diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/transpiler/ast.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/transpiler/ast.go
index 100d8a462a0..31bb2faaa7c 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/transpiler/ast.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/transpiler/ast.go
@@ -716,8 +716,10 @@ func load(val reflect.Value) (Node, error) {
 		return loadSliceOrArray(val)
 	case reflect.String:
 		return &StrVal{value: val.Interface().(string)}, nil
-	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int64:
+	case reflect.Int:
 		return &IntVal{value: val.Interface().(int)}, nil
+	case reflect.Int64:
+		return &IntVal{value: int(val.Interface().(int64))}, nil
 	case reflect.Uint:
 		return &UIntVal{value: uint64(val.Interface().(uint))}, nil
 	case reflect.Uint64:
diff --git a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/transpiler/ast_test.go b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/transpiler/ast_test.go
index e1b22c390ed..1e52d6c6f47 100644
--- a/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/transpiler/ast_test.go
+++ b/x-pack/elastic-agent/pkg/agent/transpiler/ast_test.go
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ func TestAST(t *testing.T) {
 		"support integers": {
 			hashmap: map[string]interface{}{
 				"timeout": 12,
+				"zero":    int64(0),
 				"range":   []int{20, 30, 40},
 			},
 			ast: &AST{
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ func TestAST(t *testing.T) {
 							),
 						},
 						&Key{name: "timeout", value: &IntVal{value: 12}},
+						&Key{name: "zero", value: &IntVal{value: 0}},
 					},
 				},
 			},