diff --git a/src/main/java/org/assertj/db/type/Value.java b/src/main/java/org/assertj/db/type/Value.java
index 358e2e9a..732047a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/assertj/db/type/Value.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/assertj/db/type/Value.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 package org.assertj.db.type;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.sql.Date;
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ static ValueType getType(Object object) {
         || object instanceof Long
         || object instanceof Float
         || object instanceof Double
-        || object instanceof BigDecimal) {
+        || object instanceof BigDecimal
+        || object instanceof BigInteger) {
 
       return ValueType.NUMBER;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/assertj/db/util/Values_AreEqual_Object_And_Object_Test.java b/src/test/java/org/assertj/db/util/Values_AreEqual_Object_And_Object_Test.java
index 58d9e33a..06620c0c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/assertj/db/util/Values_AreEqual_Object_And_Object_Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/assertj/db/util/Values_AreEqual_Object_And_Object_Test.java
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ public void test_are_equal_for_double_and_string() throws Exception {
    */
   @Test
   public void test_are_equal_for_biginteger_and_string() throws Exception {
-    assertThat(Values.areEqual(getValue(null, new BigInteger("1")), (Object) "1")).isFalse();
+    assertThat(Values.areEqual(getValue(null, new BigInteger("1")), (Object) "1")).isTrue();
     assertThat(Values.areEqual(getValue(null, new BigInteger("2")), (Object) "1")).isFalse();
   }