diff --git a/src/zarr.cpp b/src/zarr.cpp
index 211602b2..e33bc3b2 100644
--- a/src/zarr.cpp
+++ b/src/zarr.cpp
@@ -381,19 +381,19 @@ zarr::Zarr::get_meta(StoragePropertyMetadata* meta) const
           .width = {
             .writable = 1,
             .low = 32.f,
-            .high = -1.f,
+            .high = (float)std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(),
             .type = PropertyType_FixedPrecision
           },
           .height = {
             .writable = 1,
             .low = 32.f,
-            .high = -1.f,
+            .high = (float)std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(),
             .type = PropertyType_FixedPrecision
           },
           .planes = {
             .writable = 1,
             .low = 32.f,
-            .high = -1.f,
+            .high = (float)std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(),
             .type = PropertyType_FixedPrecision
           },
         },
@@ -577,6 +577,8 @@ zarr::Zarr::set_chunking(const ChunkingProps& props, const ChunkingMeta& meta)
           props.height, (uint32_t)meta.height.low, (uint32_t)meta.height.high),
     };
 
+    const auto hi = (uint32_t)(-1.f);
+
     planes_per_chunk_ = std::clamp(
       props.planes, (uint32_t)meta.planes.low, (uint32_t)meta.planes.high);
 
diff --git a/src/zarr.v3.cpp b/src/zarr.v3.cpp
index 0356a242..a03eda0f 100644
--- a/src/zarr.v3.cpp
+++ b/src/zarr.v3.cpp
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ zarr::ZarrV3::get_meta(StoragePropertyMetadata* meta) const
         .is_supported = 1,
         .width = { .writable = 1,
                    .low = 1.f,
-                   .high = -1.f,
+                   .high = (float)std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(),
                    .type = PropertyType_FixedPrecision },
         .height = { .writable = 1,
                     .low = 1.f,
-                    .high = -1.f,
+                    .high = (float)std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(),
                     .type = PropertyType_FixedPrecision },
         .planes = { .writable = 1,
                     .low = 1.f,