diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient.Models/ResourceQuantity.cs b/src/KubernetesClient.Models/ResourceQuantity.cs
index 757acef..2d1a489 100644
--- a/src/KubernetesClient.Models/ResourceQuantity.cs
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient.Models/ResourceQuantity.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace k8s.Models
 
         protected bool Equals(ResourceQuantity other)
         {
-            return Format == other?.Format && _unitlessValue.Equals(other._unitlessValue);
+            return _unitlessValue.Equals(other?._unitlessValue);
         }
 
         public override bool Equals(object obj)
diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient.Models/ResourceQuantityJsonConverter.cs b/src/KubernetesClient.Models/ResourceQuantityJsonConverter.cs
index 3d64f48..6132086 100644
--- a/src/KubernetesClient.Models/ResourceQuantityJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient.Models/ResourceQuantityJsonConverter.cs
@@ -2,9 +2,23 @@ namespace k8s.Models
 {
     internal sealed class ResourceQuantityJsonConverter : JsonConverter<ResourceQuantity>
     {
+        // https://github.com/kubernetes/apimachinery/blob/4b14f804a0babdcc58e695d72f77ad29f536511e/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go#L683
         public override ResourceQuantity Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
         {
-            return new ResourceQuantity(reader.GetString());
+            switch (reader.TokenType)
+            {
+                case JsonTokenType.Null:
+                    return new ResourceQuantity(null);
+                case JsonTokenType.Number:
+                    if (reader.TryGetDouble(out var val))
+                    {
+                        return new ResourceQuantity(Convert.ToString(val));
+                    }
+
+                    return reader.GetDecimal();
+                default:
+                    return new ResourceQuantity(reader.GetString());
+            }
         }
 
         public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, ResourceQuantity value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
diff --git a/tests/KubernetesClient.Tests/QuantityValueTests.cs b/tests/KubernetesClient.Tests/QuantityValueTests.cs
index ede6ce7..752fa60 100644
--- a/tests/KubernetesClient.Tests/QuantityValueTests.cs
+++ b/tests/KubernetesClient.Tests/QuantityValueTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using k8s.Models;
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Xunit;
 using static k8s.Models.ResourceQuantity.SuffixFormat;
 
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ namespace k8s.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public void Serialize()
+        public void SerializeJson()
         {
             {
                 ResourceQuantity quantity = 12000;
@@ -209,10 +210,25 @@ namespace k8s.Tests
         }
 
         [Fact]
-        public void DeserializeYaml()
+        public void DeserializeJson()
         {
-            var value = KubernetesYaml.Deserialize<ResourceQuantity>("\"1\"");
-            Assert.Equal(new ResourceQuantity(1, 0, DecimalSI), value);
+            // str
+            {
+                var value = KubernetesJson.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, ResourceQuantity>>(@"{""cpu"": ""1.1""}");
+                Assert.Equal(new ResourceQuantity(11, -1, DecimalSI), value["cpu"]);
+            }
+            
+            // int
+            {
+                var value = KubernetesJson.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, ResourceQuantity>>(@"{""cpu"": 1}");
+                Assert.Equal(new ResourceQuantity(1, 0, DecimalSI), value["cpu"]);
+            }
+
+            // double
+            {
+                var value = KubernetesJson.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, ResourceQuantity>>(@"{""cpu"": 1.1}");
+                Assert.Equal(new ResourceQuantity(11, -1, DecimalSI), value["cpu"]);
+            }
         }
 
         [Fact]
@@ -221,5 +237,27 @@ namespace k8s.Tests
             var value = KubernetesYaml.Serialize(new ResourceQuantity(1, -1, DecimalSI));
             Assert.Equal("100m", value);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void DeserializeYaml()
+        {
+            // str
+            {
+                var value = KubernetesYaml.Deserialize<ResourceQuantity>("\"1\"");
+                Assert.Equal(new ResourceQuantity(1, 0, DecimalSI), value);
+            }
+
+            // int
+            {
+                var value = KubernetesYaml.Deserialize<ResourceQuantity>("1");
+                Assert.Equal(new ResourceQuantity(1, 0, DecimalSI), value);
+            }
+
+            // double
+            {
+                var value = KubernetesYaml.Deserialize<ResourceQuantity>("1.1");
+                Assert.Equal(new ResourceQuantity(11, -1, DecimalSI), value);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }