diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
index da128880d..ef8981dff 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser.go
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func (p *Parser) expandArray(result MetricNode) ([]MetricNode, error) {
 				if result.Tag {
 					result.DesiredType = "string"
 				}
-				v, err := p.convertType(result.Value(), result.DesiredType, result.SetName)
+				v, err := p.convertType(result.Result, result.DesiredType, result.SetName)
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, err
 				}
@@ -525,8 +525,8 @@ func (p *Parser) SetDefaultTags(tags map[string]string) {
 }
 
 // convertType will convert the value parsed from the input JSON to the specified type in the config
-func (p *Parser) convertType(input interface{}, desiredType string, name string) (interface{}, error) {
-	switch inputType := input.(type) {
+func (p *Parser) convertType(input gjson.Result, desiredType string, name string) (interface{}, error) {
+	switch inputType := input.Value().(type) {
 	case string:
 		if desiredType != "string" {
 			switch desiredType {
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ func (p *Parser) convertType(input interface{}, desiredType string, name string)
 				}
 				return r, nil
 			case "int":
-				r, err := strconv.Atoi(inputType)
+				r, err := strconv.ParseInt(inputType, 10, 64)
 				if err != nil {
 					return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to convert field '%s' to type int: %v", name, err)
 				}
@@ -579,9 +579,9 @@ func (p *Parser) convertType(input interface{}, desiredType string, name string)
 			case "string":
 				return fmt.Sprint(inputType), nil
 			case "int":
-				return int64(inputType), nil
+				return input.Int(), nil
 			case "uint":
-				return uint64(inputType), nil
+				return input.Uint(), nil
 			case "bool":
 				if inputType == 0 {
 					return false, nil
@@ -596,5 +596,5 @@ func (p *Parser) convertType(input interface{}, desiredType string, name string)
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown format '%T' for field  '%s'", inputType, name)
 	}
 
-	return input, nil
+	return input.Value(), nil
 }
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser_test.go b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser_test.go
index 50c981c4d..9321d7256 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/parser_test.go
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ func TestData(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "Test field with null",
 			test: "null",
 		},
+		{
+			name: "Test large numbers (int64, uin64, float64)",
+			test: "large_numbers",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/expected.out b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1edb0565f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+file large=4294967296i,larger=9007199254740991i,largest=9223372036854775807i
+file large=9007199254740991u,larger=9223372036854775807u,largest=18446744073709551615u
+file large=4294967296,larger=4.294967296663e+09,largest=9007199254740991
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/input.json b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/input.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a800d0cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/input.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "int": {
+    "large": 4294967296,
+    "larger": 9007199254740991,
+    "largest": 9223372036854775807
+  },
+  "uint": {
+    "large": 9007199254740991,
+    "larger": 9223372036854775807,
+    "largest": 18446744073709551615
+  },
+  "float": {
+    "large": 4294967296,
+    "larger": 4.294967296663e+09,
+    "largest": 9007199254740991
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/telegraf.conf b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0b9736a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/parsers/json_v2/testdata/large_numbers/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[[inputs.file]]
+    files = ["./testdata/large_numbers/input.json"]
+    data_format = "json_v2"
+    [[inputs.file.json_v2]]
+        [[inputs.file.json_v2.object]]
+            path = "int"
+            [inputs.file.json_v2.object.fields]
+                large = "int"
+                larger = "int"
+                largest = "int"
+        [[inputs.file.json_v2.object]]
+            path = "uint"
+            [inputs.file.json_v2.object.fields]
+                large = "uint"
+                larger = "uint"
+                largest = "uint"
+        [[inputs.file.json_v2.object]]
+            path = "float"
+            [inputs.file.json_v2.object.fields]
+                large = "float"
+                larger = "float"
+                largest = "float"