diff --git a/template/interpolate/aws/secretsmanager/secretsmanager.go b/template/interpolate/aws/secretsmanager/secretsmanager.go
index 67ec3b90..b7e77ab5 100644
--- a/template/interpolate/aws/secretsmanager/secretsmanager.go
+++ b/template/interpolate/aws/secretsmanager/secretsmanager.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ func (c *Client) GetSecret(spec *SecretSpec) (string, error) {
 }
 
 func getSecretValue(s *SecretString, spec *SecretSpec) (string, error) {
-	var secretValue map[string]string
+	var secretValue map[string]interface{}
 	blob := []byte(s.SecretString)
 
 	//For those plaintext secrets just return the value
@@ -96,13 +97,24 @@ func getSecretValue(s *SecretString, spec *SecretSpec) (string, error) {
 
 	if spec.Key == "" {
 		for _, v := range secretValue {
-			return v, nil
+			return getStringSecretValue(v)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := secretValue[spec.Key]; ok {
-		return v, nil
+		return getStringSecretValue(v)
 	}
 
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("No secret found for key %q", spec.Key)
 }
+
+func getStringSecretValue(v interface{}) (string, error) {
+	switch valueType := v.(type) {
+	case string:
+		return valueType, nil
+	case float64:
+		return strconv.FormatFloat(valueType, 'f', 0, 64), nil
+	default:
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("Unsupported secret value type: %T", valueType)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/template/interpolate/aws/secretsmanager/secretsmanager_test.go b/template/interpolate/aws/secretsmanager/secretsmanager_test.go
index 31cb3e08..eacd41f8 100644
--- a/template/interpolate/aws/secretsmanager/secretsmanager_test.go
+++ b/template/interpolate/aws/secretsmanager/secretsmanager_test.go
@@ -118,6 +118,16 @@ func TestGetSecret(t *testing.T) {
 			want: "ThisIsThePassword",
 			ok:   true,
 		},
+		{
+			description: "input as secret stored with 'String: int' value",
+			arg:         &SecretSpec{Name: "test"},
+			mock: secretsmanager.GetSecretValueOutput{
+				Name:         aws.String("test"),
+				SecretString: aws.String(`{"port": 5432}`),
+			},
+			want: "5432",
+			ok:   true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range testCases {