diff --git a/pygmt/helpers/tempfile.py b/pygmt/helpers/tempfile.py
index 43cc68b3f63..e09923a97a5 100644
--- a/pygmt/helpers/tempfile.py
+++ b/pygmt/helpers/tempfile.py
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ def tempfile_from_geojson(geojson):
         os.remove(tmpfile.name)  # ensure file is deleted first
         ogrgmt_kwargs = {"filename": tmpfile.name, "driver": "OGR_GMT", "mode": "w"}
         try:
-            # Map int/int64 to int32 since OGR_GMT only supports 32-bit integer
+            # OGR_GMT only supports 32-bit integers. We need to map int/int64
+            # types to int32/float types depending on if the column has an
+            # 32-bit integer overflow issue. Related issues:
             # https://github.com/geopandas/geopandas/issues/967#issuecomment-842877704
             # https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/2497
             if geojson.index.name is None:
@@ -140,7 +142,8 @@ def tempfile_from_geojson(geojson):
             schema = gpd.io.file.infer_schema(geojson)
             for col, dtype in schema["properties"].items():
                 if dtype in ("int", "int64"):
-                    schema["properties"][col] = "int32"
+                    overflow = geojson[col].abs().max() > 2**31 - 1
+                    schema["properties"][col] = "float" if overflow else "int32"
             ogrgmt_kwargs["schema"] = schema
             # Using geopandas.to_file to directly export to OGR_GMT format
             geojson.to_file(**ogrgmt_kwargs)
diff --git a/pygmt/tests/test_geopandas.py b/pygmt/tests/test_geopandas.py
index adc7dd7f99c..58e59b374d4 100644
--- a/pygmt/tests/test_geopandas.py
+++ b/pygmt/tests/test_geopandas.py
@@ -36,7 +36,27 @@ def fixture_gdf():
         index=["multipolygon", "polygon", "linestring"],
         geometry=[multipolygon, polygon, linestring],
     )
+    return gdf
+
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module", name="gdf_ridge")
+def fixture_gdf_ridge():
+    """
+    Read a @RidgeTest.shp shapefile into a geopandas.GeoDataFrame and reproject
+    the geometry.
+    """
+    # Read shapefile into a geopandas.GeoDataFrame
+    shapefile = which(
+        fname="@RidgeTest.shp @RidgeTest.shx @RidgeTest.dbf @RidgeTest.prj",
+        download="c",
+    )
+    gdf = gpd.read_file(shapefile[0])
+    # Reproject the geometry
+    gdf["geometry"] = (
+        gdf.to_crs(crs="EPSG:3857")
+        .buffer(distance=100000)
+        .to_crs(crs="OGC:CRS84")  # convert to lon/lat to prevent @null in PROJ CRS
+    )
     return gdf
 
 
@@ -144,40 +164,60 @@ def test_geopandas_plot3d_non_default_circle():
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(filename="test_geopandas_plot_int_dtypes.png")
-def test_geopandas_plot_int_dtypes(dtype):
+def test_geopandas_plot_int_dtypes(gdf_ridge, dtype):
     """
-    Check that plotting a geopandas GeoDataFrame with integer columns works,
+    Check that plotting a geopandas.GeoDataFrame with integer columns works,
     including int32 and int64 (non-nullable), Int32 and Int64 (nullable).
 
     This is a regression test for
     https://github.com/GenericMappingTools/pygmt/issues/2497
     """
-    # Read shapefile in geopandas.GeoDataFrame
-    shapefile = which(
-        fname="@RidgeTest.shp @RidgeTest.shx @RidgeTest.dbf @RidgeTest.prj",
-        download="c",
-    )
-    gdf = gpd.read_file(shapefile[0])
+    # Convert NPOINTS column to integer type
+    gdf_ridge["NPOINTS"] = gdf_ridge.NPOINTS.astype(dtype=dtype)
 
-    # Reproject geometry and change dtype of NPOINTS column
-    gdf["geometry"] = (
-        gdf.to_crs(crs="EPSG:3857")
-        .buffer(distance=100000)
-        .to_crs(crs="OGC:CRS84")  # convert to lon/lat to prevent @null in PROJ CRS
+    # Plot figure with three polygons colored based on NPOINTS value
+    fig = Figure()
+    makecpt(cmap="lisbon", series=[10, 60, 10], continuous=True)
+    fig.plot(
+        data=gdf_ridge,
+        frame=True,
+        pen="1p,black",
+        fill="+z",
+        cmap=True,
+        aspatial="Z=NPOINTS",
     )
-    gdf["NPOINTS"] = gdf.NPOINTS.astype(dtype=dtype)
+    fig.colorbar()
+    return fig
+
+
+@pytest.mark.mpl_image_compare(filename="test_geopandas_plot_int_dtypes.png")
+def test_geopandas_plot_int64_as_float(gdf_ridge):
+    """
+    Check that big 64-bit integers are correctly mapped to float type in
+    geopandas.GeoDataFrame object.
+    """
+    factor = 2**32
+    # Convert NPOINTS column to int64 type and make big integers
+    gdf_ridge["NPOINTS"] = gdf_ridge.NPOINTS.astype(dtype="int64")
+    gdf_ridge["NPOINTS"] *= factor
+
+    # Make sure the column is bigger than the largest 32-bit integer
+    assert gdf_ridge["NPOINTS"].abs().max() > 2**31 - 1
 
     # Plot figure with three polygons colored based on NPOINTS value
     fig = Figure()
-    makecpt(cmap="lisbon", series=[10, 60, 10], continuous=True)
+    makecpt(
+        cmap="lisbon", series=[10 * factor, 60 * factor, 10 * factor], continuous=True
+    )
     fig.plot(
-        data=gdf,
+        data=gdf_ridge,
         frame=True,
         pen="1p,black",
-        close=True,
         fill="+z",
         cmap=True,
         aspatial="Z=NPOINTS",
     )
+    # Generate a CPT for 10-60 range and plot to reuse the baseline image
+    makecpt(cmap="lisbon", series=[10, 60, 10], continuous=True)
     fig.colorbar()
     return fig