diff --git a/src/components/Blazor/ComboChangeEventArgsDetail.cs b/src/components/Blazor/ComboChangeEventArgsDetail.cs
index 0bf9b754..36e7940e 100644
--- a/src/components/Blazor/ComboChangeEventArgsDetail.cs
+++ b/src/components/Blazor/ComboChangeEventArgsDetail.cs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ protected internal override void ToEventJson(BaseRendererControl control, Dictio
             if (IsPropDirty("Items"))
             { args["items"] = ObjectArrayToParam(this._items); }
             if (IsPropDirty("ChangeType"))
-            { args["changeType"] = EnumToString(this._changeType); }
+            { args["type"] = EnumToString(this._changeType); }
 
         }
 
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ protected internal override void FromEventJson(BaseRendererControl control, Dict
             { this.NewValue = ReturnToObjectArray(args["newValue"]); }
             if (args.ContainsKey("items"))
             { this.Items = ReturnToObjectArray(args["items"]); }
-            if (args.ContainsKey("changeType"))
-            { this.ChangeType = StringToEnum<ComboChangeType>(args["changeType"]); }
+            if (args.ContainsKey("type"))
+            { this.ChangeType = StringToEnum<ComboChangeType>(args["type"]); }
 
             this.SuppressParentNotify = false;
         }
diff --git a/src/componentsBase/BaseRendererControl.cs b/src/componentsBase/BaseRendererControl.cs
index b0ea3d1f..b6273278 100644
--- a/src/componentsBase/BaseRendererControl.cs
+++ b/src/componentsBase/BaseRendererControl.cs
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@ internal T StringToEnum<T>(Object val) where T : struct
             }
             var str = val.ToString();
             T ret;
-            if (Enum.TryParse<T>(str, out ret))
+            if (Enum.TryParse<T>(str, true, out ret))
             {
                 return ret;
             }
diff --git a/tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Tests/ComboTests.cs b/tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Tests/ComboTests.cs
index 30528983..6a8763a0 100644
--- a/tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Tests/ComboTests.cs
+++ b/tests/IgniteUI.Blazor.Tests/ComboTests.cs
@@ -282,6 +282,39 @@ public void Combo_CaseSensitiveIcon_Property()
         combo.CaseSensitiveIcon = true;
         Assert.True(combo.CaseSensitiveIcon);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Combo_Change_SelectionEvent_HasSelectionChangeType()
+    {
+        Interop.PrimeReady();
+        IgbComboChangeEventArgs? received = null;
+        var cut = Render<IgbCombo<ComboItem>>(ps => ps
+            .Add(c => c.Data, new[] { _valueItem1, _valueItem2 })
+            .Add(c => c.Change, (IgbComboChangeEventArgs args) => received = args));
+
+        var argsJson = ChangeDetail(UuidRef(Interop, cut, 0), UuidRef(Interop, cut, 0));
+        Interop.RaiseEvent(Interop.ContainerIdOf(cut), "Change", argsJson);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(received);
+        Assert.Equal(ComboChangeType.Selection, received.Detail.ChangeType);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Combo_Change_DeselectionEvent_HasDeselectionChangeType()
+    {
+        Interop.PrimeReady();
+        IgbComboChangeEventArgs? received = null;
+        var cut = Render<IgbCombo<ComboItem>>(ps => ps
+            .Add(c => c.Data, new[] { _valueItem1, _valueItem2 })
+            .Add(c => c.Value, new[] { _valueItem1 })
+            .Add(c => c.Change, (IgbComboChangeEventArgs args) => received = args));
+
+        var argsJson = ChangeDetail("", UuidRef(Interop, cut, 0), "deselection");
+        Interop.RaiseEvent(Interop.ContainerIdOf(cut), "Change", argsJson);
+
+        Assert.NotNull(received);
+        Assert.Equal(ComboChangeType.Deselection, received.Detail.ChangeType);
+    }
 }
 
 // TODO: Mismatched T=int inbound handling (T[])DowncastArray<T>(Detail.NewValue) for