diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/_generated_/kuery.js b/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/_generated_/kuery.js
index f745f01873bae..fc6b706f6e01e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/_generated_/kuery.js
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/_generated_/kuery.js
@@ -222,9 +222,8 @@ module.exports = (function() {
             if (sequence === 'true') return buildLiteralNode(true);
             if (sequence === 'false') return buildLiteralNode(false);
             if (chars.includes(wildcardSymbol)) return buildWildcardNode(sequence);
-            const number = Number(sequence);
-            const value = isNaN(number) ? sequence : number;
-            return buildLiteralNode(value);
+            const isNumberPattern = /^(-?[1-9]+\d*([.]\d+)?)$|^(-?0[.]\d*[1-9]+)$|^0$|^0.0$|^[.]\d{1,}$/
+            return buildLiteralNode(isNumberPattern.test(sequence) ? Number(sequence) : sequence);
           },
         peg$c50 = { type: "any", description: "any character" },
         peg$c51 = "*",
@@ -3164,4 +3163,4 @@ module.exports = (function() {
     SyntaxError: peg$SyntaxError,
     parse:       peg$parse
   };
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
+})();
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/ast.test.ts b/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/ast.test.ts
index e441420760475..6a69d52d72134 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/ast.test.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/ast.test.ts
@@ -278,6 +278,33 @@ describe('kuery AST API', () => {
       expect(fromLiteralExpression('true')).toEqual(booleanTrueLiteral);
       expect(fromLiteralExpression('false')).toEqual(booleanFalseLiteral);
       expect(fromLiteralExpression('42')).toEqual(numberLiteral);
+
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('.3').value).toEqual(0.3);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('.36').value).toEqual(0.36);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('.00001').value).toEqual(0.00001);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('3').value).toEqual(3);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('-4').value).toEqual(-4);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('0').value).toEqual(0);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('0.0').value).toEqual(0);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('2.0').value).toEqual(2.0);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('0.8').value).toEqual(0.8);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('790.9').value).toEqual(790.9);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('0.0001').value).toEqual(0.0001);
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('96565646732345').value).toEqual(96565646732345);
+
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('..4').value).toEqual('..4');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('.3text').value).toEqual('.3text');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('text').value).toEqual('text');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('.').value).toEqual('.');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('-').value).toEqual('-');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('001').value).toEqual('001');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('00.2').value).toEqual('00.2');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('0.0.1').value).toEqual('0.0.1');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('3.').value).toEqual('3.');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('--4').value).toEqual('--4');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('-.4').value).toEqual('-.4');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('-0').value).toEqual('-0');
+      expect(fromLiteralExpression('00949').value).toEqual('00949');
     });
 
     test('should allow escaping of special characters with a backslash', () => {
diff --git a/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/kuery.peg b/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/kuery.peg
index 389b9a82d2c76..625c5069f936a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/kuery.peg
+++ b/src/plugins/data/common/es_query/kuery/ast/kuery.peg
@@ -247,9 +247,8 @@ UnquotedLiteral
     if (sequence === 'true') return buildLiteralNode(true);
     if (sequence === 'false') return buildLiteralNode(false);
     if (chars.includes(wildcardSymbol)) return buildWildcardNode(sequence);
-    const number = Number(sequence);
-    const value = isNaN(number) ? sequence : number;
-    return buildLiteralNode(value);
+    const isNumberPattern = /^(-?[1-9]+\d*([.]\d+)?)$|^(-?0[.]\d*[1-9]+)$|^0$|^0.0$|^[.]\d{1,}$/
+    return buildLiteralNode(isNumberPattern.test(sequence) ? Number(sequence) : sequence);
   }
 
 UnquotedCharacter