diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d257074ee..8ee3bcbfe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- refer to latitude and longitude parameters as lat and lon consistently across package (#1068 #1069)
+- fix references to latitude and longitude parameters as lat and lon consistently across package (#1068 #1069)
+- fix handling dict and set attribute types when reloading GraphML files (#1075 #1077)
 
 ## 1.7.0 (2023-10-11)
 
diff --git a/osmnx/io.py b/osmnx/io.py
index 151865a09..5d4325228 100644
--- a/osmnx/io.py
+++ b/osmnx/io.py
@@ -421,6 +421,15 @@ def _convert_node_attr_types(G, dtypes=None):
     G : networkx.MultiDiGraph
     """
     for _, data in G.nodes(data=True):
+        # first, eval stringified lists, dicts, or sets to convert them to objects
+        # lists, dicts, or sets would be custom attribute types added by a user
+        for attr, value in data.items():
+            if (value.startswith("[") and value.endswith("]")) or (
+                value.startswith("{") and value.endswith("}")
+            ):
+                with contextlib.suppress(SyntaxError, ValueError):
+                    data[attr] = ast.literal_eval(value)
+
         for attr in data.keys() & dtypes.keys():
             data[attr] = dtypes[attr](data[attr])
     return G
@@ -446,10 +455,13 @@ def _convert_edge_attr_types(G, dtypes=None):
         # remove extraneous "id" attribute added by graphml saving
         data.pop("id", None)
 
-        # first, eval stringified lists to convert them to list objects
+        # first, eval stringified lists, dicts, or sets to convert them to objects
         # edge attributes might have a single value, or a list if simplified
+        # dicts or sets would be custom attribute types added by a user
         for attr, value in data.items():
-            if value.startswith("[") and value.endswith("]"):
+            if (value.startswith("[") and value.endswith("]")) or (
+                value.startswith("{") and value.endswith("}")
+            ):
                 with contextlib.suppress(SyntaxError, ValueError):
                     data[attr] = ast.literal_eval(value)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_osmnx.py b/tests/test_osmnx.py
index ebd63e8e3..e4c1d280c 100755
--- a/tests/test_osmnx.py
+++ b/tests/test_osmnx.py
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ def test_endpoints():
 
 def test_graph_save_load():
     """Test saving/loading graphs to/from disk."""
+    fp = Path(ox.settings.data_folder) / "graph.graphml"
+
     # save graph as shapefile and geopackage
     G = ox.graph_from_point(location_point, dist=500, network_type="drive")
     ox.save_graph_shapefile(G, directed=True)
@@ -474,13 +476,28 @@ def test_graph_save_load():
     edge_attrs = {n: bool(b) for n, b in zip(G.edges, bools)}
     nx.set_edge_attributes(G, edge_attrs, attr_name)
 
+    # create list, set, and dict attributes for nodes and edges
+    rand_ints_nodes = np.random.randint(0, 10, len(G.nodes))
+    rand_ints_edges = np.random.randint(0, 10, len(G.edges))
+    list_node_attrs = {n: [n, r] for n, r in zip(G.nodes, rand_ints_nodes)}
+    nx.set_node_attributes(G, list_node_attrs, "test_list")
+    list_edge_attrs = {e: [e, r] for e, r in zip(G.edges, rand_ints_edges)}
+    nx.set_edge_attributes(G, list_edge_attrs, "test_list")
+    set_node_attrs = {n: {n, r} for n, r in zip(G.nodes, rand_ints_nodes)}
+    nx.set_node_attributes(G, set_node_attrs, "test_set")
+    set_edge_attrs = {e: {e, r} for e, r in zip(G.edges, rand_ints_edges)}
+    nx.set_edge_attributes(G, set_edge_attrs, "test_set")
+    dict_node_attrs = {n: {n: r} for n, r in zip(G.nodes, rand_ints_nodes)}
+    nx.set_node_attributes(G, dict_node_attrs, "test_dict")
+    dict_edge_attrs = {e: {e: r} for e, r in zip(G.edges, rand_ints_edges)}
+    nx.set_edge_attributes(G, dict_edge_attrs, "test_dict")
+
     # save/load graph as graphml file
     ox.save_graphml(G, gephi=True)
     ox.save_graphml(G, gephi=False)
-    ox.save_graphml(G, gephi=False, filepath=Path(ox.settings.data_folder) / "graph.graphml")
-    filepath = Path(ox.settings.data_folder) / "graph.graphml"
+    ox.save_graphml(G, gephi=False, filepath=fp)
     G2 = ox.load_graphml(
-        filepath,
+        fp,
         graph_dtypes={attr_name: ox.io._convert_bool_string},
         node_dtypes={attr_name: ox.io._convert_bool_string},
         edge_dtypes={attr_name: ox.io._convert_bool_string},
@@ -505,7 +522,7 @@ def test_graph_save_load():
     # test custom data types
     nd = {"osmid": str}
     ed = {"length": str, "osmid": float}
-    G2 = ox.load_graphml(filepath, node_dtypes=nd, edge_dtypes=ed)
+    G2 = ox.load_graphml(fp, node_dtypes=nd, edge_dtypes=ed)
 
     # test loading graphml from a file stream
     file_bytes = Path.open(Path("tests/input_data/short.graphml"), "rb").read()