diff --git a/curator/validators/filter_elements.py b/curator/validators/filter_elements.py
index 484f1a4..8333cf2 100644
--- a/curator/validators/filter_elements.py
+++ b/curator/validators/filter_elements.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def allocation_type(**kwargs):
 
 def count(**kwargs):
     # This setting is only used with the count filtertype and is required
-    return { Required('count'): All(int, Range(min=1)) }
+    return { Required('count'): All(Coerce(int), int, Range(min=1)) }
 
 def direction(**kwargs):
     # This setting is only used with the age filtertype.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def direction(**kwargs):
 
 def disk_space(**kwargs):
     # This setting is only used with the space filtertype and is required
-    return { Required('disk_space'): Any(float, int) }
+    return { Required('disk_space'): All(Coerce(float), Any(float, int)) }
 
 def epoch(**kwargs):
     # This setting is only used with the age filtertype.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ def unit(**kwargs):
 def unit_count(**kwargs):
     # This setting is only used with the age filtertype, or with the space
     # filtertype if use_age is set to True.
-    return { Required('unit_count'): int }
+    return { Required('unit_count'): All(Coerce(int), int) }
 
 def use_age(**kwargs):
     # Use of this setting requires the additional setting, source.