diff --git a/scripts/us_bls/cpi/generate_csv.py b/scripts/us_bls/cpi/generate_csv.py
index 97e800b4f5..54146989c9 100644
--- a/scripts/us_bls/cpi/generate_csv.py
+++ b/scripts/us_bls/cpi/generate_csv.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ def process(_INPUT_FILE_PATH, _OUTOUT_FILE_PATH, date_from_start_processing):
             # Format "date" column as "YYYY-MM"
             in_df["date"] = in_df["year"] + "-" + in_df["period"].str[-2:]
             in_df = in_df[["date", "value"]]
+            in_df["value"] = pd.to_numeric(in_df["value"], errors='coerce')
             in_df.columns = ["date", "cpi"]
             # Convert 'date' column to datetime format
             logging.info(