diff --git a/leverage/_casting.py b/leverage/_casting.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..588b4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/leverage/_casting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+"""
+Value casting utilities.
+"""
+
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml
+
+
+def as_bool(value: str) -> Any:
+    """Return the boolean representation of ``value`` if possible."""
+    try:
+        parsed = yaml.safe_load(value)
+        if isinstance(parsed, bool):
+            return parsed
+    except yaml.YAMLError:
+        pass
+    return value
+
+
+def as_int(value: str) -> Any:
+    """Return the integer representation of ``value`` if possible."""
+    try:
+        return int(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        return value
+
+
+def as_float(value: str) -> Any:
+    """Return the float representation of ``value`` if possible."""
+    try:
+        return float(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        return value
+
+
+def cast_value(value: str) -> Any:
+    """Try to cast ``value`` to bool, int or float using the helper functions
+    :func:`as_bool`, :func:`as_int` and :func:`as_float`.
+
+    Args:
+        value (str): Value to cast.
+
+    Returns:
+        Any: The value converted to its apparent type or the original string.
+    """
+    value = as_bool(value)
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        value = as_int(value)
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        value = as_float(value)
+
+    return value
diff --git a/leverage/_parsing.py b/leverage/_parsing.py
index 8b056ec..2a9fa58 100644
--- a/leverage/_parsing.py
+++ b/leverage/_parsing.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
     Command line arguments and tasks arguments parsing utilities.
 """
 
+from leverage._casting import cast_value
+
 
 class InvalidArgumentOrderError(RuntimeError):
     pass
@@ -40,13 +42,13 @@ def parse_task_args(arguments):
                     f"Positional argument `{argument}` from task `{{task}}` cannot follow a keyword argument."
                 )
 
-            args.append(argument.strip())
+            args.append(cast_value(argument.strip()))
 
         else:
             key, value = [part.strip() for part in argument.split("=")]
             if key in kwargs:
                 raise DuplicateKeywordArgumentError(f"Duplicated keyword argument `{key}` in task `{{task}}`.")
 
-            kwargs[key] = value
+            kwargs[key] = cast_value(value)
 
     return args, kwargs
diff --git a/leverage/conf.py b/leverage/conf.py
index 458aaae..298fd31 100644
--- a/leverage/conf.py
+++ b/leverage/conf.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 from yaenv.core import Env
 
+from leverage._casting import cast_value
+
 from leverage import logger
 from leverage.path import get_root_path
 from leverage.path import get_working_path
@@ -56,6 +58,6 @@ def load(config_filename=ENV_CONFIG_FILE):
         config_file = Env(config_file_path)
 
         for key, val in config_file:
-            config_dict[key] = val
+            config_dict[key] = cast_value(val)
 
     return config_dict
diff --git a/tests/test__parsing.py b/tests/test__parsing.py
index 26a5858..9d8a6bd 100644
--- a/tests/test__parsing.py
+++ b/tests/test__parsing.py
@@ -8,20 +8,35 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "arguments, expected_args, expected_kwargs",
     [
-        ("arg1, arg2, arg3 ", ["arg1", "arg2", "arg3"], {}),  # All positional arguments
+        ("arg1, 2, 3.5 ", ["arg1", 2, 3.5], {}),  # Cast positional arguments
         (  # All keyworded arguments
-            "kwarg1=/val/1,kwarg2 = val2, kwarg3 = val3 ",
+            "kwarg1=true,kwarg2 = val2, kwarg3 = 3 ",
             [],
-            {"kwarg1": "/val/1", "kwarg2": "val2", "kwarg3": "val3"},
+            {"kwarg1": True, "kwarg2": "val2", "kwarg3": 3},
         ),
         ("arg1, arg2, kwarg1=/val/1,kwarg2 = val2", ["arg1", "arg2"], {"kwarg1": "/val/1", "kwarg2": "val2"}),  # Both
+        # Edge cases for casting
+        ("1e10, inf, nan", [1e10, float('inf'), float('nan')], {}),
+        ("007, 0123", [7, 123], {}),  # Leading zeros
+        ("kwarg1=1.0,kwarg2=0.0", [], {"kwarg1": 1.0, "kwarg2": 0.0}),  # Ensure float casting
+        # Boolean edge cases
+        ("True, FALSE, yes, no", [True, False, True, False], {}),
+        (
+            "kwarg1=TRUE,kwarg2=false,kwarg3=1,kwarg4=0",
+            [],
+            {"kwarg1": True, "kwarg2": False, "kwarg3": 1, "kwarg4": 0},
+        ),
         (None, [], {}),  # No arguments
     ],
 )
 def test__parse_args(arguments, expected_args, expected_kwargs):
     args, kwargs = parse_task_args(arguments=arguments)
+    for received, expected in zip(args, expected_args):
+        if isinstance(expected, float) and expected != expected:  # NaN check
+            assert received != received
+        else:
+            assert received == expected
 
-    assert args == expected_args
     assert kwargs == expected_kwargs
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_casting.py b/tests/test_casting.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cc117a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_casting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import math
+
+import pytest
+
+from leverage._casting import as_bool, as_int, as_float, cast_value
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "value, expected",
+    [
+        ("true", True),
+        ("False", False),
+        ("1", 1),
+        ("-2", -2),
+        ("3.14", 3.14),
+        ("1e3", 1000.0),
+        ("inf", float("inf")),
+        ("nan", float("nan")),
+        ("007", 7),
+        ("0123", 123),
+        ("foo", "foo"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_cast_value(value, expected):
+    result = cast_value(value)
+    if isinstance(expected, float) and math.isnan(expected):
+        assert math.isnan(result)
+    else:
+        assert result == expected
+
+
+def test_helper_functions():
+    assert as_bool("true") is True
+    assert as_bool("no") is False
+    assert as_int("42") == 42
+    assert as_int("bar") == "bar"
+    assert as_float("3.14") == 3.14
+    assert as_float("not") == "not"
diff --git a/tests/test_conf.py b/tests/test_conf.py
index 57ede97..d1019da 100644
--- a/tests/test_conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_conf.py
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
             True,
             {
                 "PROJECT": "foobar",
-                "MFA_ENABLED": "true",
+                "MFA_ENABLED": True,
                 "ENTRYPOINT": "/bin/run",
-                "DEBUG": "true",
+                "DEBUG": True,
                 "CONFIG_PATH": "/home/user/.config/",
             },
         ),