diff --git a/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestConditionalFormatting.java b/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestConditionalFormatting.java
index 29f62da235..64f585608a 100644
--- a/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestConditionalFormatting.java
+++ b/poi/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/BaseTestConditionalFormatting.java
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ public abstract class BaseTestConditionalFormatting {
 
             // Sanity check data
             assertEquals("Values", s.getRow(0).getCell(0).toString());
-            assertEquals("10", s.getRow(2).getCell(0).toString());
+            assertEquals(10.0, s.getRow(2).getCell(0).getNumericCellValue());
 
             // Check we found all the conditional formatting rules we should have
             SheetConditionalFormatting sheetCF = s.getSheetConditionalFormatting();