diff --git a/src/input/mod.rs b/src/input/mod.rs
index 779454b3c..19be9fad1 100644
--- a/src/input/mod.rs
+++ b/src/input/mod.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mod shared;
 pub use datetime::TzInfo;
 pub(crate) use datetime::{
     duration_as_pytimedelta, pydate_as_date, pydatetime_as_datetime, pytime_as_time, EitherDate, EitherDateTime,
-    EitherTime, EitherTimedelta,
+    EitherTimedelta,
 };
 pub(crate) use input_abstract::{
     Arguments, BorrowInput, ConsumeIterator, Input, InputType, KeywordArgs, PositionalArgs, ValidatedDict,
diff --git a/src/validators/time.rs b/src/validators/time.rs
index eda4935a3..db98846b1 100644
--- a/src/validators/time.rs
+++ b/src/validators/time.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
+use pyo3::exceptions::PyValueError;
 use pyo3::intern;
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::{PyDict, PyString};
 
 use pyo3::IntoPyObjectExt;
-use speedate::Time;
+use speedate::{MicrosecondsPrecisionOverflowBehavior, Time};
 
 use crate::build_tools::is_strict;
 use crate::errors::{ErrorType, ValError, ValResult};
-use crate::input::{EitherTime, Input};
-use crate::tools::SchemaDict;
+use crate::input::Input;
 
 use super::datetime::extract_microseconds_precision;
 use super::datetime::TZConstraint;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use super::{BuildValidator, CombinedValidator, DefinitionsBuilder, ValidationSta
 pub struct TimeValidator {
     strict: bool,
     constraints: Option<TimeConstraints>,
-    microseconds_precision: speedate::MicrosecondsPrecisionOverflowBehavior,
+    microseconds_precision: MicrosecondsPrecisionOverflowBehavior,
 }
 
 impl BuildValidator for TimeValidator {
@@ -86,9 +86,14 @@ impl Validator for TimeValidator {
     }
 }
 
-fn convert_pytime(schema: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, field: &Bound<'_, PyString>) -> PyResult<Option<Time>> {
-    match schema.get_as(field)? {
-        Some(date) => Ok(Some(EitherTime::Py(date).as_raw()?)),
+fn convert_pytime(schema: &Bound<'_, PyDict>, key: &Bound<'_, PyString>) -> PyResult<Option<Time>> {
+    match schema.get_item(key)? {
+        Some(value) => match value.validate_time(false, MicrosecondsPrecisionOverflowBehavior::default()) {
+            Ok(v) => Ok(Some(v.into_inner().as_raw()?)),
+            Err(_) => Err(PyValueError::new_err(format!(
+                "'{key}' must be coercible to a time instance",
+            ))),
+        },
         None => Ok(None),
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/validators/test_time.py b/tests/validators/test_time.py
index 069e359ad..c5f5e3c39 100644
--- a/tests/validators/test_time.py
+++ b/tests/validators/test_time.py
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@
 from ..conftest import Err, PyAndJson
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'constraint',
+    ['le', 'lt', 'ge', 'gt'],
+)
+def test_constraints_schema_validation_error(constraint: str) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(SchemaError, match=f"'{constraint}' must be coercible to a time instance"):
+        SchemaValidator(core_schema.time_schema(**{constraint: 'bad_value'}))
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'input_value,expected',
     [