diff --git a/bundle/config/root.go b/bundle/config/root.go
index 17f2747e..fda3759d 100644
--- a/bundle/config/root.go
+++ b/bundle/config/root.go
@@ -408,15 +408,19 @@ func rewriteShorthands(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
 
 		// For each variable, normalize its contents if it is a single string.
 		return dyn.Map(target, "variables", dyn.Foreach(func(_ dyn.Path, variable dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
-			if variable.Kind() != dyn.KindString {
+			switch variable.Kind() {
+
+			case dyn.KindString, dyn.KindBool, dyn.KindFloat, dyn.KindInt:
+				// Rewrite the variable to a map with a single key called "default".
+				// This conforms to the variable type. Normalization back to the typed
+				// configuration will convert this to a string if necessary.
+				return dyn.NewValue(map[string]dyn.Value{
+					"default": variable,
+				}, variable.Location()), nil
+
+			default:
 				return variable, nil
 			}
-
-			// Rewrite the variable to a map with a single key called "default".
-			// This conforms to the variable type.
-			return dyn.NewValue(map[string]dyn.Value{
-				"default": variable,
-			}, variable.Location()), nil
 		}))
 	}))
 }
diff --git a/bundle/tests/variables/variable_overrides_in_target/databricks.yml b/bundle/tests/variables/variable_overrides_in_target/databricks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e52b507
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundle/tests/variables/variable_overrides_in_target/databricks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+bundle:
+  name: foobar
+
+resources:
+  pipelines:
+    my_pipeline:
+      name: ${var.foo}
+      continuous: ${var.baz}
+      clusters:
+        - num_workers: ${var.bar}
+
+
+
+variables:
+  foo:
+    default: "a_string"
+    description: "A string variable"
+
+  bar:
+    default: 42
+    description: "An integer variable"
+
+  baz:
+    default: true
+    description: "A boolean variable"
+
+targets:
+  use-default-variable-values:
+
+  override-string-variable:
+    variables:
+      foo: "overridden_string"
+
+  override-int-variable:
+    variables:
+      bar: 43
+
+  override-both-bool-and-string-variables:
+    variables:
+      foo: "overridden_string"
+      baz: false
diff --git a/bundle/tests/variables_test.go b/bundle/tests/variables_test.go
index fde36344..f5180268 100644
--- a/bundle/tests/variables_test.go
+++ b/bundle/tests/variables_test.go
@@ -120,3 +120,52 @@ func TestVariablesWithTargetLookupOverrides(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "cluster: some-test-cluster", b.Config.Variables["d"].Lookup.String())
 	assert.Equal(t, "instance-pool: some-test-instance-pool", b.Config.Variables["e"].Lookup.String())
 }
+
+func TestVariableTargetOverrides(t *testing.T) {
+	var tcases = []struct {
+		targetName         string
+		pipelineName       string
+		pipelineContinuous bool
+		pipelineNumWorkers int
+	}{
+		{
+			"use-default-variable-values",
+			"a_string",
+			true,
+			42,
+		},
+		{
+			"override-string-variable",
+			"overridden_string",
+			true,
+			42,
+		},
+		{
+			"override-int-variable",
+			"a_string",
+			true,
+			43,
+		},
+		{
+			"override-both-bool-and-string-variables",
+			"overridden_string",
+			false,
+			42,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tcase := range tcases {
+		t.Run(tcase.targetName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := loadTarget(t, "./variables/variable_overrides_in_target", tcase.targetName)
+			diags := bundle.Apply(context.Background(), b, bundle.Seq(
+				mutator.SetVariables(),
+				mutator.ResolveVariableReferences("variables")),
+			)
+			require.NoError(t, diags.Error())
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tcase.pipelineName, b.Config.Resources.Pipelines["my_pipeline"].Name)
+			assert.Equal(t, tcase.pipelineContinuous, b.Config.Resources.Pipelines["my_pipeline"].Continuous)
+			assert.Equal(t, tcase.pipelineNumWorkers, b.Config.Resources.Pipelines["my_pipeline"].Clusters[0].NumWorkers)
+		})
+	}
+}