diff --git a/auth_jwt.go b/auth_jwt.go
index 96d2cda..494e5bd 100644
--- a/auth_jwt.go
+++ b/auth_jwt.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ package jwt
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/rsa"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -181,6 +182,9 @@ type HertzJWTMiddleware struct {
 
 	// CookieSameSite allow use protocol.CookieSameSite cookie param
 	CookieSameSite protocol.CookieSameSite
+
+	// ParseOptions allow to modify jwt's parser methods
+	ParseOptions []jwt.ParserOption
 }
 
 var (
@@ -447,19 +451,27 @@ func (mw *HertzJWTMiddleware) middlewareImpl(ctx context.Context, c *app.Request
 		return
 	}
 
-	if claims["exp"] == nil {
+	switch v := claims["exp"].(type) {
+	case nil:
 		mw.unauthorized(ctx, c, http.StatusBadRequest, mw.HTTPStatusMessageFunc(ErrMissingExpField, ctx, c))
 		return
-	}
-
-	if _, ok := claims["exp"].(float64); !ok {
-		mw.unauthorized(ctx, c, http.StatusBadRequest, mw.HTTPStatusMessageFunc(ErrWrongFormatOfExp, ctx, c))
-		return
-	}
-
-	if int64(claims["exp"].(float64)) < mw.TimeFunc().Unix() {
-		mw.unauthorized(ctx, c, http.StatusUnauthorized, mw.HTTPStatusMessageFunc(ErrExpiredToken, ctx, c))
-		return
+	case float64:
+		if int64(v) < mw.TimeFunc().Unix() {
+			mw.unauthorized(ctx, c, http.StatusUnauthorized, mw.HTTPStatusMessageFunc(ErrExpiredToken, ctx, c))
+			return
+		}
+	case json.Number:
+		n, err := v.Int64()
+		if err != nil {
+			mw.unauthorized(ctx, c, http.StatusBadRequest, mw.HTTPStatusMessageFunc(ErrWrongFormatOfExp, ctx, c))
+			return
+		}
+		if n < mw.TimeFunc().Unix() {
+			mw.unauthorized(ctx, c, http.StatusUnauthorized, mw.HTTPStatusMessageFunc(ErrExpiredToken, ctx, c))
+			return
+		}
+	default:
+		mw.Unauthorized(ctx, c, http.StatusBadRequest, mw.HTTPStatusMessageFunc(ErrWrongFormatOfExp, ctx, c))
 	}
 
 	c.Set("JWT_PAYLOAD", claims)
@@ -728,7 +740,7 @@ func (mw *HertzJWTMiddleware) ParseToken(ctx context.Context, c *app.RequestCont
 	}
 
 	if mw.KeyFunc != nil {
-		return jwt.Parse(token, mw.KeyFunc)
+		return jwt.Parse(token, mw.KeyFunc, mw.ParseOptions...)
 	}
 
 	return jwt.Parse(token, func(t *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
@@ -743,13 +755,13 @@ func (mw *HertzJWTMiddleware) ParseToken(ctx context.Context, c *app.RequestCont
 		c.Set("JWT_TOKEN", token)
 
 		return mw.Key, nil
-	})
+	}, mw.ParseOptions...)
 }
 
 // ParseTokenString parse jwt token string
 func (mw *HertzJWTMiddleware) ParseTokenString(token string) (*jwt.Token, error) {
 	if mw.KeyFunc != nil {
-		return jwt.Parse(token, mw.KeyFunc)
+		return jwt.Parse(token, mw.KeyFunc, mw.ParseOptions...)
 	}
 
 	return jwt.Parse(token, func(t *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
@@ -761,7 +773,7 @@ func (mw *HertzJWTMiddleware) ParseTokenString(token string) (*jwt.Token, error)
 		}
 
 		return mw.Key, nil
-	})
+	}, mw.ParseOptions...)
 }
 
 func (mw *HertzJWTMiddleware) unauthorized(ctx context.Context, c *app.RequestContext, code int, message string) {
diff --git a/auth_jwt_test.go b/auth_jwt_test.go
index af9c340..51c1476 100644
--- a/auth_jwt_test.go
+++ b/auth_jwt_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ package jwt
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -90,6 +91,28 @@ func makeTokenString(SigningAlgorithm, username string) string {
 	return tokenString
 }
 
+func makeTokenStringWithUserID(SigningAlgorithm string, userID int64) string {
+	if SigningAlgorithm == "" {
+		SigningAlgorithm = "HS256"
+	}
+
+	token := jwt.New(jwt.GetSigningMethod(SigningAlgorithm))
+	claims := token.Claims.(jwt.MapClaims)
+	claims["identity"] = userID
+	claims["exp"] = time.Now().Add(time.Hour).Unix()
+	claims["orig_iat"] = time.Now().Unix()
+	var tokenString string
+	if SigningAlgorithm == "RS256" {
+		keyData, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/jwtRS256.key")
+		signKey, _ := jwt.ParseRSAPrivateKeyFromPEM(keyData)
+		tokenString, _ = token.SignedString(signKey)
+	} else {
+		tokenString, _ = token.SignedString(key)
+	}
+
+	return tokenString
+}
+
 func keyFunc(token *jwt.Token) (interface{}, error) {
 	cert, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/jwtRS256.key.pub")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -533,6 +556,32 @@ func TestAuthorizator(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.DeepEqual(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
 }
 
+func TestParseTokenWithJsonNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	var userID int64 = 64
+	authMiddleware, _ := New(&HertzJWTMiddleware{
+		Realm:      "test zone",
+		Key:        key,
+		Timeout:    time.Hour,
+		MaxRefresh: time.Hour * 24,
+		IdentityHandler: func(ctx context.Context, c *app.RequestContext) interface{} {
+			claims := ExtractClaims(ctx, c)
+			testNum, err := claims["identity"].(json.Number).Int64()
+			assert.Nil(t, err)
+			assert.DeepEqual(t, userID, testNum)
+			return testNum
+		},
+		Unauthorized: func(ctx context.Context, c *app.RequestContext, code int, message string) {
+			c.String(code, message)
+		},
+		ParseOptions: []jwt.ParserOption{jwt.WithJSONNumber()},
+	})
+
+	handler := hertzHandler(authMiddleware)
+
+	w := ut.PerformRequest(handler, http.MethodGet, "/auth/hello", nil, ut.Header{Key: "Authorization", Value: "Bearer " + makeTokenStringWithUserID("HS256", userID)})
+	assert.DeepEqual(t, http.StatusOK, w.Code)
+}
+
 func TestClaimsDuringAuthorization(t *testing.T) {
 	// the middleware to test
 	authMiddleware, _ := New(&HertzJWTMiddleware{