diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/InvokeArgument.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/InvokeArgument.java
index ef0bb54925..d5d8b1893c 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/InvokeArgument.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/InvokeArgument.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import lucee.runtime.exp.ApplicationException;
 import lucee.runtime.exp.PageException;
 import lucee.runtime.ext.tag.TagImpl;
+import lucee.runtime.op.Caster;
 
 // TODO tag invokeargument
 // attr omit
@@ -48,6 +49,13 @@ public final class InvokeArgument extends TagImpl {
 	 * @param value value to set
 	 **/
 	public void setValue(Object value) {
+		if (value instanceof String) {
+			Double d = Caster.toDouble(value, null);
+			if (d != null) {
+				this.value = d;
+				return;
+			}
+		}
 		this.value = value;
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/tickets/LDEV5629.cfc b/test/tickets/LDEV5629.cfc
index f28dd87b08..9260a538aa 100644
--- a/test/tickets/LDEV5629.cfc
+++ b/test/tickets/LDEV5629.cfc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ component extends="org.lucee.cfml.test.LuceeTestCase" {
 
 		describe( title="Test case LDEV-5629 invoke with tag based cfc", body=function() {
 
-			it(title="checking cfinvokeargument preserves types", skip=true, body=function( currentSpec ) {
+			it(title="checking cfinvokeargument preserves types", body=function( currentSpec ) {
 				```
 				<cfinvoke component="LDEV5629.ldev5629_tag" method="testNumbers" returnvariable="local.result">
 					<cfinvokeargument name="tStr" value="string to test" >
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ component extends="org.lucee.cfml.test.LuceeTestCase" {
 
 		describe( title="Test case LDEV-5629 invoke with script based cfc", body=function() {
 
-			it(title="checking cfinvokeargument preserves types", skip=true, body=function( currentSpec ) {
+			it(title="checking cfinvokeargument preserves types", body=function( currentSpec ) {
 				```
 				<cfinvoke component="LDEV5629.ldev5629_script" method="testNumbers" returnvariable="local.result">
 					<cfinvokeargument name="tStr" value="string to test" >