diff --git a/ibis/expr/operations/core.py b/ibis/expr/operations/core.py
index 7c56816cdbae..c7b4e0a1dc75 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/operations/core.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/operations/core.py
@@ -68,13 +68,19 @@ def __coerce__(
     ) -> Self:
         # note that S=Shape is unused here since the pattern will check the
         # shape of the value expression after executing Value.__coerce__()
-        from ibis.expr.operations import Literal
+        from ibis.expr.operations.generic import NULL, Literal
         from ibis.expr.types import Expr
 
         if isinstance(value, Expr):
             value = value.op()
+
         if isinstance(value, Value):
-            return value
+            if value == NULL:
+                # treat the NULL literal the same as None to implicitly cast to
+                # the requested datatype if any
+                value = None
+            else:
+                return value
 
         if T is dt.Integer:
             dtype = dt.infer(int(value))
diff --git a/ibis/expr/operations/generic.py b/ibis/expr/operations/generic.py
index b34f269c6daa..8f2daaf29de9 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/operations/generic.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/operations/generic.py
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ def name(self):
         return repr(self.value)
 
 
+NULL = Literal(None, dt.null)
+
+
 @public
 class ScalarParameter(Scalar, Named):
     _counter = itertools.count()
@@ -313,3 +316,6 @@ def shape(self):
     def dtype(self):
         exprs = [*self.results, self.default]
         return rlz.highest_precedence_dtype(exprs)
+
+
+public(NULL=NULL)
diff --git a/ibis/expr/operations/tests/test_generic.py b/ibis/expr/operations/tests/test_generic.py
index 4b8d53a1e073..8dd7ff12ebcf 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/operations/tests/test_generic.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/operations/tests/test_generic.py
@@ -122,3 +122,24 @@ def test_error_message_when_constructing_literal(call, error, snapshot):
     with pytest.raises(ValidationError) as exc:
         call()
     snapshot.assert_match(str(exc.value), f"{error}.txt")
+
+
+def test_implicit_coercion_of_null_literal():
+    # GH #7775
+    NULL = ops.Literal(None, dt.null)
+
+    value = ops.Value.__coerce__(None, dt.Int8)
+    expected = ops.Literal(None, dt.int8)
+    assert value == expected
+
+    value = ops.Value.__coerce__(NULL, dt.Float64)
+    expected = ops.Literal(None, dt.float64)
+    assert value == expected
+
+
+def test_NULL():
+    assert isinstance(ops.NULL, ops.Literal)
+    assert ops.NULL.value is None
+    assert ops.NULL.dtype is dt.null
+    assert ops.NULL == ops.Literal(None, dt.null)
+    assert ops.NULL is not ops.Literal(None, dt.int8)
diff --git a/ibis/expr/tests/test_api.py b/ibis/expr/tests/test_api.py
index 8ae1aca5e8b0..d72a642b088b 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/tests/test_api.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import operator
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import pandas as pd
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import ibis
 import ibis.expr.datatypes as dt
+import ibis.expr.operations as ops
 import ibis.expr.schema as sch
 from ibis import _
 from ibis.common.exceptions import IbisInputError, IntegrityError
@@ -124,3 +126,24 @@ def test_duplicate_columns_in_memtable_not_allowed():
 
     with pytest.raises(IbisInputError, match="Duplicate column names"):
         ibis.memtable(df)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "op",
+    [
+        operator.and_,
+        operator.or_,
+        operator.xor,
+    ],
+)
+def test_implicit_coercion_of_null_literal(op):
+    # GH #7775
+    expr1 = op(ibis.literal(True), ibis.null())
+    expr2 = op(ibis.literal(True), None)
+
+    expected = expr1.op().__class__(
+        ops.Literal(True, dtype=dt.boolean), ops.Literal(None, dtype=dt.boolean)
+    )
+
+    assert expr1.op() == expected
+    assert expr2.op() == expected
diff --git a/ibis/expr/types/generic.py b/ibis/expr/types/generic.py
index f41ccc686216..1098f0cd5b22 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/types/generic.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/types/generic.py
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ class NullColumn(Column, NullValue):
 @public
 def null():
     """Create a NULL/NA scalar."""
-    return literal(None)
+    return ops.NULL.to_expr()
 
 
 @public