diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 5d57cd581..ec9fce118 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 * @CircleCI-Public/developer-experience
-*orb*.go @CircleCI-Public/CPEng @CircleCI-Public/developer-experience
+*orb*.go @CircleCI-Public/orb-publishers @CircleCI-Public/developer-experience
 
 /api/runner @CircleCI-Public/runner
 /cmd/runner @CircleCI-Public/runner
-
diff --git a/config/commands.go b/config/commands.go
index 2167e6859..5b8fd3309 100644
--- a/config/commands.go
+++ b/config/commands.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 func printValues(values Values) {
 	for key, value := range values {
-		fmt.Printf("\t%s:\t%s", key, value)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%-18s %s\n", key+":", value)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ func (c *ConfigCompiler) getOrgID(
 	optsOrgSlug string,
 ) (string, error) {
 	if optsOrgID == "" && optsOrgSlug == "" {
-		fmt.Println("No org id or slug has been provided")
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 7d17b75e5..896d2a337 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ type CompileConfigRequest struct {
 type Options struct {
 	OwnerID            string                 `json:"owner_id,omitempty"`
 	PipelineParameters map[string]interface{} `json:"pipeline_parameters,omitempty"`
-	PipelineValues     map[string]string      `json:"pipeline_values,omitempty"`
+	PipelineValues     map[string]interface{} `json:"pipeline_values,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ConfigQuery - attempts to compile or validate a given config file with the
diff --git a/config/pipeline.go b/config/pipeline.go
index 09375d918..923630c4e 100644
--- a/config/pipeline.go
+++ b/config/pipeline.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // CircleCI provides various `<< pipeline.x >>` values to be used in your config, but sometimes we need to fabricate those values when validating config.
-type Values map[string]string
+type Values map[string]interface{}
 
 // Static typing is bypassed using an empty interface here due to pipeline parameters supporting multiple types.
 type Parameters map[string]interface{}
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ func LocalPipelineValues() Values {
 		}
 	}
 
-	vals := map[string]string{
+	vals := map[string]interface{}{
 		"id":                "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001",
-		"number":            "1",
+		"number":            1,
 		"project.git_url":   gitUrl,
 		"project.type":      projectType,
 		"git.tag":           git.Tag(),
diff --git a/integration_tests/features/circleci_config.feature b/integration_tests/features/circleci_config.feature
index 3f645f936..9628d3bf3 100644
--- a/integration_tests/features/circleci_config.feature
+++ b/integration_tests/features/circleci_config.feature
@@ -159,6 +159,36 @@ Feature: Config checking
     Then the output should contain "fighters"
     And the exit status should be 0
 
+  Scenario: Testing new type casting works as expected
+    Given a file named "config.yml" with:
+    """
+    version: 2.1
+
+    jobs:
+      datadog-hello-world:
+        docker:
+          - image: cimg/base:stable
+        parameters:
+          an-integer:
+            description: a test case to ensure parameters are passed correctly
+            type: integer
+            default: -1
+        steps:
+          - unless:
+              condition:
+                equal: [<< parameters.an-integer >>, -1]
+              steps:
+                - run: echo "<< parameters.an-integer >> - test" 
+    workflows:
+      main-workflow:
+        jobs:
+        - datadog-hello-world:
+            an-integer: << pipeline.number >>
+    """ 
+    When I run `circleci config process config.yml`
+    Then the output should contain "1 - test"
+    And the exit status should be 0
+
   Scenario: Checking a valid config file with default pipeline params
     Given a file named "config.yml" with:
     """