diff --git a/tabitha-excel/src/main/java/com/widen/tabitha/plugins/excel/XLSXRowReader.java b/tabitha-excel/src/main/java/com/widen/tabitha/plugins/excel/XLSXRowReader.java
index 00777f1..7d081b6 100644
--- a/tabitha-excel/src/main/java/com/widen/tabitha/plugins/excel/XLSXRowReader.java
+++ b/tabitha-excel/src/main/java/com/widen/tabitha/plugins/excel/XLSXRowReader.java
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ else if (event == XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT && elementMatches("v")) {
                                 cellValue = Variant.of(Double.parseDouble(valueString));
                             }
                             else {
-                                cellValue = Variant.of(Long.parseLong(valueString));
+                                cellValue = Variant.of(Double.valueOf(valueString).longValue());
                             }
                             break;
                     }