diff --git a/ballerina-tests/http-advanced-tests/tests/http2_caching_test.bal b/ballerina-tests/http-advanced-tests/tests/http2_caching_test.bal
index d0c6247f02..1929216a65 100644
--- a/ballerina-tests/http-advanced-tests/tests/http2_caching_test.bal
+++ b/ballerina-tests/http-advanced-tests/tests/http2_caching_test.bal
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ service /cachingBackend on http2CachingListener2 { //new http:Listener(9240) {
     isolated resource function 'default .(http:Caller caller, http:Request req) returns error? {
         http:Response res = new;
         http:ResponseCacheControl resCC = new;
-        resCC.maxAge = 60;
+        resCC.maxAge = 60.54;
         resCC.isPrivate = false;
 
         res.cacheControl = resCC;
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ function testHttp2BasicCachingBehaviour() returns error? {
 @test:Config {}
 function testHttp2RequestCacheControlBuildCacheControlDirectives() {
     http:RequestCacheControl reqCC = new;
-    reqCC.maxAge = 60;
+    reqCC.maxAge = 60.34;
     reqCC.noCache = true;
     reqCC.noStore = true;
     reqCC.noTransform = true;
     reqCC.onlyIfCached = true;
-    reqCC.maxStale = 120;
-    reqCC.minFresh = 6;
+    reqCC.maxStale = 120.04;
+    reqCC.minFresh = 6.0;
     test:assertEquals(reqCC.buildCacheControlDirectives(),
         "no-cache, no-store, no-transform, only-if-cached, max-age=60, max-stale=120, min-fresh=6");
 }
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ function testHttp2RequestCacheControlBuildCacheControlDirectives() {
 @test:Config {}
 function testHttp2ResponseCacheControlBuildCacheControlDirectives() {
     http:ResponseCacheControl resCC = new;
-    resCC.maxAge = 60;
+    resCC.maxAge = 60.54;
     resCC.isPrivate = false;
     resCC.mustRevalidate = true;
     resCC.noCache = true;
     resCC.noStore = true;
     resCC.noTransform = true;
     resCC.proxyRevalidate = true;
-    resCC.sMaxAge = 60;
+    resCC.sMaxAge = 60.32;
     test:assertEquals(resCC.buildCacheControlDirectives(),
         "must-revalidate, no-cache, no-store, no-transform, public, proxy-revalidate, max-age=60, s-maxage=60");
 }
diff --git a/ballerina-tests/http-advanced-tests/tests/http_cache_config_annotation_test.bal b/ballerina-tests/http-advanced-tests/tests/http_cache_config_annotation_test.bal
index e9afd1a256..973dd0192a 100644
--- a/ballerina-tests/http-advanced-tests/tests/http_cache_config_annotation_test.bal
+++ b/ballerina-tests/http-advanced-tests/tests/http_cache_config_annotation_test.bal
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ service / on new http:Listener(cacheAnnotationTestPort2, httpVersion = http:HTTP
         }
     }
 
-    resource function default maxAgeBE(http:Request req) returns @http:Cache {maxAge: 5, mustRevalidate: false} xml {
+    resource function default maxAgeBE(http:Request req) returns @http:Cache {maxAge: 5.32, mustRevalidate: false} xml {
         int count = 0;
         lock {
             maxAgeHitCountNew += 1;
diff --git a/ballerina/caching_request_cache_control.bal b/ballerina/caching_request_cache_control.bal
index cf4da4b37b..2945586c59 100644
--- a/ballerina/caching_request_cache_control.bal
+++ b/ballerina/caching_request_cache_control.bal
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class RequestCacheControl {
         }
 
         if self.maxAge >= 0d {
-            directives[i] = MAX_AGE + "=" + self.maxAge.toString();
+            directives[i] = string `${MAX_AGE}=${decimal:floor(self.maxAge)}`;
             i += 1;
         }
 
@@ -69,12 +69,12 @@ public class RequestCacheControl {
             directives[i] = MAX_STALE;
             i += 1;
         } else if self.maxStale >= 0d {
-            directives[i] = MAX_STALE + "=" + self.maxStale.toString();
+            directives[i] = string `${MAX_STALE}=${decimal:floor(self.maxStale)}`;
             i += 1;
         }
 
         if self.minFresh >= 0d {
-            directives[i] = MIN_FRESH + "=" + self.minFresh.toString();
+            directives[i] = string `${MIN_FRESH}=${decimal:floor(self.minFresh)}`;
             i += 1;
         }
 
diff --git a/ballerina/caching_response_cache_control.bal b/ballerina/caching_response_cache_control.bal
index 187512bf95..a308780190 100644
--- a/ballerina/caching_response_cache_control.bal
+++ b/ballerina/caching_response_cache_control.bal
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ public class ResponseCacheControl {
         self.noTransform = cacheConfig.noTransform;
         self.isPrivate = cacheConfig.isPrivate;
         self.proxyRevalidate = cacheConfig.proxyRevalidate;
-        self.maxAge = cacheConfig.maxAge;
-        self.sMaxAge = cacheConfig.sMaxAge;
+        self.maxAge = decimal:floor(cacheConfig.maxAge);
+        self.sMaxAge = decimal:floor(cacheConfig.sMaxAge);
         self.noCacheFields = cacheConfig.noCacheFields;
         self.privateFields = cacheConfig.privateFields;
     }
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ public class ResponseCacheControl {
         }
 
         if self.maxAge >= 0d {
-            directives[i] = MAX_AGE + "=" + self.maxAge.toString();
+            directives[i] = string `${MAX_AGE}=${decimal:floor(self.maxAge)}`;
             i += 1;
         }
 
         if self.sMaxAge >= 0d {
-            directives[i] = S_MAX_AGE + "=" + self.sMaxAge.toString();
+            directives[i] = string `${S_MAX_AGE}=${decimal:floor(self.sMaxAge)}`;
             i += 1;
         }
 
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 34ff57b0d2..fb7241eee4 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - [Add connection eviction feature to handle connections that receive GO_AWAY from the client](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/issues/6734)
 - [Enhanced the configurability of Ballerina access logging by introducing multiple configuration options.](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/issues/6111)
 
+### Fixed
+
+- [Fix number format exception with decimal values for cache configuration](https://github.com/ballerina-platform/ballerina-library/issues/6765)
+
 ## [2.11.2] - 2024-06-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/client/caching/ResponseCacheControlObj.java b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/client/caching/ResponseCacheControlObj.java
index a46193d1e2..ce3122b74b 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/client/caching/ResponseCacheControlObj.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/io/ballerina/stdlib/http/api/client/caching/ResponseCacheControlObj.java
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ private boolean getBooleanValue(BObject responseCacheControl, BString fieldName)
     }
 
     private long getIntValue(BObject responseCacheControl, BString fieldName) {
-        return Long.parseLong(responseCacheControl.get(fieldName).toString());
+        try {
+            String value = responseCacheControl.get(fieldName).toString();
+            // The value is decimal, and need to compute the floor value
+            return Long.parseLong(value.split("\\.")[0]);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            // Ignore the exception and set 0 as the value
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
 }