diff --git a/src/Framework/DataProvider.php b/src/Framework/DataProvider.php
index f413c071..ac59b330 100644
--- a/src/Framework/DataProvider.php
+++ b/src/Framework/DataProvider.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static function load(string $file, string $query = ''): array
 				throw new \Exception("Data provider '$file' did not return array or Traversable.");
 			}
 		} else {
-			$data = @parse_ini_file($file, process_sections: true); // @ is escalated to exception
+			$data = @parse_ini_file($file, true, INI_SCANNER_TYPED); // @ is escalated to exception
 			if ($data === false) {
 				throw new \Exception("Cannot parse data provider file '$file'.");
 			}
diff --git a/tests/Framework/DataProvider.load.phpt b/tests/Framework/DataProvider.load.phpt
index bfc6dbec..c676d692 100644
--- a/tests/Framework/DataProvider.load.phpt
+++ b/tests/Framework/DataProvider.load.phpt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ test('', function () {
 
 test('', function () {
 	$expect = [
-		'bar 1.2.3' => ['a' => '1'],
-		'bar' => ['b' => '2'],
+		'bar 1.2.3' => ['a' => 1],
+		'bar' => ['b' => 2],
 	];
 
 	Assert::same($expect, DataProvider::load('fixtures/dataprovider.query.ini', ' = bar'));
diff --git a/tests/Framework/TestCase.dataProvider.phpt b/tests/Framework/TestCase.dataProvider.phpt
index 8bb60512..f20b5949 100644
--- a/tests/Framework/TestCase.dataProvider.phpt
+++ b/tests/Framework/TestCase.dataProvider.phpt
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ Assert::same([
 $test = new MyTest;
 $test->runTest('testFileDataProvider');
 Assert::same([
-	['MyTest::testFileDataProvider', ['1', 'b']],
-	['MyTest::testFileDataProvider', ['a', '2']],
+	['MyTest::testFileDataProvider', [1, 'b']],
+	['MyTest::testFileDataProvider', ['a', 2]],
 ], $test->order);
 
 
diff --git a/tests/Framework/fixtures/dataprovider.query.php b/tests/Framework/fixtures/dataprovider.query.php
index 3c76d88a..1365b4db 100644
--- a/tests/Framework/fixtures/dataprovider.query.php
+++ b/tests/Framework/fixtures/dataprovider.query.php
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 	'foo 1.2.3 yyy' => [],
 	'foo 2.2.3' => [],
 	'foo 3 xxx' => [],
-	'bar 1.2.3' => ['a' => '1'],
-	'bar' => ['b' => '2'],
+	'bar 1.2.3' => ['a' => 1],
+	'bar' => ['b' => 2],
 ];