diff --git a/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/hooks/useCaretPreservingElementRef.ts b/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/hooks/useCaretPreservingElementRef.ts
index 49c4996f36..885cc2145b 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/hooks/useCaretPreservingElementRef.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/hooks/useCaretPreservingElementRef.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isString } from '@sniptt/guards';
+import { isNumber, isString } from '@sniptt/guards';
 import { useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { isDefined } from 'twenty-shared/utils';
 
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ export const useCaretPreservingElementRef = (
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
     const attachedElement = attachedElementRef.current;
 
-    if (!isDefined(attachedElement) || !isString(value)) {
+    if (!isDefined(attachedElement) || (!isString(value) && !isNumber(value))) {
       return;
     }
 
     syncValuePreservingCaret(
       attachedElement as HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement,
-      value,
+      String(value),
     );
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/__tests__/createCaretPreservingElement.test.ts b/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/__tests__/createCaretPreservingElement.test.ts
index 02d6d69ae8..fcc645ecc5 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/__tests__/createCaretPreservingElement.test.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/__tests__/createCaretPreservingElement.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-import { type ReactElement } from 'react';
+import './setupServerRenderingGlobals';
+
+import { act, type ReactElement } from 'react';
+import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 
 import { createCaretPreservingElement } from '../createCaretPreservingElement';
 
+(
+  globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }
+).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
+
 const getProps = (element: ReactElement): Record<string, unknown> =>
   element.props as Record<string, unknown>;
 
@@ -31,6 +38,30 @@ describe('createCaretPreservingElement', () => {
     expect(getProps(element).defaultValue).toBe('hello');
   });
 
+  it('should seed the initial value from a numeric defaultValue', () => {
+    const element = createCaretPreservingElement({
+      htmlTag: 'input',
+      reactBindableProps: { type: 'number', defaultValue: 42 },
+      hostEnforcedProps: {},
+      setEditableFocused: null,
+      caretPreservingElementRef: () => {},
+    });
+
+    expect(getProps(element).defaultValue).toBe('42');
+  });
+
+  it('should seed the initial value from a numeric value', () => {
+    const element = createCaretPreservingElement({
+      htmlTag: 'input',
+      reactBindableProps: { type: 'number', value: 42 },
+      hostEnforcedProps: {},
+      setEditableFocused: null,
+      caretPreservingElementRef: () => {},
+    });
+
+    expect(getProps(element).defaultValue).toBe('42');
+  });
+
   it('should prefer defaultValue over value for the initial value', () => {
     const element = createCaretPreservingElement({
       htmlTag: 'input',
@@ -87,4 +118,32 @@ describe('createCaretPreservingElement', () => {
 
     expect(setEditableFocused).toHaveBeenCalledWith(false);
   });
+
+  it('should forward the caret preserving ref to the rendered element', () => {
+    const caretPreservingElementRef = jest.fn();
+    const element = createCaretPreservingElement({
+      htmlTag: 'input',
+      reactBindableProps: {},
+      hostEnforcedProps: {},
+      setEditableFocused: null,
+      caretPreservingElementRef,
+    });
+
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    const root = createRoot(container);
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(element);
+    });
+
+    expect(caretPreservingElementRef).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      container.firstElementChild,
+    );
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.unmount();
+    });
+    container.remove();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/__tests__/createHtmlHostWrapper.test.ts b/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/__tests__/createHtmlHostWrapper.test.ts
index 547c95dc8a..e99a5bde02 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/__tests__/createHtmlHostWrapper.test.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/__tests__/createHtmlHostWrapper.test.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,23 @@ describe('createHtmlHostWrapper client events', () => {
     expect(node.value).toBe('fixed');
   });
 
+  it('should write a numeric controlled value to the host input', () => {
+    const Wrapper = createHtmlHostWrapper('input');
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(createElement(Wrapper, { type: 'number', value: 42 }));
+    });
+
+    const node = container.firstElementChild as HTMLInputElement;
+    expect(node.value).toBe('42');
+
+    act(() => {
+      root.render(createElement(Wrapper, { type: 'number', value: 43 }));
+    });
+
+    expect(node.value).toBe('43');
+  });
+
   it('should clear the host input when a controlled value becomes empty', () => {
     const Wrapper = createHtmlHostWrapper('input');
 
diff --git a/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/createCaretPreservingElement.ts b/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/createCaretPreservingElement.ts
index 3c227060d5..71340f02b1 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/createCaretPreservingElement.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-front-component-renderer/src/host/utils/createCaretPreservingElement.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isFunction, isNonEmptyString } from '@sniptt/guards';
+import { isFunction, isNonEmptyString, isNumber } from '@sniptt/guards';
 import React from 'react';
 
 import { type SetEditableFocused } from '@/host/contexts/FrontComponentInputFocusContext';
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ import { type ElementRefCallback } from '@/host/types/ElementRefCallback';
 
 type CaretPreservingElement = HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement;
 
+const resolveInitialValue = (candidate: unknown): string | undefined => {
+  if (isNonEmptyString(candidate)) {
+    return candidate;
+  }
+
+  if (isNumber(candidate)) {
+    return String(candidate);
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
+};
+
 type CreateCaretPreservingElementParams = {
   htmlTag: 'input' | 'textarea';
   reactBindableProps: Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -28,11 +40,8 @@ export const createCaretPreservingElement = ({
     onBlur: forwardedOnBlur,
     ...rest
   } = reactBindableProps;
-  const initialValue = isNonEmptyString(defaultValue)
-    ? defaultValue
-    : isNonEmptyString(value)
-      ? value
-      : undefined;
+  const initialValue =
+    resolveInitialValue(defaultValue) ?? resolveInitialValue(value);
 
   const handleFocus = (event: React.FocusEvent<CaretPreservingElement>) => {
     setEditableFocused?.(true);