diff --git a/REFERENCE.md b/REFERENCE.md
index ff104ab7f..8188c1057 100644
--- a/REFERENCE.md
+++ b/REFERENCE.md
@@ -805,11 +805,11 @@ Default value: `20`
 
 ##### <a name="-nginx--gzip_http_version"></a>`gzip_http_version`
 
-Data type: `Float`
+Data type: `Variant[Enum['1.0','1.1'], Float]`
 
 
 
-Default value: `1.1`
+Default value: `'1.1'`
 
 ##### <a name="-nginx--gzip_proxied"></a>`gzip_proxied`
 
@@ -901,11 +901,11 @@ Default value: `'65s'`
 
 ##### <a name="-nginx--keepalive_requests"></a>`keepalive_requests`
 
-Data type: `String`
+Data type: `Variant[Integer, String]`
 
 
 
-Default value: `'100'`
+Default value: `100`
 
 ##### <a name="-nginx--log_format"></a>`log_format`
 
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 94d10fb87..f78afd2e5 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
   Integer $gzip_comp_level                                   = 1,
   String $gzip_disable                                       = 'msie6',
   Integer $gzip_min_length                                   = 20,
-  Float $gzip_http_version                                   = 1.1,
+  Variant[Enum['1.0','1.1'], Float] $gzip_http_version       = '1.1',
   Nginx::GzipProxied $gzip_proxied                           = 'off',
   Optional[Variant[String[1],Array[String[1]]]] $gzip_types  = undef,
   Enum['on', 'off'] $gzip_vary                               = 'off',
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
   Enum['on', 'off'] $http_tcp_nodelay                        = 'on',
   Enum['on', 'off'] $http_tcp_nopush                         = 'off',
   Nginx::Time $keepalive_timeout                             = '65s',
-  String $keepalive_requests                                 = '100',
+  Variant[Integer, String] $keepalive_requests               = 100,
   Hash[String[1], Nginx::LogFormat] $log_format              = {},
   Hash[String[1], Nginx::LogFormat] $stream_log_format       = {},
   Boolean $mail                                              = false,
@@ -244,6 +244,13 @@
 
   ### END Hiera Lookups ###
 ) inherits nginx::params {
+  if $gzip_http_version =~ Float {
+    deprecation('gzip_http_version', 'Passing a Float is deprecated, please pass a String')
+  }
+  if $keepalive_requests =~ String {
+    deprecation('keepalive_requests', 'Passing a String is deprecated, please pass a Integer')
+  }
+
   contain 'nginx::package'
   contain 'nginx::config'
   contain 'nginx::service'