diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/MicrosoftExtensions/OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtension.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/MicrosoftExtensions/OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtension.cs
index 1235e68b0..a6df2444b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/MicrosoftExtensions/OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtension.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/MicrosoftExtensions/OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtension.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Writers;
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Globalization;
 
 namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.MicrosoftExtensions;
 
@@ -97,7 +99,10 @@ public EnumDescription(JsonObject source)
     {
         if (source is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(source));
         if (source.TryGetPropertyValue(nameof(Value).ToFirstCharacterLowerCase(), out var rawValue) && rawValue is JsonNode value)
-            Value = value.GetValue<string>();
+            if (value.GetValueKind() == JsonValueKind.Number)
+                Value = value.GetValue<decimal>().ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            else
+                Value = value.GetValue<string>();
         if (source.TryGetPropertyValue(nameof(Description).ToFirstCharacterLowerCase(), out var rawDescription) && rawDescription is JsonNode description)
             Description = description.GetValue<string>();
         if (source.TryGetPropertyValue(nameof(Name).ToFirstCharacterLowerCase(), out var rawName) && rawName is JsonNode name)
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/MicrosoftExtensions/OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtensionTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/MicrosoftExtensions/OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtensionTests.cs
index 3b9f9964a..f09e07657 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/MicrosoftExtensions/OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtensionTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/MicrosoftExtensions/OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtensionTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.MicrosoftExtensions;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Writers;
 using Xunit;
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ public void WritesNothingWhenNoValues()
     {
         // Arrange
         OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtension extension = new();
-        using TextWriter sWriter = new StringWriter();
+        using var sWriter = new StringWriter();
         OpenApiJsonWriter writer = new(sWriter);
 
         // Act
@@ -41,16 +42,16 @@ public void WritesEnumDescription()
         OpenApiEnumValuesDescriptionExtension extension = new()
         {
             EnumName = "TestEnum",
-            ValuesDescriptions = new()
-        {
+            ValuesDescriptions =
+        [
             new() {
                 Description = "TestDescription",
                 Value = "TestValue",
                 Name = "TestName"
             }
-        }
+        ]
         };
-        using TextWriter sWriter = new StringWriter();
+        using var sWriter = new StringWriter();
         OpenApiJsonWriter writer = new(sWriter);
 
         // Act
@@ -65,5 +66,49 @@ public void WritesEnumDescription()
         Assert.Contains("value\": \"TestValue", result);
         Assert.Contains("name\": \"TestName", result);
     }
+    [Fact]
+    public void ParsesEnumDescription()
+    {
+        var extensionValue =
+"""
+{
+    "value": "Standard_LRS",
+    "description": "Locally redundant storage.",
+    "name": "StandardLocalRedundancy"
+}
+""";
+        var source = JsonNode.Parse(extensionValue);
+        Assert.NotNull(source);
+        var sourceAsObject = source.AsObject();
+        Assert.NotNull(sourceAsObject);
+
+        var descriptionItem = new EnumDescription(sourceAsObject);
+        Assert.NotNull(descriptionItem);
+        Assert.Equal("Standard_LRS", descriptionItem.Value);
+        Assert.Equal("Locally redundant storage.", descriptionItem.Description);
+        Assert.Equal("StandardLocalRedundancy", descriptionItem.Name);
+    }
+       [Fact]
+    public void ParsesEnumDescriptionWithDecimalValue()
+    {
+        var extensionValue =
+"""
+{
+    "value": -1,
+    "description": "Locally redundant storage.",
+    "name": "StandardLocalRedundancy"
+}
+""";
+        var source = JsonNode.Parse(extensionValue);
+        Assert.NotNull(source);
+        var sourceAsObject = source.AsObject();
+        Assert.NotNull(sourceAsObject);
+
+        var descriptionItem = new EnumDescription(sourceAsObject);
+        Assert.NotNull(descriptionItem);
+        Assert.Equal("-1", descriptionItem.Value);
+        Assert.Equal("Locally redundant storage.", descriptionItem.Description);
+        Assert.Equal("StandardLocalRedundancy", descriptionItem.Name);
+    }
 }