diff --git a/src/lib/q/builder.go b/src/lib/q/builder.go
index 98a885ead16..9d5b39f026a 100644
--- a/src/lib/q/builder.go
+++ b/src/lib/q/builder.go
@@ -189,19 +189,22 @@ func parseList(value string, c rune) ([]interface{}, error) {
 
 // try to parse value as time first, then integer, and last string
 func parseValue(value string) interface{} {
+	var ret any
 	value = strings.TrimSpace(value)
-	// try to parse time
-	time, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05", value)
-	if err == nil {
-		return time
-	}
-	// try to parse integer
-	i, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
-	if err == nil {
-		return i
-	}
-	// if the value isn't time and integer, treat it as string
-	return strings.Trim(value, `"'`)
+
+	// try parsing as different value types
+	if time, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02T15:04:05", value); err == nil {
+		// parsed as time value
+		ret = time
+	} else if i, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64); err == nil {
+		// parsed as integer value
+		ret = i
+	} else {
+		// no other parsing worked, treat as a string value
+		ret = strings.Trim(value, `"'`)
+	}
+	log.Debugf(`parsed %s as '%T' value: %v`, value, ret, ret)
+	return ret
 }
 
 // escape the special character
diff --git a/src/pkg/reg/adapter/harbor/base/adapter.go b/src/pkg/reg/adapter/harbor/base/adapter.go
index fb33ac248ff..9e2c5ec1a3b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/reg/adapter/harbor/base/adapter.go
+++ b/src/pkg/reg/adapter/harbor/base/adapter.go
@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ func (a *Adapter) PrepareForPush(resources []*model.Resource) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Create a list of the project names.
 	var ps []string
 	for p := range projects {
-		ps = append(ps, p)
+		// Surround name in 'quotes' to force the server to parse as a string.
+		// Handles the case where a project name consists entirely of numbers.
+		ps = append(ps, fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", p))
 	}
-	// query by project name, decorate the name as string to avoid parsed as int by server in case of pure numbers as project name
-	q := fmt.Sprintf("name={'%s'}", strings.Join(ps, " "))
+	// query by project names
+	q := fmt.Sprintf("name={%s}", strings.Join(ps, " "))
 	// get exist projects
 	queryProjects, err := a.Client.ListProjectsWithQuery(q, false)
 	if err != nil {