diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/transforms.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/transforms.cc
index d3a0280f404..c9670e71252 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/transforms.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/api/transforms.cc
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #include "mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/core/type_id.h"
+#include "mindspore/core/ir/dtype/type_id.h"
+#include "minddata/dataset/core/type_id.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.h"
 
 namespace mindspore {
@@ -211,11 +213,12 @@ std::shared_ptr<TensorOperation> Slice::Parse() { return std::make_shared<SliceO
 
 // Constructor to TypeCast
 struct TypeCast::Data {
-  explicit Data(const std::vector<char> &data_type) : data_type_(CharToString(data_type)) {}
-  std::string data_type_;
+  dataset::DataType data_type_;
 };
 
-TypeCast::TypeCast(const std::vector<char> &data_type) : data_(std::make_shared<Data>(data_type)) {}
+TypeCast::TypeCast(mindspore::DataType data_type) : data_(std::make_shared<Data>()) {
+  data_->data_type_ = dataset::MSTypeToDEType(static_cast<TypeId>(data_type));
+}
 
 std::shared_ptr<TensorOperation> TypeCast::Parse() { return std::make_shared<TypeCastOperation>(data_->data_type_); }
 
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/transforms.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/transforms.h
index 1114a99980e..c41a687e3da 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/transforms.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/include/transforms.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "include/api/dual_abi_helper.h"
 #include "include/api/status.h"
+#include "include/api/types.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/include/constants.h"
 
 namespace mindspore {
@@ -349,10 +350,8 @@ class Slice final : public TensorTransform {
 class TypeCast final : public TensorTransform {
  public:
   /// \brief Constructor.
-  /// \param[in] data_type mindspore.dtype to be cast to.
-  explicit TypeCast(std::string data_type) : TypeCast(StringToChar(data_type)) {}
-
-  explicit TypeCast(const std::vector<char> &data_type);
+  /// \param[in] data_type mindspore::DataType to be cast to.
+  explicit TypeCast(mindspore::DataType data_type);
 
   /// \brief Destructor
   ~TypeCast() = default;
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.cc b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.cc
index bbe09ff94e8..952d89d8f0f 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.cc
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.cc
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <typeinfo>
 
 #include "minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.h"
 
@@ -213,19 +214,22 @@ std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> SliceOperation::Build() { return std::make_shared<Slic
 #endif
 
 // TypeCastOperation
-TypeCastOperation::TypeCastOperation(std::string data_type) : data_type_(data_type) {}
+// DataType data_type - required for C++ API
+TypeCastOperation::TypeCastOperation(DataType data_type) : data_type_(data_type) {}
+
+// std::string data_type - required for Pybind
+TypeCastOperation::TypeCastOperation(std::string data_type) {
+  // Convert from string to DEType
+  DataType temp_data_type(data_type);
+  data_type_ = temp_data_type;
+}
 
 Status TypeCastOperation::ValidateParams() {
-  std::vector<std::string> predefine_type = {"bool",  "int8",   "uint8",   "int16",   "uint16",  "int32", "uint32",
-                                             "int64", "uint64", "float16", "float32", "float64", "string"};
-  auto itr = std::find(predefine_type.begin(), predefine_type.end(), data_type_);
-  if (itr == predefine_type.end()) {
-    std::string err_msg = "TypeCast: Invalid data type: " + data_type_;
-    MS_LOG(ERROR) << "TypeCast: Only supports data type bool, int8, uint8, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, "
-                  << "int64, uint64, float16, float32, float64, string, but got: " << data_type_;
+  if (data_type_ == DataType::DE_UNKNOWN) {
+    std::string err_msg = "TypeCast: Invalid data type";
+    MS_LOG(ERROR) << err_msg;
     RETURN_STATUS_SYNTAX_ERROR(err_msg);
   }
-
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
@@ -233,7 +237,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<TensorOp> TypeCastOperation::Build() { return std::make_shared<T
 
 Status TypeCastOperation::to_json(nlohmann::json *out_json) {
   nlohmann::json args;
-  args["data_type"] = data_type_;
+  args["data_type"] = data_type_.ToString();
   *out_json = args;
   return Status::OK();
 }
diff --git a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.h b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.h
index d52d07e7b51..45655c0c964 100644
--- a/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.h
+++ b/mindspore/ccsrc/minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/data/transforms_ir.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+#include "minddata/dataset/core/data_type.h"
 #include "minddata/dataset/kernels/ir/tensor_operation.h"
 
 namespace mindspore {
@@ -214,7 +215,8 @@ class SliceOperation : public TensorOperation {
 
 class TypeCastOperation : public TensorOperation {
  public:
-  explicit TypeCastOperation(std::string data_type);
+  explicit TypeCastOperation(DataType data_type);     // Used for C++ API
+  explicit TypeCastOperation(std::string data_type);  // Used for Pybind
 
