diff --git a/src/Context/JsonContext.php b/src/Context/JsonContext.php
index 99630567..064a230c 100644
--- a/src/Context/JsonContext.php
+++ b/src/Context/JsonContext.php
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ public function theJsonNodeShouldBeEqualToTheString($node, $text)
 
         $actual = $this->inspector->evaluate($json, $node);
 
+        $text = (string) $text;
+
         if ($actual !== $text) {
             throw new \Exception(
                 sprintf('The node value is `%s`', json_encode($actual))
diff --git a/tests/features/json.feature b/tests/features/json.feature
index 3521f60c..f3502ef5 100644
--- a/tests/features/json.feature
+++ b/tests/features/json.feature
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ Feature: Testing JSONContext
         And the JSON node "four" should be equal to the string "foo"
         And the JSON node "five" should not be null
         And the JSON node "five" should be equal to the number 5
+        And the JSON node "six" should be equal to the string "44000"
 
     Scenario: Json validation against swagger dump file
         Given I am on "/json/swaggerpartial.json"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/www/json/notnullvalues.json b/tests/fixtures/www/json/notnullvalues.json
index 58234c8e..8c1db598 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/www/json/notnullvalues.json
+++ b/tests/fixtures/www/json/notnullvalues.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "two": true,
   "three": "",
   "four": "foo",
-  "five": 5
+  "five": 5,
+  "six": "44000"
 }