diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
index 35c08026..6fdf5524 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class GTEST_API_ Test {
   template <typename T, std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible<T, int64_t>::value,
                                          bool> = true>
   static void RecordProperty(const std::string& key, const T& value) {
-    RecordProperty(key, (Message() << static_cast<int64_t>(value)).GetString());
+    RecordProperty(key, (Message() << value).GetString());
   }
 
  protected:
diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-json-outfiles-test.py b/googletest/test/googletest-json-outfiles-test.py
index 83a56de1..ff157223 100644
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-json-outfiles-test.py
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-json-outfiles-test.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ EXPECTED_2 = {
         'time': '*',
         'timestamp': '*',
         'testsuite': [{
-            'name': 'TestInt64Properties',
+            'name': 'TestInt64ConvertibleProperties',
             'file': 'gtest_xml_outfile2_test_.cc',
             'line': 41,
             'status': 'RUN',
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ EXPECTED_2 = {
             'time': '*',
             'classname': 'PropertyTwo',
             'SetUpProp': '2',
-            'TestFloatProperty': '3',
-            'TestDoubleProperty': '4',
+            'TestFloatProperty': '3.25',
+            'TestDoubleProperty': '4.75',
             'TestSizetProperty': '5',
-            'TestBoolProperty': '1',
-            'TestCharProperty': '65',
+            'TestBoolProperty': 'true',
+            'TestCharProperty': 'A',
             'TestInt16Property': '6',
             'TestInt32Property': '7',
             'TestInt64Property': '8',
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_xml_outfile2_test_.cc b/googletest/test/gtest_xml_outfile2_test_.cc
index 5ee216df..ed58dc8d 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_xml_outfile2_test_.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_xml_outfile2_test_.cc
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ class PropertyTwo : public testing::Test {
   void TearDown() override { RecordProperty("TearDownProp", 2); }
 };
 
-TEST_F(PropertyTwo, TestInt64Properties) {
-  // Floats and doubles are written as int64_t, so we test that the values
-  // written are truncated to int64_t.
+TEST_F(PropertyTwo, TestInt64ConvertibleProperties) {
   float float_prop = 3.25;
   RecordProperty("TestFloatProperty", float_prop);
 
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_xml_outfiles_test.py b/googletest/test/gtest_xml_outfiles_test.py
index 7ee0f3c8..50291b0a 100755
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_xml_outfiles_test.py
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_xml_outfiles_test.py
@@ -57,14 +57,14 @@ EXPECTED_XML_1 = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 EXPECTED_XML_2 = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <testsuites tests="1" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="*" timestamp="*" name="AllTests">
   <testsuite name="PropertyTwo" tests="1" failures="0" skipped="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="*" timestamp="*">
-    <testcase name="TestInt64Properties" file="gtest_xml_outfile2_test_.cc" line="41" status="run" result="completed" time="*" timestamp="*" classname="PropertyTwo">
+    <testcase name="TestInt64ConvertibleProperties" file="gtest_xml_outfile2_test_.cc" line="41" status="run" result="completed" time="*" timestamp="*" classname="PropertyTwo">
       <properties>
         <property name="SetUpProp" value="2"/>
-        <property name="TestFloatProperty" value="3"/>
-        <property name="TestDoubleProperty" value="4"/>
+        <property name="TestFloatProperty" value="3.25"/>
+        <property name="TestDoubleProperty" value="4.75"/>
         <property name="TestSizetProperty" value="5"/>
-        <property name="TestBoolProperty" value="1"/>
-        <property name="TestCharProperty" value="65"/>
+        <property name="TestBoolProperty" value="true"/>
+        <property name="TestCharProperty" value="A"/>
         <property name="TestInt16Property" value="6"/>
         <property name="TestInt32Property" value="7"/>
         <property name="TestInt64Property" value="8"/>