diff --git a/giskard/push/perturbation.py b/giskard/push/perturbation.py
index 96cdafaa8e..a29b09a057 100644
--- a/giskard/push/perturbation.py
+++ b/giskard/push/perturbation.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 import hashlib
+import numbers
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas as pd
@@ -35,6 +36,14 @@
 
 from ..push import PerturbationPush
 
+try:
+    from pandas.api.types import is_any_real_numeric_dtype
+except ImportError:
+
+    def is_any_real_numeric_dtype(array: np.array) -> bool:
+        return issubclass(array.dtype.type, numbers.Real)
+
+
 text_transformation_list = [
     TextLowercase,
     TextUppercase,
@@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ def _apply_perturbation(
     ds_slice_copy = ds_slice.copy()
 
     # Apply the transformation
-    if col_type == SupportedPerturbationType.NUMERIC:
+    if col_type == SupportedPerturbationType.NUMERIC and is_any_real_numeric_dtype(ds_slice.df[feature]):
         passed = _numeric(
             ds,
             ds_slice,