diff --git a/piccolo/engine/sqlite.py b/piccolo/engine/sqlite.py
index 3f7649d76..c8183e336 100644
--- a/piccolo/engine/sqlite.py
+++ b/piccolo/engine/sqlite.py
@@ -173,9 +173,21 @@ def convert_numeric_out(value: str) -> Decimal:
 @decode_to_string
 def convert_int_out(value: str) -> int:
     """
-    Make sure Integer values are actually of type int.
+    Make sure INTEGER values are actually of type ``int``.
+
+    SQLite doesn't enforce that the values in INTEGER columns are actually
+    integers - they could be strings ('hello'), or floats (1.0).
+
+    There's not much we can do if the value is something like 'hello' - a
+    ``ValueError`` is appropriate in this situation.
+
+    For a value like ``1.0``, it seems reasonable to handle this, and return a
+    value of ``1``.
+
     """
-    return int(float(value))
+    # We used to use int(float(value)), but it was incorrect, because float has
+    # limited precision for large numbers.
+    return int(Decimal(value))
 
 
 @decode_to_string
diff --git a/requirements/test-requirements.txt b/requirements/test-requirements.txt
index 006d8f2d9..6b8be1348 100644
--- a/requirements/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 coveralls==3.3.1
-httpx==0.27.2
+httpx==0.28.0
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
 pytest==6.2.5
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
diff --git a/tests/apps/asgi/commands/files/dummy_server.py b/tests/apps/asgi/commands/files/dummy_server.py
index 9b83470a3..a4807aa66 100644
--- a/tests/apps/asgi/commands/files/dummy_server.py
+++ b/tests/apps/asgi/commands/files/dummy_server.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 import typing as t
 
-from httpx import AsyncClient
+from httpx import ASGITransport, AsyncClient
 
 
 async def dummy_server(app: t.Union[str, t.Callable] = "app:app"):
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async def dummy_server(app: t.Union[str, t.Callable] = "app:app"):
         module = importlib.import_module(path)
         app = t.cast(t.Callable, getattr(module, app_name))
 
-    async with AsyncClient(app=app) as client:
+    async with AsyncClient(transport=ASGITransport(app=app)) as client:
         response = await client.get("http://localhost:8000")
         if response.status_code != 200:
             sys.exit("The app isn't callable!")
diff --git a/tests/columns/test_integer.py b/tests/columns/test_integer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe42aaf18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/columns/test_integer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from piccolo.columns.column_types import Integer
+from piccolo.table import Table
+from piccolo.testing.test_case import AsyncTableTest
+from tests.base import sqlite_only
+
+
+class MyTable(Table):
+    integer = Integer()
+
+
+@sqlite_only
+class TestInteger(AsyncTableTest):
+    tables = [MyTable]
+
+    async def test_large_integer(self):
+        """
+        Make sure large integers can be inserted and retrieved correctly.
+
+        There was a bug with this in SQLite:
+
+        https://github.com/piccolo-orm/piccolo/issues/1127
+
+        """
+        integer = 625757527765811240
+
+        row = MyTable(integer=integer)
+        await row.save()
+
+        _row = MyTable.objects().first().run_sync()
+        assert _row is not None
+
+        self.assertEqual(_row.integer, integer)