diff --git a/src/openai/_legacy_response.py b/src/openai/_legacy_response.py
index 6eaa691d9..728505340 100644
--- a/src/openai/_legacy_response.py
+++ b/src/openai/_legacy_response.py
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ class MyModel(BaseModel):
           - `list`
           - `Union`
           - `str`
+          - `int`
+          - `float`
           - `httpx.Response`
         """
         cache_key = to if to is not None else self._cast_to
@@ -220,6 +222,12 @@ def _parse(self, *, to: type[_T] | None = None) -> R | _T:
         if cast_to == str:
             return cast(R, response.text)
 
+        if cast_to == int:
+            return cast(R, int(response.text))
+
+        if cast_to == float:
+            return cast(R, float(response.text))
+
         origin = get_origin(cast_to) or cast_to
 
         if inspect.isclass(origin) and issubclass(origin, HttpxBinaryResponseContent):
diff --git a/src/openai/_response.py b/src/openai/_response.py
index b1e070122..0eaf9778b 100644
--- a/src/openai/_response.py
+++ b/src/openai/_response.py
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@ def _parse(self, *, to: type[_T] | None = None) -> R | _T:
         if cast_to == bytes:
             return cast(R, response.content)
 
+        if cast_to == int:
+            return cast(R, int(response.text))
+
+        if cast_to == float:
+            return cast(R, float(response.text))
+
         origin = get_origin(cast_to) or cast_to
 
         # handle the legacy binary response case
@@ -277,6 +283,8 @@ class MyModel(BaseModel):
           - `list`
           - `Union`
           - `str`
+          - `int`
+          - `float`
           - `httpx.Response`
         """
         cache_key = to if to is not None else self._cast_to