diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
index e59bc66f8..f38b47ab5 100644
--- a/.changeset/config.json
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -7,8 +7,5 @@
   "access": "restricted",
   "baseBranch": "main",
   "updateInternalDependencies": "patch",
-  "ignore": [],
-  "___experimentalUnsafeOptions_WILL_CHANGE_IN_PATCH": {
-    "onlyUpdatePeerDependentsWhenOutOfRange": true
-  }
+  "ignore": []
 }
diff --git a/.changeset/curvy-turtles-flow.md b/.changeset/curvy-turtles-flow.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..945f1f21a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curvy-turtles-flow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@evolu/common": patch
+---
+
+Fix number protobuf serialization
diff --git a/packages/evolu-common/protobuf/Protobuf.proto b/packages/evolu-common/protobuf/Protobuf.proto
index c51cd2d36..daa3360e8 100644
--- a/packages/evolu-common/protobuf/Protobuf.proto
+++ b/packages/evolu-common/protobuf/Protobuf.proto
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ message MessageContent {
   string column = 3;
   oneof value {
     string stringValue = 4;
-    int32 numberValue = 5;
+    string numberValue = 5;
     bytes bytesValue = 6;
     string jsonValue = 7;
   };
diff --git a/packages/evolu-common/src/Protobuf.ts b/packages/evolu-common/src/Protobuf.ts
index e760af444..0282bf6e8 100644
--- a/packages/evolu-common/src/Protobuf.ts
+++ b/packages/evolu-common/src/Protobuf.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ export interface MessageContent {
       }
     | {
         oneofKind: "numberValue";
-        /** @generated from protobuf field: int32 numberValue = 5; */
-        numberValue: number;
+        /** @generated from protobuf field: string numberValue = 5; */
+        numberValue: string;
       }
     | {
         oneofKind: "bytesValue";
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class MessageContent$Type extends MessageType<MessageContent> {
         name: "numberValue",
         kind: "scalar",
         oneof: "value",
-        T: 5 /*ScalarType.INT32*/,
+        T: 9 /*ScalarType.STRING*/,
       },
       {
         no: 6,
diff --git a/packages/evolu-common/src/SyncWorker.ts b/packages/evolu-common/src/SyncWorker.ts
index 5b8819c76..71720c499 100644
--- a/packages/evolu-common/src/SyncWorker.ts
+++ b/packages/evolu-common/src/SyncWorker.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as S from "@effect/schema/Schema";
 import { concatBytes } from "@noble/ciphers/utils";
 import { BinaryReader, BinaryWriter } from "@protobuf-ts/runtime";
 import {
@@ -153,7 +154,10 @@ const valueToProtobuf = (value: Value): MessageContent["value"] => {
     case "string":
       return { oneofKind: "stringValue", stringValue: value };
     case "number":
-      return { oneofKind: "numberValue", numberValue: value };
+      return {
+        oneofKind: "numberValue",
+        numberValue: S.encodeSync(S.NumberFromString)(value),
+      };
   }
   if (value == null) return { oneofKind: undefined };
   if (Predicate.isUint8Array(value))
@@ -164,7 +168,7 @@ const valueToProtobuf = (value: Value): MessageContent["value"] => {
 const valueFromProtobuf = (value: MessageContent["value"]): Value => {
   switch (value.oneofKind) {
     case "numberValue":
-      return value.numberValue;
+      return S.decodeSync(S.NumberFromString)(value.numberValue);
     case "stringValue":
       return value.stringValue;
     case "bytesValue":