diff --git a/util/ValidatorHelper.go b/util/ValidatorHelper.go
index c278d6b760..9a18842c54 100644
--- a/util/ValidatorHelper.go
+++ b/util/ValidatorHelper.go
@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ func AutoScale(dat map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
 			if !okMin || !okMax{
 				return false, errors.New("autoscaling.MinReplicas and autoscaling.MaxReplicas are mandatory fields")
 			}
-			if minReplicas.(int) > maxReplicas.(int){
+			// see https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/json#Unmarshal for why conversion to float64 and not int
+			// Bug fix PR https://github.com/devtron-labs/devtron/pull/884
+			if minReplicas.(float64) > maxReplicas.(float64){
 				return false, errors.New("autoscaling.MinReplicas can not be greater than autoscaling.MaxReplicas")
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/util/ValidatorHelper_test.go b/util/ValidatorHelper_test.go
index 2e9c15727f..f7a2b09b41 100644
--- a/util/ValidatorHelper_test.go
+++ b/util/ValidatorHelper_test.go
@@ -108,25 +108,25 @@ func TestAutoScale(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name: "non-empty autoscaling enabled minReplicas maxReplicas object",
-			args: args{dat: map[string]interface{}{autoScaling: map[string]interface{}{enabled: false,minReplicas: 10, maxReplicas:11}}},
+			args: args{dat: map[string]interface{}{autoScaling: map[string]interface{}{enabled: false,minReplicas: float64(10), maxReplicas: float64(11)}}},
 			want: true,
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "non-empty autoscaling enabled minReplicas empty maxReplicas object",
-			args: args{dat: map[string]interface{}{autoScaling: map[string]interface{}{enabled: false,minReplicas: 11}}},
+			args: args{dat: map[string]interface{}{autoScaling: map[string]interface{}{enabled: false,minReplicas: float64(11)}}},
 			want: true,
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "non-empty autoscaling minReplicas maxReplicas object empty enabled",
-			args: args{dat: map[string]interface{}{autoScaling: map[string]interface{}{minReplicas: 10, maxReplicas:11}}},
+			args: args{dat: map[string]interface{}{autoScaling: map[string]interface{}{minReplicas: float64(10), maxReplicas: float64(11)}}},
 			want: true,
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "negative: non-empty and greater minReplicas than maxReplicas object",
-			args: args{dat: map[string]interface{}{autoScaling: map[string]interface{}{enabled: true, minReplicas: 10, maxReplicas:9}}},
+			args: args{dat: map[string]interface{}{autoScaling: map[string]interface{}{enabled: true, minReplicas: float64(10), maxReplicas: float64(9)}}},
 			want: false,
 			wantErr: true,
 		},