diff --git a/json-unit-assertj/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/assertj/JsonMapAssert.java b/json-unit-assertj/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/assertj/JsonMapAssert.java
index be2c2bb5..02193355 100644
--- a/json-unit-assertj/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/assertj/JsonMapAssert.java
+++ b/json-unit-assertj/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/assertj/JsonMapAssert.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import static java.util.Arrays.stream;
 import static java.util.Objects.deepEquals;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
+import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.assertj.JsonAssertions.json;
 import static net.javacrumbs.jsonunit.core.internal.JsonUtils.wrapDeserializedObject;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.entry;
 import static org.assertj.core.error.ShouldContain.shouldContain;
@@ -184,11 +185,15 @@ private boolean doesContainEntry(Entry<? extends String, ?> entry) {
             return false;
         }
         Object actualValue = actual.get(key);
-        if (entry.getValue() instanceof Node) {
-            Node value = (Node) entry.getValue();
+        Object expectedValue = entry.getValue();
+        if (expectedValue instanceof Number) {
+            expectedValue = json(expectedValue);
+        }
+        if (expectedValue instanceof Node) {
+            Node value = (Node) expectedValue;
             return isSimilar(actualValue, value);
         } else {
-            return deepEquals(actualValue, entry.getValue());
+            return deepEquals(actualValue, expectedValue);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/test-base/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/base/AbstractAssertJTest.java b/tests/test-base/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/base/AbstractAssertJTest.java
index b1d8fc2c..5f5d5fd6 100644
--- a/tests/test-base/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/base/AbstractAssertJTest.java
+++ b/tests/test-base/src/main/java/net/javacrumbs/jsonunit/test/base/AbstractAssertJTest.java
@@ -1153,12 +1153,28 @@ void testEqualsToArray() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void assertTolerance() {
+    void assertContainsEntryNumber() {
         assertThatJson("{\"a\":1, \"b\":2.0}")
             .withTolerance(0)
             .isObject()
-            .containsEntry("a", json(1))
-            .containsEntry("b", json(2));
+            .containsEntry("a", 1)
+            .containsEntry("b", 2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void assertContainsEntryNumberFailure() {
+        assertThatThrownBy(() ->
+        assertThatJson("{\"a\":1, \"b\":2.0}")
+            .isObject()
+            .containsEntry("a", 1)
+            .containsEntry("b", 2)
+        ).hasMessage("[Different value found in node \"\"] \n" +
+            "Expecting map:\n" +
+            "  {\"a\":1,\"b\":2.0}\n" +
+            "to contain:\n" +
+            "  [\"b\"=2]\n" +
+            "but could not find the following map entries:\n" +
+            "  [\"b\"=2]\n");
     }
 
     @Test