diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/reconcilers/EntityIdForRepoReconciler.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/reconcilers/EntityIdForRepoReconciler.java
index 450088d6b..772b6df9a 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/reconcilers/EntityIdForRepoReconciler.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/reconcilers/EntityIdForRepoReconciler.java
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.reconcile.ProblemTy
 import org.springframework.ide.vscode.commons.languageserver.reconcile.ReconcileProblemImpl;
 
 public class EntityIdForRepoReconciler implements JdtAstReconciler {
+	
+	private static final List<String> NUMBER_CLASS_NAMES = List.of(
+			Integer.class.getName(),
+			Long.class.getName(),
+			Short.class.getName(),
+			Float.class.getName(),
+			Double.class.getName(),
+			Byte.class.getName()
+	);
 
 	@Override
 	public void reconcile(IJavaProject project, URI docUri, CompilationUnit cu, IProblemCollector problemCollector,
@@ -253,7 +262,10 @@ public class EntityIdForRepoReconciler implements JdtAstReconciler {
 			}
 
 			private boolean isValidRepoIdType(ITypeBinding repoIdType, ITypeBinding idType) {
-				return repoIdType.isAssignmentCompatible(idType) || idType.isAssignmentCompatible(repoIdType);
+				if (NUMBER_CLASS_NAMES.contains(repoIdType.getQualifiedName()) && NUMBER_CLASS_NAMES.contains(idType.getQualifiedName())) {
+					return true;
+				}
+				return repoIdType.isCastCompatible(idType) || idType.isCastCompatible(repoIdType);
 			}
 
 		});
diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/reconcilers/test/EntityIdForRepoReconcilerTest.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/reconcilers/test/EntityIdForRepoReconcilerTest.java
index 7def63ec1..4fbad946b 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/reconcilers/test/EntityIdForRepoReconcilerTest.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/reconcilers/test/EntityIdForRepoReconcilerTest.java
@@ -199,18 +199,7 @@ public class EntityIdForRepoReconcilerTest extends BaseReconcilerTest {
 		""";
 		List<ReconcileProblem> problems = reconcile("EmployeeRepository.java", source, false, employeeSource);
 		
-		assertEquals(1, problems.size());
-		
-		ReconcileProblem problem = problems.get(0);
-		
-		assertEquals(Boot2JavaProblemType.DOMAIN_ID_FOR_REPOSITORY, problem.getType());
-		
-		String markedStr = source.substring(problem.getOffset(), problem.getOffset() + problem.getLength());
-		assertEquals("Double.class", markedStr);
-		assertEquals("Expected Domain ID type is 'java.lang.Integer'", problem.getMessage());
-
-		assertEquals(0, problem.getQuickfixes().size());
-		
+		assertEquals(0, problems.size());
 	}
 	
 	@Test
@@ -1118,4 +1107,49 @@ public class EntityIdForRepoReconcilerTest extends BaseReconcilerTest {
 		assertEquals("Expected Domain ID type is 'demo.CustomerId'", problem.getMessage());
 		
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	void gh1159() throws Exception {
+		Path roleSource = createFile("Role.java", """
+			package demo;
+			
+			import javax.persistence.Entity;
+			import javax.persistence.Id;
+			import javax.persistence.Table;
+			
+			@Entity
+			@Table(name = "roles")
+			public class Role {
+			
+				@Id
+				private Integer id;
+			
+				public Integer getId() {
+					return id;
+				}
+			
+				public void setId(Integer id) {
+					this.id = id;
+				}
+			
+			}
+			""");
+			
+			String source = """
+			package demo;
+			
+			
+			import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+			import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+			
+			@Repository
+			public interface RoleRepository extends JpaRepository<Role, Long> {
+				
+			}
+			""";
+			List<ReconcileProblem> problems = reconcile("CustomerRepository.java", source, false, roleSource);
+			
+			assertEquals(0, problems.size());
+			
+	}
 }