diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/intrinsics.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/intrinsics.go
index 1dadc4f6d6fd..cda2bde29e41 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/intrinsics.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/intrinsics.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func getIntrinsicTag(tag string) string {
 	}
 }
 
-func abortIntrinsic(property *Property, msg string, components ...string) (*Property, bool) {
+func abortIntrinsic(property *Property, _ string, _ ...string) (*Property, bool) {
 	//
 	return property, false
 }
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parameter.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parameter.go
index 671058a9f83c..20e2011417d5 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parameter.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parameter.go
@@ -27,7 +27,24 @@ func (p *Parameter) UnmarshalYAML(node *yaml.Node) error {
 }
 
 func (p *Parameter) UnmarshalJSONWithMetadata(node jfather.Node) error {
-	return node.Decode(&p.inner)
+
+	var inner parameterInner
+
+	if err := node.Decode(&inner); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// jfather parses Number without fraction as int64
+	// https://github.com/liamg/jfather/blob/4ef05d70c05af167226d3333a4ec7d8ac3c9c281/parse_number.go#L33-L42
+	switch v := inner.Default.(type) {
+	case int64:
+		inner.Default = int(v)
+	default:
+		inner.Default = v
+	}
+
+	p.inner = inner
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (p *Parameter) Type() cftypes.CfType {
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parser_test.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parser_test.go
index 1c5688b7fa55..396e12f1bf57 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -370,5 +370,52 @@ Resources:
 			assert.Equal(t, "testbucket", bucketNameProp.AsString())
 		}
 	}
+}
+
+func TestJsonWithNumbers(t *testing.T) {
+	src := `
+{
+    "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
+    "Parameters": {
+        "SomeIntParam": {
+            "Type": "Number",
+            "Default": 1
+        },
+        "SomeFloatParam": {
+            "Type": "Number",
+            "Default": 1.1
+        }
+    },
+    "Resources": {
+        "SomeResource": {
+            "Type": "Test::Resource",
+            "Properties": {
+                "SomeIntProp": 1,
+                "SomeFloatProp": 1.1
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+`
+
+	fsys := testutil.CreateFS(t, map[string]string{
+		"main.json": src,
+	})
+
+	files, err := New().ParseFS(context.TODO(), fsys, ".")
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, files, 1)
+
+	file := files[0]
+
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, file.Parameters["SomeIntParam"].Default())
+	assert.Equal(t, 1.1, file.Parameters["SomeFloatParam"].Default())
+
+	res := file.GetResourcesByType("Test::Resource")
+	assert.NotNil(t, res)
+	assert.Len(t, res, 1)
 
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, res[0].GetProperty("SomeIntProp").AsIntValue().Value())
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, res[0].GetProperty("SomeFloatProp").AsIntValue().Value())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/util.go b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/util.go
index 03b9bf8da837..5ee61de17b9d 100644
--- a/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/util.go
+++ b/pkg/iac/scanners/cloudformation/parser/util.go
@@ -13,10 +13,20 @@ import (
 func setPropertyValueFromJson(node jfather.Node, propertyData *PropertyInner) error {
 
 	switch node.Kind() {
-
 	case jfather.KindNumber:
-		propertyData.Type = cftypes.Float64
-		return node.Decode(&propertyData.Value)
+		var val any
+		if err := node.Decode(&val); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		switch v := val.(type) {
+		case float64:
+			propertyData.Type = cftypes.Float64
+			propertyData.Value = v
+		case int64:
+			propertyData.Type = cftypes.Int
+			propertyData.Value = int(v)
+		}
+		return nil
 	case jfather.KindBoolean:
 		propertyData.Type = cftypes.Bool
 		return node.Decode(&propertyData.Value)