diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-fns.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-fns.ts
index 40fc87787..57aa933d6 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-fns.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 import picomatch from "picomatch";
 
-export const doesFieldValueMatchJwtPolicy = (fieldValue: string | boolean, policyValue: string) => {
+export const doesFieldValueMatchJwtPolicy = (fieldValue: string | boolean | number, policyValue: string) => {
   if (typeof fieldValue === "boolean") {
     return fieldValue === (policyValue === "true");
   }
 
+  if (typeof fieldValue === "number") {
+    return fieldValue === parseInt(policyValue, 10);
+  }
+
   return policyValue === fieldValue || picomatch.isMatch(fieldValue, policyValue);
 };
diff --git a/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts b/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
index 35c40643c..5f8fc5ff6 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/identity-jwt-auth/identity-jwt-auth-service.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const identityJwtAuthServiceFactory = ({
       });
     }
 
-    let tokenData: Record<string, string | boolean> = {};
+    let tokenData: Record<string, string | boolean | number> = {};
 
     if (identityJwtAuth.configurationType === JwtConfigurationType.JWKS) {
       const decryptedJwksCaCert = orgDataKeyDecryptor({