diff --git a/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py b/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py
index 6b14dac8dc55e..bc6cd85ac8d96 100644
--- a/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py
+++ b/fastapi/dependencies/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import builtins
 import dataclasses
 import inspect
 import sys
@@ -242,10 +243,25 @@ def get_typed_signature(call: Callable[..., Any]) -> inspect.Signature:
     return typed_signature
 
 
+class _LenientTypeResolutionDict(dict[str, Any]):
+    def __missing__(self, key: str) -> Any:
+        return vars(builtins).get(key, ForwardRef(key))
+
+
 def get_typed_annotation(annotation: Any, globalns: dict[str, Any]) -> Any:
     if isinstance(annotation, str):
         annotation = ForwardRef(annotation)
-        annotation = evaluate_forwardref(annotation, globalns, globalns)  # ty: ignore[deprecated]
+    if isinstance(annotation, ForwardRef):
+        annotation = evaluate_forwardref(  # ty: ignore[deprecated]
+            annotation, globalns, globalns
+        )
+        if isinstance(annotation, ForwardRef):
+            try:
+                annotation = eval(  # noqa: S307
+                    annotation.__forward_arg__, _LenientTypeResolutionDict(globalns)
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                pass
         if annotation is type(None):
             return None
     return annotation
diff --git a/tests/test_dependencies_utils.py b/tests/test_dependencies_utils.py
index 9257d1c9ee6cc..896042102ec96 100644
--- a/tests/test_dependencies_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_dependencies_utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from typing import Annotated, ForwardRef, get_args, get_origin
+
+from fastapi import Depends, params
 from fastapi.dependencies.utils import get_typed_annotation
 
 
@@ -6,3 +9,20 @@ def test_get_typed_annotation():
     annotation = "None"
     typed_annotation = get_typed_annotation(annotation, globals())
     assert typed_annotation is None
+
+
+def test_get_typed_annotation_falls_back_to_lenient_forwardref_resolution():
+    def dependency() -> None:
+        return None
+
+    annotation = "Annotated[Potato, Depends(dependency)]"
+    typed_annotation = get_typed_annotation(
+        annotation,
+        {"Annotated": Annotated, "Depends": Depends, "dependency": dependency},
+    )
+
+    assert get_origin(typed_annotation) is Annotated
+    type_annotation, depends = get_args(typed_annotation)
+    assert isinstance(type_annotation, ForwardRef)
+    assert type_annotation.__forward_arg__ == "Potato"
+    assert isinstance(depends, params.Depends)
diff --git a/tests/test_stringified_annotation_forwardref_dependency.py b/tests/test_stringified_annotation_forwardref_dependency.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1778ad7a1833a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_stringified_annotation_forwardref_dependency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Annotated
+
+from fastapi import Depends, FastAPI
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+from inline_snapshot import snapshot
+
+app = FastAPI()
+
+
+def get_potato() -> Potato:
+    return Potato(color="red", size=10)
+
+
+@app.get("/")
+async def read_root(potato: Annotated[Potato, Depends(get_potato)]):
+    return {"color": potato.color, "size": potato.size}
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Potato:
+    color: str
+    size: int
+
+
+client = TestClient(app)
+
+
+def test_stringified_annotated_forwardref_dependency():
+    response = client.get("/")
+    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
+    assert response.json() == {"color": "red", "size": 10}
+
+
+def test_stringified_annotated_forwardref_dependency_openapi():
+    response = client.get("/openapi.json")
+    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
+    assert response.json() == snapshot(
+        {
+            "openapi": "3.1.0",
+            "info": {"title": "FastAPI", "version": "0.1.0"},
+            "paths": {
+                "/": {
+                    "get": {
+                        "summary": "Read Root",
+                        "operationId": "read_root__get",
+                        "responses": {
+                            "200": {
+                                "description": "Successful Response",
+                                "content": {"application/json": {"schema": {}}},
+                            }
+                        },
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+        }
+    )