diff --git a/src/Components/AttributeTraits/MaxlengthMinlengthAttributes.php b/src/Components/AttributeTraits/MaxlengthMinlengthAttributes.php
index e344290c..bc612664 100644
--- a/src/Components/AttributeTraits/MaxlengthMinlengthAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Components/AttributeTraits/MaxlengthMinlengthAttributes.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ trait MaxlengthMinlengthAttributes
      *
      * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input#client-side_validation
      */
-    public string $maxlength = '';
+    public int $maxlength = 0;
 
     /**
      * Valid for text, search, url, tel, email, and password, it defines the minimum string length (measured in UTF-16
@@ -34,17 +34,17 @@ trait MaxlengthMinlengthAttributes
      *
      * @see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input#client-side_validation
      */
-    public string $minlength = '';
+    public int $minlength = 0;
 
     /**
      * Set the maxlength and minlength attributes.
      */
     public function setMaxlengthMinlengthAttributes(AttributeCollection &$specificAttributes): void
     {
-        if (! empty($this->maxlength)) {
+        if ($this->maxlength >= 0) {
             $specificAttributes->add(['maxlength' => $this->maxlength]);
         }
-        if (! empty($this->minlength)) {
+        if ($this->minlength >= 0) {
             $specificAttributes->add(['minlength' => $this->minlength]);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Traits/MaxlengthMinlengthAttributesTest.php b/tests/Feature/Traits/MaxlengthMinlengthAttributesTest.php
index d7e220f5..4fac4f2d 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Traits/MaxlengthMinlengthAttributesTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Traits/MaxlengthMinlengthAttributesTest.php
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 use T73biz\LwBits\Tests\TestSupport\Components\Forms\Inputs\MyEmail;
 
 it('can render with maxlength', function () {
-    Livewire::test(MyEmail::class, ['maxlength' => '10'])
+    Livewire::test(MyEmail::class, ['maxlength' => 10])
         ->assertSee('maxlength="10"', false);
 });
 
 it('can render with minlength', function () {
-    Livewire::test(MyEmail::class, ['minlength' => '5'])
+    Livewire::test(MyEmail::class, ['minlength' => 5])
         ->assertSee('minlength="5"', false);
 });