diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
index 9dbf3ac4a..6b2e5d0ba 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ func (i *InfluxDB) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 }
 
 func (i *InfluxDB) udpClient(address *url.URL) (Client, error) {
-	serializer := &influx.Serializer{UintSupport: true}
+	serializer := &influx.Serializer{UintSupport: i.InfluxUintSupport}
 	if err := serializer.Init(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func (i *InfluxDB) httpClient(ctx context.Context, address *url.URL, proxy *url.
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	serializer := &influx.Serializer{UintSupport: true}
+	serializer := &influx.Serializer{UintSupport: i.InfluxUintSupport}
 	if err := serializer.Init(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/udp.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/udp.go
index 48c8cab7e..1d4fcf804 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb/udp.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb/udp.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func NewUDPClient(config UDPConfig) (*udpClient, error) {
 
 	serializer := config.Serializer
 	if serializer == nil {
-		serializer = &influx.Serializer{UintSupport: true}
+		serializer = &influx.Serializer{}
 		if err := serializer.Init(); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_v2.go b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_v2.go
index 1a46a586a..4a3b7d0cc 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_v2.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/influxdb_v2/influxdb_v2.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (i *InfluxDB) getHTTPClient(address *url.URL, proxy *url.URL) (Client, erro
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	serializer := &influx.Serializer{UintSupport: true}
+	serializer := &influx.Serializer{UintSupport: i.UintSupport}
 	if err := serializer.Init(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}