diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/BigIntegerValidator.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/BigIntegerValidator.java
index c3b4f5486..5d9a9c22d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/BigIntegerValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/BigIntegerValidator.java
@@ -79,6 +79,23 @@ public static BigIntegerValidator getInstance() {
         return VALIDATOR;
     }
 
+    private static BigDecimal toBigDecimal(final Number value) {
+        if (value instanceof BigDecimal) {
+            return (BigDecimal) value;
+        }
+        if (value instanceof BigInteger) {
+            return new BigDecimal((BigInteger) value);
+        }
+        if (value instanceof Long) {
+            return BigDecimal.valueOf(value.longValue());
+        }
+        if (value instanceof Double) {
+            // No need to roundtrip with a string.
+            return BigDecimal.valueOf(((Double) value).doubleValue());
+        }
+        return new BigDecimal(value.toString());
+    }
+
     private static BigInteger toBigInteger(final Object value) {
         if (value instanceof Long) {
             return BigInteger.valueOf(((Long) value).longValue());
@@ -163,7 +180,8 @@ public boolean maxValue(final BigInteger value, final long max) {
      *
      * <p>
      * This overrides the {@link Number} overload inherited from the superclass, which narrows the value to a {@code long} before comparing and so loses
-     * magnitude for a {@code BigInteger} outside the long range.
+     * magnitude for a {@code BigInteger} outside the long range. The operands are compared as {@code BigDecimal} so a non-integer bound keeps its fractional
+     * part instead of being truncated towards zero.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param value The value validation is being performed on.
@@ -172,7 +190,7 @@ public boolean maxValue(final BigInteger value, final long max) {
      */
     @Override
     public boolean maxValue(final Number value, final Number max) {
-        return toBigInteger(value).compareTo(toBigInteger(max)) <= 0;
+        return toBigDecimal(value).compareTo(toBigDecimal(max)) <= 0;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -191,7 +209,8 @@ public boolean minValue(final BigInteger value, final long min) {
      *
      * <p>
      * This overrides the {@link Number} overload inherited from the superclass, which narrows the value to a {@code long} before comparing and so loses
-     * magnitude for a {@code BigInteger} outside the long range.
+     * magnitude for a {@code BigInteger} outside the long range. The operands are compared as {@code BigDecimal} so a non-integer bound keeps its fractional
+     * part instead of being truncated towards zero.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param value The value validation is being performed on.
@@ -200,7 +219,7 @@ public boolean minValue(final BigInteger value, final long min) {
      */
     @Override
     public boolean minValue(final Number value, final Number min) {
-        return toBigInteger(value).compareTo(toBigInteger(min)) >= 0;
+        return toBigDecimal(value).compareTo(toBigDecimal(min)) >= 0;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/BigIntegerValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/BigIntegerValidatorTest.java
index 79e27edb7..b1f1304bb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/BigIntegerValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/BigIntegerValidatorTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
@@ -214,4 +215,27 @@ void testNumberRangeOutsideLongRange() {
         assertEquals(50L, wrapsIntoRange.longValue());
         assertFalse(instance.isInRange(wrapsIntoRange, min, max));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The {@link Number} overloads must compare against the exact bound. A non-integer bound was converted with BigInteger.toBigInteger(), which truncates
+     * towards zero, so a fractional minimum was floored (wrongly admitting a value below it) and a fractional maximum was floored too (wrongly admitting a value
+     * above a negative maximum).
+     */
+    @Test
+    void testNumberRangeFractionalBound() {
+        final AbstractNumberValidator instance = BigIntegerValidator.getInstance();
+        final Number five = BigInteger.valueOf(5);
+        // 5 >= 5.9 is false, but flooring the bound to 5 made it pass
+        assertFalse(instance.minValue(five, Double.valueOf(5.9)));
+        assertFalse(instance.minValue(five, new BigDecimal("5.9")));
+        // a whole-number bound is unaffected
+        assertTrue(instance.minValue(five, BigInteger.valueOf(5)));
+
+        final Number minusFive = BigInteger.valueOf(-5);
+        // -5 <= -5.9 is false, but flooring the bound to -5 made it pass
+        assertFalse(instance.maxValue(minusFive, Double.valueOf(-5.9)));
+        assertFalse(instance.maxValue(minusFive, new BigDecimal("-5.9")));
+        // -6 <= -5.9 is true
+        assertTrue(instance.maxValue(BigInteger.valueOf(-6), Double.valueOf(-5.9)));
+    }
 }