diff --git a/rcl_yaml_param_parser/src/parser.c b/rcl_yaml_param_parser/src/parser.c
index 48bc286442..704470055f 100644
--- a/rcl_yaml_param_parser/src/parser.c
+++ b/rcl_yaml_param_parser/src/parser.c
@@ -772,40 +772,48 @@ static void * get_value(
   }
 
   /// Check for int
-  errno = 0;
-  ival = strtol(value, &endptr, 0);
-  if ((0 == errno) && (NULL != endptr)) {
-    if ((NULL != endptr) && (endptr != value)) {
-      if (('\0' != *value) && ('\0' == *endptr)) {
-        *val_type = DATA_TYPE_INT64;
-        ret_val = allocator.zero_allocate(1U, sizeof(int64_t), allocator.state);
-        if (NULL == ret_val) {
-          return NULL;
+  if (style != YAML_SINGLE_QUOTED_SCALAR_STYLE &&
+    style != YAML_DOUBLE_QUOTED_SCALAR_STYLE)
+  {
+    errno = 0;
+    ival = strtol(value, &endptr, 0);
+    if ((0 == errno) && (NULL != endptr)) {
+      if ((NULL != endptr) && (endptr != value)) {
+        if (('\0' != *value) && ('\0' == *endptr)) {
+          *val_type = DATA_TYPE_INT64;
+          ret_val = allocator.zero_allocate(1U, sizeof(int64_t), allocator.state);
+          if (NULL == ret_val) {
+            return NULL;
+          }
+          *((int64_t *)ret_val) = ival;
+          return ret_val;
         }
-        *((int64_t *)ret_val) = ival;
-        return ret_val;
       }
     }
   }
 
   /// Check for float
-  errno = 0;
-  endptr = NULL;
-  dval = strtod(value, &endptr);
-  if ((0 == errno) && (NULL != endptr)) {
-    if ((NULL != endptr) && (endptr != value)) {
-      if (('\0' != *value) && ('\0' == *endptr)) {
-        *val_type = DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE;
-        ret_val = allocator.zero_allocate(1U, sizeof(double), allocator.state);
-        if (NULL == ret_val) {
-          return NULL;
+  if (style != YAML_SINGLE_QUOTED_SCALAR_STYLE &&
+    style != YAML_DOUBLE_QUOTED_SCALAR_STYLE)
+  {
+    errno = 0;
+    endptr = NULL;
+    dval = strtod(value, &endptr);
+    if ((0 == errno) && (NULL != endptr)) {
+      if ((NULL != endptr) && (endptr != value)) {
+        if (('\0' != *value) && ('\0' == *endptr)) {
+          *val_type = DATA_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+          ret_val = allocator.zero_allocate(1U, sizeof(double), allocator.state);
+          if (NULL == ret_val) {
+            return NULL;
+          }
+          *((double *)ret_val) = dval;
+          return ret_val;
         }
-        *((double *)ret_val) = dval;
-        return ret_val;
       }
     }
+    errno = 0;
   }
-  errno = 0;
 
   /// It is a string
   *val_type = DATA_TYPE_STRING;
diff --git a/rcl_yaml_param_parser/test/string_array_with_quoted_number.yaml b/rcl_yaml_param_parser/test/string_array_with_quoted_number.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6d304a2b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rcl_yaml_param_parser/test/string_array_with_quoted_number.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+initial_params_node:
+    ros__parameters:
+        sa1: ["Four", "score"]
+        sa2: ["and", "7"]
diff --git a/rcl_yaml_param_parser/test/test_parse_yaml.cpp b/rcl_yaml_param_parser/test/test_parse_yaml.cpp
index 339de5edda..274e62f79a 100644
--- a/rcl_yaml_param_parser/test/test_parse_yaml.cpp
+++ b/rcl_yaml_param_parser/test/test_parse_yaml.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include "rcutils/filesystem.h"
 
 static char cur_dir[1024];
-rcutils_allocator_t allocator = rcutils_get_default_allocator();
 
 TEST(test_file_parser, correct_syntax) {
   rcutils_reset_error();
@@ -43,6 +42,27 @@ TEST(test_file_parser, correct_syntax) {
   allocator.deallocate(path, allocator.state);
 }
 
+TEST(test_file_parser, string_array_with_quoted_number) {
+  rcutils_reset_error();
+  EXPECT_TRUE(rcutils_get_cwd(cur_dir, 1024));
+  rcutils_allocator_t allocator = rcutils_get_default_allocator();
+  char * test_path = rcutils_join_path(cur_dir, "test", allocator);
+  char * path = rcutils_join_path(test_path, "string_array_with_quoted_number.yaml", allocator);
+  fprintf(stderr, "cur_path: %s\n", path);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(rcutils_exists(path));
+  rcl_params_t * params_hdl = rcl_yaml_node_struct_init(allocator);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(params_hdl);
+  if (params_hdl) {
+    bool res = rcl_parse_yaml_file(path, params_hdl);
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", rcutils_get_error_string().str);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(res);
+    rcl_yaml_node_struct_print(params_hdl);
+    rcl_yaml_node_struct_fini(params_hdl);
+  }
+  allocator.deallocate(test_path, allocator.state);
+  allocator.deallocate(path, allocator.state);
+}
+
 TEST(test_file_parser, multi_ns_correct_syntax) {
   rcutils_reset_error();
   EXPECT_TRUE(rcutils_get_cwd(cur_dir, 1024));