diff --git a/src/database/mongo/sorted.js b/src/database/mongo/sorted.js
index 16bc5f2154..9dcb1aa2d3 100644
--- a/src/database/mongo/sorted.js
+++ b/src/database/mongo/sorted.js
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ module.exports = function (module) {
 		}
 
 		if (min !== '-inf') {
-			query.score = { $gte: min };
+			query.score = { $gte: parseFloat(min) };
 		}
 		if (max !== '+inf') {
 			query.score = query.score || {};
-			query.score.$lte = max;
+			query.score.$lte = parseFloat(max);
 		}
 
 		if (max === min) {
-			query.score = max;
+			query.score = parseFloat(max);
 		}
 
 		const fields = { _id: 0, _key: 0 };
diff --git a/test/database/sorted.js b/test/database/sorted.js
index a5262a5394..7b99edd19d 100644
--- a/test/database/sorted.js
+++ b/test/database/sorted.js
@@ -452,6 +452,12 @@ describe('Sorted Set methods', () => {
 				});
 			});
 		});
+
+		it('should return elements if min/max are numeric strings', async () => {
+			await db.sortedSetAdd('zsetstringminmax', [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], ['value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4', 'value5']);
+			const results = await db.getSortedSetRevRangeByScore('zsetstringminmax', 0, -1, '3', '3');
+			assert.deepStrictEqual(results, ['value3']);
+		});
 	});
 
 	describe('getSortedSetRevRangeByScore()', () => {