diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d182acd0b..aab41b47c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 - Enh #1201: Make `$psrCache` parameter of `SchemaCache` constructor and `$schemaCache` parameter of
   `AbstractSchema` and `AbstractPdoConnection` constructors optional, remove `psr/simple-cache-implementation` from
   `require` in `composer.json` (@vjik)
+- Bug #1202: Fix `ColumnDefinitionParser` to parse an unquoted `DEFAULT NULL` as SQL `NULL` instead of the string
+  `'NULL'` (@Lugat)
 
 ## 2.0.1 February 09, 2026
 
diff --git a/src/Syntax/ColumnDefinitionParser.php b/src/Syntax/ColumnDefinitionParser.php
index 0bd557f74..528f89af5 100644
--- a/src/Syntax/ColumnDefinitionParser.php
+++ b/src/Syntax/ColumnDefinitionParser.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use function preg_match_all;
 use function preg_replace;
 use function str_replace;
+use function strcasecmp;
 use function strlen;
 use function strtolower;
 use function substr;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
  *     check?: string,
  *     collation?: string,
  *     comment?: string,
- *     defaultValueRaw?: string,
+ *     defaultValueRaw?: string|null,
  *     extra?: string,
  *     notNull?: bool,
  *     unique?: bool,
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ class ColumnDefinitionParser
      *     check?: string,
      *     collation?: string,
      *     comment?: string,
-     *     defaultValueRaw?: string,
+     *     defaultValueRaw?: string|null,
      *     dimension?: positive-int,
      *     extra?: string,
      *     notNull?: bool,
@@ -115,6 +116,11 @@ protected function extraInfo(string $extra): array
         $extra = $this->parseBoolValue($extra, '/\s*\bUNIQUE\b/i', 'unique', $info);
         $extra = $this->parseBoolValue($extra, '/\s*\bNOT\s+NULL\b/i', 'notNull', $info);
 
+        /** @psalm-var ExtraInfo $info */
+        if (isset($info['defaultValueRaw']) && strcasecmp($info['defaultValueRaw'], 'NULL') === 0) {
+            $info['defaultValueRaw'] = null;
+        }
+
         if (empty($info['notNull'])) {
             $extra = $this->parseBoolValue($extra, '/\s*\bNULL\b/i', 'notNull', $info);
 
diff --git a/tests/Provider/ColumnDefinitionParserProvider.php b/tests/Provider/ColumnDefinitionParserProvider.php
index 07d0eb781..275b06184 100644
--- a/tests/Provider/ColumnDefinitionParserProvider.php
+++ b/tests/Provider/ColumnDefinitionParserProvider.php
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ public static function parse(): array
             ['text NULL', ['type' => 'text', 'notNull' => false]],
             ['text COLLATE utf8mb4', ['type' => 'text', 'collation' => 'utf8mb4']],
             ["text COMPRESSION 'LZ4'", ['type' => 'text', 'extra' => "COMPRESSION 'LZ4'"]],
-            ['text DEFAULT NULL', ['type' => 'text', 'defaultValueRaw' => 'NULL']],
+            ['text DEFAULT NULL', ['type' => 'text', 'defaultValueRaw' => null]],
+            ['int default null', ['type' => 'int', 'defaultValueRaw' => null]],
+            ['int NULL DEFAULT NULL', ['type' => 'int', 'defaultValueRaw' => null, 'notNull' => false]],
+            ['int DEFAULT 5', ['type' => 'int', 'defaultValueRaw' => '5']],
+            ["varchar(10) DEFAULT 'NULL'", ['type' => 'varchar', 'size' => 10, 'defaultValueRaw' => "'NULL'"]],
             ["text DEFAULT 'value'", ['type' => 'text', 'defaultValueRaw' => "'value'"]],
             ['varchar(36) DEFAULT uuid()', ['type' => 'varchar', 'size' => 36, 'defaultValueRaw' => 'uuid()']],
             ['varchar(36) DEFAULT uuid()::varchar(36)', ['type' => 'varchar', 'size' => 36, 'defaultValueRaw' => 'uuid()::varchar(36)']],