diff --git a/python/spacewalk/server/importlib/backend.py b/python/spacewalk/server/importlib/backend.py
index 644343f979e4..aad247294904 100644
--- a/python/spacewalk/server/importlib/backend.py
+++ b/python/spacewalk/server/importlib/backend.py
@@ -3360,16 +3360,21 @@ def _buildDatabaseValue(row, fieldsHash):
 def _buildExternalValue(dict, entry, tableObj):
     # updates dict with values from entry
     # entry is a hash-like object (non-db)
-    for f, datatype in list(tableObj.getFields().items()):
-        if f in dict:
+    for field, datatype in list(tableObj.getFields().items()):
+        if field in dict:
             # initialized somewhere else
             continue
         # Get the attribute's name
-        attr = tableObj.getObjectAttribute(f)
+        attr = tableObj.getObjectAttribute(field)
         # Sanitize the value according to its datatype
         if attr not in entry:
             entry[attr] = None
-        dict[f] = sanitizeValue(entry[attr], datatype)
+        try:
+            dict[field] = sanitizeValue(entry[attr], datatype)
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Cannot sanitize value from {field}={entry[attr]} to {type(datatype)}"
+            ) from e
 
 
 # pylint: disable-next=invalid-name
diff --git a/python/spacewalk/server/importlib/backendLib.py b/python/spacewalk/server/importlib/backendLib.py
index 535e82cca437..00ffe62a22d0 100644
--- a/python/spacewalk/server/importlib/backendLib.py
+++ b/python/spacewalk/server/importlib/backendLib.py
@@ -518,7 +518,10 @@ def sanitizeValue(value, datatype):
     if isinstance(datatype, DBdate):
         return str(value)[:10]
     if isinstance(datatype, DBint):
-        return int(value)
+        try:
+            return float(int(value))
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise ValueError(f"Cannot convert {value} to int") from e
     return value
 
 
diff --git a/python/spacewalk/spacewalk-backend.changes.mczernek.round-int-values b/python/spacewalk/spacewalk-backend.changes.mczernek.round-int-values
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ed448af24d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/spacewalk/spacewalk-backend.changes.mczernek.round-int-values
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Handle package metadata that contains float value instead of an integer (GH#9613)