diff --git a/e2e_test/batch/types/jsonb.slt.part b/e2e_test/batch/types/jsonb.slt.part
index 8e8ec7aa0e60f..3420958aabdb5 100644
--- a/e2e_test/batch/types/jsonb.slt.part
+++ b/e2e_test/batch/types/jsonb.slt.part
@@ -281,3 +281,24 @@ FROM (VALUES
 {"a": "b"} t f t f
 [1,2]      t f f t
 abc        f f f f
+
+query T
+select JSONB_POPULATE_RECORD(NULL::struct<id BIGINT>, '{"id": "12345"}'::jsonb) AS v;
+----
+ (12345)
+
+query T
+select JSONB_POPULATE_RECORD(NULL::struct<id REAL>, '{"id": "0.123"}'::jsonb) AS v;
+----
+ (0.123)
+
+query T
+select JSONB_POPULATE_RECORDSET(NULL::struct<id REAL>, '[{"id": "0.123"},{"id": "123"}]'::jsonb) AS v;
+----
+ (0.123)
+ (123)
+
+query T
+select JSONB_POPULATE_RECORD(NULL::struct<id DOUBLE>, '{"id": "1e10"}'::jsonb) AS v;
+----
+ (10000000000)
diff --git a/e2e_test/batch/types/map.slt.part b/e2e_test/batch/types/map.slt.part
index fe98fa3633000..03525a6ae4d32 100644
--- a/e2e_test/batch/types/map.slt.part
+++ b/e2e_test/batch/types/map.slt.part
@@ -150,19 +150,13 @@ select jsonb_populate_map(
 {a:a,b:3,c:4}
 
 
-query error
+query ?
 select jsonb_populate_map(
     MAP {'a': 1, 'b': 2},
     '{"b": "3", "c": 4}'::jsonb
 );
 ----
-db error: ERROR: Failed to run the query
-
-Caused by these errors (recent errors listed first):
-  1: Expr error
-  2: error while evaluating expression `jsonb_populate_map('{a:1,b:2}', '{"b": "3", "c": 4}')`
-  3: Parse error: cannot cast jsonb string to type number
-
+{a:1,b:3,c:4}
 
 query error
 select jsonb_populate_map(
diff --git a/src/common/src/types/jsonb.rs b/src/common/src/types/jsonb.rs
index 7e58b039fe356..9957a71851f5d 100644
--- a/src/common/src/types/jsonb.rs
+++ b/src/common/src/types/jsonb.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use bytes::{Buf, BufMut, BytesMut};
 use jsonbb::{Value, ValueRef};
 use postgres_types::{accepts, to_sql_checked, FromSql, IsNull, ToSql, Type};
 use risingwave_common_estimate_size::EstimateSize;
+use thiserror_ext::AsReport;
 
 use super::{
     Datum, IntoOrdered, ListValue, MapType, MapValue, ScalarImpl, StructRef, ToOwnedDatum, F64,
@@ -408,37 +409,19 @@ impl<'a> JsonbRef<'a> {
 
     /// Convert the jsonb value to a datum.
     pub fn to_datum(self, ty: &DataType) -> Result<Datum, String> {
-        if !matches!(
-            ty,
-            DataType::Jsonb
-                | DataType::Boolean
-                | DataType::Int16
-                | DataType::Int32
-                | DataType::Int64
-                | DataType::Float32
-                | DataType::Float64
-                | DataType::Varchar
-                | DataType::List(_)
-                | DataType::Struct(_)
-        ) {
-            return Err(format!("cannot cast jsonb to {ty}"));
-        }
         if self.0.as_null().is_some() {
             return Ok(None);
         }
-        Ok(Some(match ty {
+        let datum = match ty {
             DataType::Jsonb => ScalarImpl::Jsonb(self.into()),
-            DataType::Boolean => ScalarImpl::Bool(self.as_bool()?),
-            DataType::Int16 => ScalarImpl::Int16(self.as_number()?.try_into()?),
-            DataType::Int32 => ScalarImpl::Int32(self.as_number()?.try_into()?),
-            DataType::Int64 => ScalarImpl::Int64(self.as_number()?.try_into()?),
-            DataType::Float32 => ScalarImpl::Float32(self.as_number()?.try_into()?),
-            DataType::Float64 => ScalarImpl::Float64(self.as_number()?),
-            DataType::Varchar => ScalarImpl::Utf8(self.force_string().into()),
             DataType::List(t) => ScalarImpl::List(self.to_list(t)?),
             DataType::Struct(s) => ScalarImpl::Struct(self.to_struct(s)?),
-            _ => unreachable!(),
-        }))
+            _ => {
+                let s = self.force_string();
+                ScalarImpl::from_text(&s, ty).map_err(|e| format!("{}", e.as_report()))?
+            }
+        };
+        Ok(Some(datum))
     }
 
     /// Convert the jsonb value to a list value.