diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 24a3009ec..a75f1897e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ The types of changes are:
 ### Fixed
 * Distinguish whether webhook has been visited and no fields were found, versus never visited [#1339](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1339)
 * Fix Redis Cache Early Expiration in Tests [#1358](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1358)
+* Limit values for the offset pagination strategy are now cast to integers before use [#1364](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1364)
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/src/fidesops/ops/service/pagination/pagination_strategy_offset.py b/src/fidesops/ops/service/pagination/pagination_strategy_offset.py
index 1ebf8b15d..1c9e09ac1 100644
--- a/src/fidesops/ops/service/pagination/pagination_strategy_offset.py
+++ b/src/fidesops/ops/service/pagination/pagination_strategy_offset.py
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ def get_next_request(
                 raise FidesopsException(
                     f"Unable to find value for 'limit' with the connector_param reference '{self.limit.connector_param}'"
                 )
+            try:
+                limit = int(limit)
+            except ValueError:
+                raise FidesopsException(
+                    f"The value '{limit}' of the '{self.limit.connector_param}' connector_param could not be cast to an int"
+                )
         param_value += self.increment_by
         if param_value > limit:
             return None
diff --git a/tests/ops/service/pagination/test_pagination_strategy_offset.py b/tests/ops/service/pagination/test_pagination_strategy_offset.py
index de925d516..6bf7d33cc 100644
--- a/tests/ops/service/pagination/test_pagination_strategy_offset.py
+++ b/tests/ops/service/pagination/test_pagination_strategy_offset.py
@@ -69,6 +69,54 @@ def test_offset_with_connector_param_reference(response_with_body):
     )
 
 
+def test_offset_with_parsable_string_connector_param_reference(response_with_body):
+    config = OffsetPaginationConfiguration(
+        incremental_param="page",
+        increment_by=1,
+        limit={"connector_param": "limit"},
+    )
+    connector_params = {"limit": "10"}
+    request_params: SaaSRequestParams = SaaSRequestParams(
+        method=HTTPMethod.GET,
+        path="/conversations",
+        query_params={"page": 1},
+    )
+
+    paginator = OffsetPaginationStrategy(config)
+    next_request: Optional[SaaSRequestParams] = paginator.get_next_request(
+        request_params, connector_params, response_with_body, "conversations"
+    )
+    assert next_request == SaaSRequestParams(
+        method=HTTPMethod.GET,
+        path="/conversations",
+        query_params={"page": 2},
+    )
+
+
+def test_offset_with_unparsable_string_connector_param_reference(response_with_body):
+    config = OffsetPaginationConfiguration(
+        incremental_param="page",
+        increment_by=1,
+        limit={"connector_param": "limit"},
+    )
+    connector_params = {"limit": "ten"}
+    request_params: SaaSRequestParams = SaaSRequestParams(
+        method=HTTPMethod.GET,
+        path="/conversations",
+        query_params={"page": 1},
+    )
+
+    paginator = OffsetPaginationStrategy(config)
+    with pytest.raises(FidesopsException) as exc:
+        next_request: Optional[SaaSRequestParams] = paginator.get_next_request(
+            request_params, connector_params, response_with_body, "conversations"
+        )
+    assert (
+        f"The value 'ten' of the 'limit' connector_param could not be cast to an int"
+        == str(exc.value)
+    )
+
+
 def test_offset_with_connector_param_reference_not_found(response_with_body):
     config = OffsetPaginationConfiguration(
         incremental_param="page",