diff --git a/cbz/constants.py b/cbz/constants.py
index bd2f4f8..3fbd943 100644
--- a/cbz/constants.py
+++ b/cbz/constants.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class LanguageISO(str):
 COMIC_FIELDS = {
     "title": ("Title", str),
     "series": ("Series", str),
-    "number": ("Number", int),
+    "number": ("Number", float),
     "count": ("Count", int),
     "volume": ("Volume", int),
     "alternate_series": ("AlternateSeries", str),