diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5b0614..e55980f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ by adding `expression` to your list of dependencies in `mix.exs`:
 ```elixir
 def deps do
   [
-    {:expression, "~> 3.0.0-rc.1"}
+    {:expression, "~> 3.0.0-rc.2"}
   ]
 end
 ```
diff --git a/lib/literal_helpers.ex b/lib/literal_helpers.ex
index 1761f3f..16b8730 100644
--- a/lib/literal_helpers.ex
+++ b/lib/literal_helpers.ex
@@ -4,24 +4,31 @@ defmodule Expression.LiteralHelpers do
 
   def int do
     optional(string("-"))
-    |> times(
-      integer(min: 1)
-      |> concat(optional(ignore(utf8_char([?_])))),
-      min: 1
-    )
+    |> concat(digits_with_underscores())
     |> reduce({Enum, :join, [""]})
     |> map({String, :to_integer, []})
   end
 
   def float do
     optional(string("-"))
-    |> concat(utf8_string([?0..?9], min: 1))
+    |> concat(digits_with_underscores())
     |> concat(string("."))
-    |> concat(utf8_string([?0..?9], min: 1))
+    |> concat(digits_with_underscores())
     |> reduce({Enum, :join, [""]})
     |> map({String, :to_float, []})
   end
 
+  # Digit groups must be captured as strings, not with `integer/1`: parsing
+  # "000" in "180_000" as an integer collapses it to 0, so the joined number
+  # became 1800 instead of 180000.
+  defp digits_with_underscores do
+    times(
+      ascii_string([?0..?9], min: 1)
+      |> concat(optional(ignore(utf8_char([?_])))),
+      min: 1
+    )
+  end
+
   def numeric do
     choice([int(), float()])
   end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 0045fe1..11a20c3 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Expression.MixProject do
   use Mix.Project
 
-  @version "3.0.0-rc.1"
+  @version "3.0.0-rc.2"
 
   def project do
     [
diff --git a/test/expression/parser_test.exs b/test/expression/parser_test.exs
index bd735ff..e47713d 100644
--- a/test/expression/parser_test.exs
+++ b/test/expression/parser_test.exs
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ defmodule Expression.ParserTest do
       assert_ast([expression: [literal: 11]], "@(1_1)")
       assert_ast([expression: [[]], text: "(1__1)"], "@(1__1)")
       assert_ast([expression: [literal: 111]], "@(1_1_1)")
+      # digit groups with leading zeros must keep them: 180_000 used to parse as 1800
+      assert_ast([expression: [literal: 180_000]], "@(180_000)")
+      assert_ast([expression: [literal: 1_000_000]], "@(1_000_000)")
+      assert_ast([expression: [literal: -1_000_000]], "@(-1_000_000)")
+      assert_ast([expression: [literal: 1_234_567.89]], "@(1_234_567.89)")
+      assert_ast([expression: [literal: 0.000_5]], "@(0.000_5)")
 
       assert_ast(
         [expression: [literal: ~U[2022-05-24 00:00:00.0Z]]],
diff --git a/test/expression_test.exs b/test/expression_test.exs
index ecad346..2d98135 100644
--- a/test/expression_test.exs
+++ b/test/expression_test.exs
@@ -800,6 +800,17 @@ defmodule ExpressionTest do
                "message" => "Invalid enumerable"
              }
     end
+
+    test "underscored number literals keep their value in comparisons and arithmetic" do
+      # 180_000 used to parse as 1800 (each digit group was parsed as an
+      # integer before joining, dropping leading zeros), which made
+      # `5000 > 180_000` evaluate to true
+      assert Expression.evaluate_block!("5000 > 180_000") == false
+      assert Expression.evaluate_block!("180_000 < 5000") == false
+      assert Expression.evaluate_block!("200_000 + 1") == 200_001
+      assert Expression.evaluate_block!("1_000_000") == 1_000_000
+      assert Expression.evaluate_block!("1_234_567.89") == 1_234_567.89
+    end
   end
 
   describe "evaluate_as_string!" do