diff --git a/crates/jiter/src/number_decoder.rs b/crates/jiter/src/number_decoder.rs
index e657510c..acd98534 100644
--- a/crates/jiter/src/number_decoder.rs
+++ b/crates/jiter/src/number_decoder.rs
@@ -139,6 +139,27 @@ impl From<NumberAny> for f64 {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for NumberAny {
+    type Error = JsonError;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Self::from_bytes(value, false)
+    }
+}
+
+impl NumberAny {
+    pub fn from_bytes(data: &[u8], allow_inf_nan: bool) -> Result<Self, JsonError> {
+        let first = *data.first().ok_or_else(|| json_error!(InvalidNumber, 0))?;
+        let (number, index) = Self::decode(data, 0, first, allow_inf_nan)?;
+
+        if index == data.len() {
+            Ok(number)
+        } else {
+            json_err!(InvalidNumber, index)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl AbstractNumberDecoder for NumberAny {
     type Output = NumberAny;
 
diff --git a/crates/jiter/tests/main.rs b/crates/jiter/tests/main.rs
index 3d672cd6..c335d21f 100644
--- a/crates/jiter/tests/main.rs
+++ b/crates/jiter/tests/main.rs
@@ -1428,6 +1428,71 @@ fn test_number_int_try_from_bytes() {
     assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "number out of range at index 4301");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_number_any_try_from_bytes() {
+    let n: NumberAny = b"123".as_ref().try_into().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, NumberAny::Int(NumberInt::Int(123)));
+
+    let n: NumberAny = b"0".as_ref().try_into().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, NumberAny::Int(NumberInt::Int(0)));
+
+    let n: NumberAny = b"123.456".as_ref().try_into().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, NumberAny::Float(123.456));
+
+    let n: NumberAny = b"123.45e2".as_ref().try_into().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, NumberAny::Float(12345.0));
+
+    let twenty_nines = "9".repeat(29);
+    let n: NumberAny = twenty_nines.as_bytes().try_into().unwrap();
+    match n {
+        NumberAny::Int(NumberInt::BigInt(v)) => assert_eq!(v.to_string(), twenty_nines),
+        _ => panic!("expected big int"),
+    }
+
+    let e = NumberAny::try_from(b"x23".as_ref()).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "invalid number at index 0");
+
+    let e = NumberAny::try_from(b"".as_ref()).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "invalid number at index 0");
+
+    let e = NumberAny::try_from(b"2x3".as_ref()).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "invalid number at index 1");
+
+    let e = NumberAny::try_from(b"123 ".as_ref()).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "invalid number at index 3");
+
+    let e = NumberAny::try_from(b"123.1 ".as_ref()).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "invalid number at index 5");
+
+    let e = NumberAny::try_from(b"0123".as_ref()).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "invalid number at index 1");
+
+    let e = NumberAny::try_from(b"NaN".as_ref()).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "expected value at index 0");
+
+    let too_long = "9".repeat(4309);
+    let e = NumberAny::try_from(too_long.as_bytes()).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "number out of range at index 4301");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_number_any_try_from_bytes_allow() {
+    let n = NumberAny::from_bytes(b"123", true).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(n, NumberAny::Int(NumberInt::Int(123)));
+
+    let e = NumberAny::from_bytes(b"x23", true).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "invalid number at index 0");
+
+    let n = NumberAny::from_bytes(b"NaN", true).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(format!("{n:?}"), "Float(NaN)");
+
+    let n = NumberAny::from_bytes(b"Infinity", true).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(format!("{n:?}"), "Float(inf)");
+
+    let e = NumberAny::from_bytes(b"NaN", false).unwrap_err();
+    assert_eq!(e.to_string(), "expected value at index 0");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn jiter_skip_whole_object() {
     let mut jiter = Jiter::new(br#"{"x": 1}"#);