diff --git a/components/com_tags/router.php b/components/com_tags/router.php
index ee484aa5df69f..1e7eb8945cbc1 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/router.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/router.php
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public function build(&$query)
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						$id = $query['id'];
+						$id = (int) $query['id'];
 					}
 
 					$segments[] = $id;