diff --git a/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md b/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
index 0e2eb6ef7..ae2a2a9d1 100644
--- a/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Components with the <wa-badge variant="warning">Experimental</wa-badge> badge sh
 - Fixed a bug in `<wa-select>` that prevented clicks on the tag's remove button from removing options in multiple mode
 - Fixed a bug in `<wa-select>` that caused tags to appear in alphabetical order instead of selection order when using `multiple`
 - Improved performance of `<wa-icon>` so initial rendering occurs faster, especially with multiple icons on the page [issue:1729]
+- Improved `<wa-slider>` to not throw an error when string values are passed to the `min`, `max`, and `step` properties [issue:1823]
 - Fixed a bug in Web Awesome form controls that caused `<wa-input form="foo">` to set the form property to equal `"foo"` instead of returning an `HTMLFormElement` breaking platform expectations. [pr:1815]
 - Fixed a bug in `<wa-button>` causing it to not copy over attributes for form submissions. [pr:1815]
 - Improved performance of all components by fixing how CSS is imported and reused [issue:1812]
diff --git a/packages/webawesome/src/components/slider/slider.ts b/packages/webawesome/src/components/slider/slider.ts
index e896e6174..dab5b6eb7 100644
--- a/packages/webawesome/src/components/slider/slider.ts
+++ b/packages/webawesome/src/components/slider/slider.ts
@@ -431,8 +431,14 @@ export default class WaSlider extends WebAwesomeFormAssociatedElement {
   /** Clamps a number to min/max while ensuring it's a valid step interval. */
   private clampAndRoundToStep(value: number) {
     const stepPrecision = (String(this.step).split('.')[1] || '').replace(/0+$/g, '').length;
-    value = Math.round(value / this.step) * this.step;
-    value = clamp(value, this.min, this.max);
+
+    // Ensure we're working with numbers (in case the user passes strings to the respective properties)
+    const step = Number(this.step);
+    const min = Number(this.min);
+    const max = Number(this.max);
+
+    value = Math.round(value / step) * step;
+    value = clamp(value, min, max);
 
     return parseFloat(value.toFixed(stepPrecision));
   }