diff --git a/Adapter/PlentymarketsAdapter/ResponseParser/Category/CategoryResponseParser.php b/Adapter/PlentymarketsAdapter/ResponseParser/Category/CategoryResponseParser.php
index 7e11f4817..50182815d 100644
--- a/Adapter/PlentymarketsAdapter/ResponseParser/Category/CategoryResponseParser.php
+++ b/Adapter/PlentymarketsAdapter/ResponseParser/Category/CategoryResponseParser.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public function parse(array $entry)
             'parentIdentifier' => $parentCategoryIdentifier,
             'shopIdentifiers' => $shopIdentifiers,
             'imageIdentifiers' => $this->getImages($validDetails['0'], $result),
-            'position' => $validDetails['0']['position'],
+            'position' => (int) $validDetails['0']['position'],
             'description' => $validDetails['0']['shortDescription'],
             'longDescription' => $validDetails['0']['description'],
             'metaTitle' => $validDetails['0']['metaTitle'],
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76d75c05d..bfd92e223 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [4.0.5]
+### Fixed
+- force category position to integer
+
 ## [4.0.4]
 ### Added
 - prepayment is now mapped correctly
diff --git a/Connector/Validator/Category/CategoryValidator.php b/Connector/Validator/Category/CategoryValidator.php
index 4e58144cf..886d5cda6 100644
--- a/Connector/Validator/Category/CategoryValidator.php
+++ b/Connector/Validator/Category/CategoryValidator.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ public function validate($object)
         Assertion::allUuid($object->getImageIdentifiers(), null, 'category.imageIdentifiers');
 
         Assertion::integer($object->getPosition(), null, 'category.position');
-        Assertion::greaterOrEqualThan($object->getPosition(), 0, null, 'category.position');
 
         Assertion::string($object->getDescription(), null, 'category.description');
         Assertion::string($object->getLongDescription(), null, 'category.longDescription');