diff --git a/folium/utilities.py b/folium/utilities.py
index e9807ad91d..6e6c750633 100644
--- a/folium/utilities.py
+++ b/folium/utilities.py
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ def validate_location(location: Sequence[float]) -> list[float]:
         pd is not None and isinstance(location, pd.DataFrame)
     ):
         location = np.squeeze(location).tolist()
+    elif pd is not None and isinstance(location, pd.Series):
+        location = location.tolist()
     if not hasattr(location, "__len__"):
         raise TypeError(
             "Location should be a sized variable, "
diff --git a/tests/test_utilities.py b/tests/test_utilities.py
index 26d346ca39..854f50b047 100644
--- a/tests/test_utilities.py
+++ b/tests/test_utilities.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         np.array([5, 3]),
         np.array([[5, 3]]),
         pd.Series([5, 3]),
+        pd.Series([5, 3], index=["lat", "lon"]),
         pd.DataFrame([5, 3]),
         pd.DataFrame([[5, 3]]),
         ("5.0", "3.0"),