diff --git a/src/Fieldtypes/Lists.php b/src/Fieldtypes/Lists.php
index e42dba1433a..9fac3224547 100644
--- a/src/Fieldtypes/Lists.php
+++ b/src/Fieldtypes/Lists.php
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ public function process($data)
 
         return collect($data)->reject(function ($item) {
             return in_array($item, [null, ''], true);
+        })->map(function ($item) {
+            return is_numeric($item)
+                ? (str_contains($item, '.') ? (float) $item : (int) $item)
+                : $item;
         })->values()->all();
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Fieldtypes/ListTest.php b/tests/Fieldtypes/ListTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e09d9a6e829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fieldtypes/ListTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Fieldtypes;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Statamic\Fields\Field;
+use Statamic\Fieldtypes\Lists;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class ListTest extends TestCase
+{
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_processes()
+    {
+        $this->assertSame(
+            ['a', 2, 3, '4 and a half', 5.7, 8.3],
+            $this->field()->process(['a', '2', 3, '4 and a half', '5.7', 8.3])
+        );
+    }
+
+    private function field($config = [])
+    {
+        $ft = new Lists;
+
+        return $ft->setField(new Field('test', array_merge($config, ['type' => $ft->handle()])));
+    }
+}