFlag)
+		args[0] = BuildCastFunction(ctx, args[0], tp)
 	}
 	argTp := args[0].GetType(ctx.GetEvalCtx()).EvalType()
 	switch argTp {
diff --git a/pkg/expression/builtin_convert_charset.go b/pkg/expression/builtin_convert_charset.go
index 24b4acd054bd69..33524d80dcdb73 100644
--- a/pkg/expression/builtin_convert_charset.go
+++ b/pkg/expression/builtin_convert_charset.go
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ type builtinInternalFromBinarySig struct {
 func (b *builtinInternalFromBinarySig) Clone() builtinFunc {
 	newSig := &builtinInternalFromBinarySig{}
 	newSig.cloneFrom(&b.baseBuiltinFunc)
+	newSig.cannotConvertStringAsWarning = b.cannotConvertStringAsWarning
 	return newSig
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/integrationtest/r/expression/cast.result b/tests/integrationtest/r/expression/cast.result
index 1d237ebfd87e0f..147b93ee4260c7 100644
--- a/tests/integrationtest/r/expression/cast.result
+++ b/tests/integrationtest/r/expression/cast.result
@@ -178,3 +178,18 @@ id	update_user
 2	李四
 4	李四
 1	张三
+drop table if exists test;
+create table test(a bit(24));
+insert into test values('中');
+select a from test where '中' like convert(a, char);
+a
+中
+select a from test where false not like convert(a, char);
+a
+中
+select a from test where false like convert(a, char);
+a
+truncate table test;
+insert into test values(0xffffff);
+select a from test where false not like convert(a, char);
+Error 1105 (HY000): Cannot convert string '\xFF\xFF\xFF' from binary to utf8mb4
diff --git a/tests/integrationtest/t/expression/cast.test b/tests/integrationtest/t/expression/cast.test
index 7af48437383a91..cc5926168b1e04 100644
--- a/tests/integrationtest/t/expression/cast.test
+++ b/tests/integrationtest/t/expression/cast.test
@@ -113,3 +113,14 @@ insert into test values(3,'张三');
 insert into test values(4,'李四');
 select * from test order by cast(update_user as char) desc , id limit 3;
 
+# issue #56494, cast bit as char
+drop table if exists test;
+create table test(a bit(24));
+insert into test values('中');
+select a from test where '中' like convert(a, char);
+select a from test where false not like convert(a, char);
+select a from test where false like convert(a, char);
+truncate table test;
+insert into test values(0xffffff);
+-- error 1105
+select a from test where false not like convert(a, char);