diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 676cf4da5c..813e9e65bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Fixes
+
+- Accept manifest integer values when requiring floating values ([#3823](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3823))
+
 ## 7.16.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
index babcfdfc98..adfd4f22ad 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/main/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReader.java
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ private static boolean readBool(
   private static @NotNull Double readDouble(
       final @NotNull Bundle metadata, final @NotNull ILogger logger, final @NotNull String key) {
     // manifest meta-data only reads float
-    final Double value = ((Float) metadata.getFloat(key, -1)).doubleValue();
+    final Double value = ((Number) metadata.getFloat(key, metadata.getInt(key, -1))).doubleValue();
     logger.log(SentryLevel.DEBUG, key + " read: " + value);
     return value;
   }
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
index 25b2e0191c..17f0f3950b 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
+++ b/sentry-android-core/src/test/java/io/sentry/android/core/ManifestMetadataReaderTest.kt
@@ -1515,4 +1515,29 @@ class ManifestMetadataReaderTest {
         assertTrue(fixture.options.experimental.sessionReplay.maskViewClasses.contains(SentryReplayOptions.IMAGE_VIEW_CLASS_NAME))
         assertTrue(fixture.options.experimental.sessionReplay.maskViewClasses.contains(SentryReplayOptions.TEXT_VIEW_CLASS_NAME))
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `applyMetadata reads integers even when expecting floats`() {
+        // Arrange
+        val expectedSampleRate: Int = 1
+
+        val bundle = bundleOf(
+            ManifestMetadataReader.SAMPLE_RATE to expectedSampleRate,
+            ManifestMetadataReader.TRACES_SAMPLE_RATE to expectedSampleRate,
+            ManifestMetadataReader.PROFILES_SAMPLE_RATE to expectedSampleRate,
+            ManifestMetadataReader.REPLAYS_SESSION_SAMPLE_RATE to expectedSampleRate,
+            ManifestMetadataReader.REPLAYS_ERROR_SAMPLE_RATE to expectedSampleRate
+        )
+        val context = fixture.getContext(metaData = bundle)
+
+        // Act
+        ManifestMetadataReader.applyMetadata(context, fixture.options, fixture.buildInfoProvider)
+
+        // Assert
+        assertEquals(expectedSampleRate.toDouble(), fixture.options.sampleRate)
+        assertEquals(expectedSampleRate.toDouble(), fixture.options.tracesSampleRate)
+        assertEquals(expectedSampleRate.toDouble(), fixture.options.profilesSampleRate)
+        assertEquals(expectedSampleRate.toDouble(), fixture.options.experimental.sessionReplay.sessionSampleRate)
+        assertEquals(expectedSampleRate.toDouble(), fixture.options.experimental.sessionReplay.onErrorSampleRate)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 058ad3710c..2327573a43 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 <!--        <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.traces.sample-rate" android:value="0.8" /> -->
 
         <!--    how to enable profiling when starting transactions -->
-        <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.traces.profiling.sample-rate" android:value="1.0" />
+        <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.traces.profiling.sample-rate" android:value="1" />
 
       <!--    how to enable app start profiling -->
         <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.traces.profiling.enable-app-start" android:value="true" />
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 
       <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.enable-metrics" android:value="true" />
 
-      <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.session-replay.session-sample-rate" android:value="1.0" />
+      <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.session-replay.session-sample-rate" android:value="1" />
       <meta-data android:name="io.sentry.session-replay.mask-all-text" android:value="true" />
     </application>
 </manifest>