   ~TypeCastOperation() = default;
 
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ class TypeCastOperation : public TensorOperation {
   Status to_json(nlohmann::json *out_json) override;
 
  private:
-  std::string data_type_;
+  DataType data_type_;
 };
 
 #ifndef ENABLE_ANDROID
diff --git a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_dataset_save.cc b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_dataset_save.cc
index 5bd7e409f9c..2c981e42a7e 100644
--- a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_dataset_save.cc
+++ b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_dataset_save.cc
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestSaveCifar10AndLoad) {
 
   // Create objects for the tensor ops
   // uint32 will be casted to int64 implicitly in mindrecord file, so we have to cast it back to uint32
-  std::shared_ptr<TensorTransform> type_cast = std::make_shared<transforms::TypeCast>("uint32");
+  std::shared_ptr<TensorTransform> type_cast =
+    std::make_shared<transforms::TypeCast>(mindspore::DataType::kNumberTypeUInt32);
   EXPECT_NE(type_cast, nullptr);
 
   // Create a Map operation on ds
diff --git a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_transforms_test.cc b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_transforms_test.cc
index 5c45f684905..d45ed50bd47 100644
--- a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_transforms_test.cc
+++ b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_transforms_test.cc
@@ -825,7 +825,8 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestTypeCastSuccess) {
   iter->Stop();
 
   // Create objects for the tensor ops
-  std::shared_ptr<TensorTransform> type_cast = std::make_shared<transforms::TypeCast>("uint16");
+  std::shared_ptr<TensorTransform> type_cast =
+    std::make_shared<transforms::TypeCast>(mindspore::DataType::kNumberTypeUInt16);
 
   // Create a Map operation on ds
   std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds2 = ds->Map({type_cast}, {"image"});
@@ -848,7 +849,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestTypeCastSuccess) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestTypeCastFail) {
-  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestTypeCastFail with invalid params.";
+  MS_LOG(INFO) << "Doing MindDataTestPipeline-TestTypeCastFail with invalid param.";
 
   // Create a Cifar10 Dataset
   std::string folder_path = datasets_root_path_ + "/testCifar10Data/";
@@ -856,7 +857,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestTypeCastFail) {
   EXPECT_NE(ds, nullptr);
 
   // incorrect data type
-  std::shared_ptr<TensorTransform> type_cast = std::make_shared<transforms::TypeCast>("char");
+  std::shared_ptr<TensorTransform> type_cast = std::make_shared<transforms::TypeCast>(mindspore::DataType::kTypeUnknown);
 
   // Create a Map operation on ds
   ds = ds->Map({type_cast}, {"image", "label"});
@@ -865,4 +866,4 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestTypeCastFail) {
   std::shared_ptr<Iterator> iter = ds->CreateIterator();
   // Expect failure: invalid TypeCast input
   EXPECT_EQ(iter, nullptr);
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_vision_r_to_z_test.cc b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_vision_r_to_z_test.cc
index 9bd69b616a6..c377ddb1cc5 100644
--- a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_vision_r_to_z_test.cc
+++ b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/c_api_vision_r_to_z_test.cc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestPipeline, TestRescaleSucess1) {
   // Note: No need to check for output after calling API class constructor
 
   // Convert to the same type
-  std::shared_ptr<TensorTransform> type_cast(new transforms::TypeCast("uint8"));
+  std::shared_ptr<TensorTransform> type_cast(new transforms::TypeCast(mindspore::DataType::kNumberTypeUInt8));
   // Note: No need to check for output after calling API class constructor
 
   ds = ds->Map({rescale, type_cast}, {"image"});
diff --git a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/ir_callback_test.cc b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/ir_callback_test.cc
index 1fe30e493cc..112dc26df7b 100644
--- a/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/ir_callback_test.cc
+++ b/tests/ut/cpp/dataset/ir_callback_test.cc
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ TEST_F(MindDataTestCallback, TestCAPICallback) {
   ASSERT_OK(schema->add_column("label", mindspore::DataType::kNumberTypeUInt32, {}));
   std::shared_ptr<Dataset> ds = RandomData(44, schema);
   ASSERT_NE(ds, nullptr);
-  ds = ds->Map({std::make_shared<transforms::TypeCast>("uint64")}, {"label"}, {}, {}, nullptr, {cb1});
+  ds = ds->Map({std::make_shared<transforms::TypeCast>(mindspore::DataType::kNumberTypeUInt64)}, {"label"}, {}, {}, nullptr, {cb1});
   ASSERT_NE(ds, nullptr);
   ds = ds->Repeat(2);
   ASSERT_NE(ds, nullptr);