diff --git a/anthropic-java-mcp/src/main/kotlin/com/anthropic/mcp/BetaMcp.kt b/anthropic-java-mcp/src/main/kotlin/com/anthropic/mcp/BetaMcp.kt
index adaa1220f..8d0dbc98c 100644
--- a/anthropic-java-mcp/src/main/kotlin/com/anthropic/mcp/BetaMcp.kt
+++ b/anthropic-java-mcp/src/main/kotlin/com/anthropic/mcp/BetaMcp.kt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import com.anthropic.models.beta.messages.BetaWebFetchToolResultBlockParam
 import com.anthropic.models.beta.messages.BetaWebSearchToolResultBlockParam
 import com.anthropic.models.beta.messages.MessageCreateParams
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.client.McpSyncClient
 import io.modelcontextprotocol.spec.McpSchema
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@ object BetaMcp {
     private val SUPPORTED_IMAGE_MIME_TYPES =
         setOf("image/jpeg", "image/png", "image/gif", "image/webp")
 
-    private val OBJECT_MAPPER = ObjectMapper()
+    private val OBJECT_MAPPER =
+        ObjectMapper().enable(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS)
 
     private val MAP_TYPE_REF = object : TypeReference<Map<String, Any?>>() {}
 
diff --git a/anthropic-java-mcp/src/test/kotlin/com/anthropic/mcp/BetaMcpNumericInputTest.kt b/anthropic-java-mcp/src/test/kotlin/com/anthropic/mcp/BetaMcpNumericInputTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbc46808a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/anthropic-java-mcp/src/test/kotlin/com/anthropic/mcp/BetaMcpNumericInputTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package com.anthropic.mcp
+
+import com.anthropic.errors.AnthropicInvalidDataException
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
+import io.modelcontextprotocol.client.McpSyncClient
+import io.modelcontextprotocol.spec.McpSchema
+import java.math.BigDecimal
+import java.math.BigInteger
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource
+import org.mockito.kotlin.any
+import org.mockito.kotlin.argumentCaptor
+import org.mockito.kotlin.mock
+import org.mockito.kotlin.verify
+import org.mockito.kotlin.verifyNoInteractions
+import org.mockito.kotlin.whenever
+
+internal class BetaMcpNumericInputTest {
+    private val client: McpSyncClient = mock()
+    private val mapper = ObjectMapper()
+
+    private fun runnable() =
+        BetaMcp.mcpTool(
+            McpSchema.Tool(
+                "capture",
+                null,
+                "Capture input",
+                McpSchema.JsonSchema("object", null, null, null, null, null),
+                null,
+                null,
+                null,
+            ),
+            client,
+        )
+
+    private fun capturedArguments(json: String): Map<String, Any?> {
+        whenever(client.callTool(any<McpSchema.CallToolRequest>()))
+            .thenReturn(
+                McpSchema.CallToolResult(listOf(McpSchema.TextContent("ok")), false, null, null)
+            )
+        val result = runnable().runner.apply(json)
+        assertThat(result.blocks()).isPresent
+        val request = argumentCaptor<McpSchema.CallToolRequest>()
+        verify(client).callTool(request.capture())
+        assertThat(request.firstValue.name()).isEqualTo("capture")
+        return request.firstValue.arguments()
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(
+        strings =
+            [
+                "0.12345678901234567890123456789",
+                "9007199254740993.0",
+                "1e400",
+                "1e-400",
+                "-1.234567890123456789e50",
+            ]
+    )
+    fun decimalInputRetainsExactValue(number: String) {
+        val arguments = capturedArguments("""{"value":$number}""")
+        val value = checkNotNull(arguments.getValue("value"))
+        assertThat(value).isInstanceOf(BigDecimal::class.java)
+        assertThat(value as BigDecimal).isEqualByComparingTo(BigDecimal(number))
+        val serialized = mapper.writeValueAsString(arguments)
+        // Read the numeric token as a decimal rather than converting it through Double.
+        // The transport's JSON token may change notation, but not its mathematical value.
+        mapper.factory.createParser(serialized).use { parser ->
+            parser.nextToken()
+            parser.nextToken()
+            parser.nextToken()
+            assertThat(parser.decimalValue).isEqualByComparingTo(BigDecimal(number))
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun nestedDecimalAndIntegerArgumentsStayDistinctFromStrings() {
+        val arguments =
+            capturedArguments(
+                """{"nested":{"values":[0.1234567890123456789,1e-400]},"integer":18446744073709551615,"text":"1e400","flag":false,"nothing":null,"empty":{}}"""
+            )
+        val nested = checkNotNull(arguments["nested"]) as Map<*, *>
+        val values = checkNotNull(nested["values"]) as List<*>
+        assertThat(values[0]).isEqualTo(BigDecimal("0.1234567890123456789"))
+        assertThat(values[1]).isEqualTo(BigDecimal("1e-400"))
+        assertThat(arguments["integer"]).isEqualTo(BigInteger("18446744073709551615"))
+        assertThat(arguments["text"]).isEqualTo("1e400")
+        assertThat(arguments["flag"]).isEqualTo(false)
+        assertThat(arguments).containsKey("nothing")
+        assertThat(arguments["nothing"]).isNull()
+        assertThat(arguments["empty"]).isEqualTo(emptyMap<String, Any>())
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(strings = ["{", "[1]", "\"text\""])
+    fun invalidInputStillFailsBeforeCallingTheTool(json: String) {
+        assertThatThrownBy { runnable().runner.apply(json) }
+            .isInstanceOf(AnthropicInvalidDataException::class.java)
+            .hasMessageContaining("Failed to parse JSON tool input")
+        verifyNoInteractions(client)
+    }
+}