diff --git a/hakyll.cabal b/hakyll.cabal
--- a/hakyll.cabal
+++ b/hakyll.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:    hakyll
-Version: 4.9.1.0
+Version: 4.9.2.0
 
 Synopsis: A static website compiler library
 Description:
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     mtl                  >= 1      && < 2.3,
     network              >= 2.6    && < 2.7,
     network-uri          >= 2.6    && < 2.7,
-    pandoc               >= 1.14   && < 1.19,
+    pandoc               >= 1.14   && < 1.20,
     pandoc-citeproc      >= 0.4    && < 0.11,
     parsec               >= 3.0    && < 3.2,
     process              >= 1.0    && < 1.5,
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
     mtl                  >= 1      && < 2.3,
     network              >= 2.6    && < 2.7,
     network-uri          >= 2.6    && < 2.7,
-    pandoc               >= 1.14   && < 1.19,
+    pandoc               >= 1.14   && < 1.20,
     pandoc-citeproc      >= 0.4    && < 0.11,
     parsec               >= 3.0    && < 3.2,
     process              >= 1.0    && < 1.5,
diff --git a/src/Data/Yaml/Extended.hs b/src/Data/Yaml/Extended.hs
--- a/src/Data/Yaml/Extended.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Yaml/Extended.hs
@@ -7,12 +7,16 @@
 import qualified Data.Text   as T
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
 import           Data.Yaml
+import           Data.Scientific
 
 toString :: Value -> Maybe String
 toString (String t)     = Just (T.unpack t)
 toString (Bool   True)  = Just "true"
 toString (Bool   False) = Just "false"
-toString (Number d)     = Just (show d)
+-- | Make sure that numeric fields containing integer numbers are shown as
+-- | integers (i.e., "42" instead of "42.0").
+toString (Number d) | isInteger d = Just (formatScientific Fixed (Just 0) d)
+                    | otherwise   = Just (show d)
 toString _              = Nothing
 
 toList :: Value -> Maybe [Value]
diff --git a/tests/Hakyll/Web/Template/Tests.hs b/tests/Hakyll/Web/Template/Tests.hs
--- a/tests/Hakyll/Web/Template/Tests.hs
+++ b/tests/Hakyll/Web/Template/Tests.hs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 tests = testGroup "Hakyll.Core.Template.Tests" $ concat
     [ [ testCase "case01" $ test ("template.html.out", "template.html", "example.md")
       , testCase "case02" $ test ("strip.html.out", "strip.html", "example.md")
+      , testCase "case03" $ test ("just-meta.html.out", "just-meta.html", "example.md")
       , testCase "applyJoinTemplateList" testApplyJoinTemplateList
       ]
 
diff --git a/tests/data/example.md.metadata b/tests/data/example.md.metadata
--- a/tests/data/example.md.metadata
+++ b/tests/data/example.md.metadata
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 external: External data
 date: 2012-10-22 14:35:24
 subblog: food
+intfield: 42
+numfield: 3.14