diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 915127e22..a74e8e209 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.6.0-rc.2
       DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.6.0-rc.1/install/install.sh
       DAPR_CLI_REF:
-      DAPR_REF: 5a307f3deaa1b322f7945179adad0403de80eb7e
+      DAPR_REF: 4cf499448ef6ee87c83db6a11b84e83237e92665
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up OpenJDK ${{ env.JDK_VER }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 67f8cd106..ce686db14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 1.6.0-rc.2
       DAPR_INSTALL_URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/v1.6.0-rc.1/install/install.sh
       DAPR_CLI_REF:
-      DAPR_REF: 5a307f3deaa1b322f7945179adad0403de80eb7e
+      DAPR_REF: 4cf499448ef6ee87c83db6a11b84e83237e92665
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Set up OpenJDK ${{ env.JDK_VER }}
diff --git a/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/pubsub/http/PubSubIT.java b/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/pubsub/http/PubSubIT.java
index 35e77ce5e..32491f68c 100644
--- a/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/pubsub/http/PubSubIT.java
+++ b/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/pubsub/http/PubSubIT.java
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static io.dapr.it.Retry.callWithRetry;
 import static io.dapr.it.TestUtils.assertThrowsDaprException;
@@ -44,6 +48,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
 
 @RunWith(Parameterized.class)
 public class PubSubIT extends BaseIT {
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ public class PubSubIT extends BaseIT {
   private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
 
   private static final TypeRef<List<CloudEvent>> CLOUD_EVENT_LIST_TYPE_REF = new TypeRef<>() {};
+  private static final TypeRef<List<CloudEvent<ConvertToLong>>> CLOUD_EVENT_LONG_LIST_TYPE_REF = new TypeRef<>() {};
   private static final TypeRef<List<CloudEvent<MyObject>>> CLOUD_EVENT_MYOBJECT_LIST_TYPE_REF = new TypeRef<>() {};
 
   //Number of messages to be sent: 10
@@ -66,6 +73,8 @@ public class PubSubIT extends BaseIT {
   // Topic to test binary data
   private static final String BINARY_TOPIC_NAME = "binarytopic";
 
+   private static final String LONG_TOPIC_NAME = "testinglongvalues";
+
   /**
    * Parameters for this test.
    * Param #1: useGrpc.
@@ -402,6 +411,73 @@ public class PubSubIT extends BaseIT {
     daprRun.stop();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testLongValues() throws Exception {
+    final DaprRun daprRun = closeLater(startDaprApp(
+        this.getClass().getSimpleName(),
+        SubscriberService.SUCCESS_MESSAGE,
+        SubscriberService.class,
+        true,
+        60000));
+    // At this point, it is guaranteed that the service above is running and all ports being listened to.
+    if (this.useGrpc) {
+      daprRun.switchToGRPC();
+    } else {
+      daprRun.switchToHTTP();
+    }
+
+    ConvertToLong toLong = new ConvertToLong();
+    HashSet<ConvertToLong> expected = new HashSet<>();
+    Random random = new Random();
+    Long randomLong = 590518626939830271L;
+    random.setSeed(randomLong);
+    toLong.setValue(randomLong);
+    expected.add(toLong);
+    for (int i = 1; i < NUM_MESSAGES; i++) {
+      ConvertToLong value = new ConvertToLong();
+      randomLong = random.nextLong();
+      value.setValue(randomLong);
+      expected.add(value);
+      System.out.println("expected value is : " +value);
+    }
+    Iterator expectVal = expected.iterator();
+    try (DaprClient client = new DaprClientBuilder().build()) {
+      while(expectVal.hasNext()) {
+        //Publishing messages
+        client.publishEvent(
+            PUBSUB_NAME,
+            LONG_TOPIC_NAME,
+            expectVal.next(),
+            Collections.singletonMap(Metadata.TTL_IN_SECONDS, "1")).block();
+
+        try {
+          Thread.sleep((long) (1000 * Math.random()));
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+          e.printStackTrace();
+          Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    HashSet<ConvertToLong> actual = new HashSet<>();
+    try (DaprClient client = new DaprClientBuilder().build()) {
+      callWithRetry(() -> {
+        System.out.println("Checking results for topic " + LONG_TOPIC_NAME);
+        final List<CloudEvent<ConvertToLong>> messages = client.invokeMethod(
+            daprRun.getAppName(),
+            "messages/testinglongvalues",
+            null,
+            HttpExtension.GET, CLOUD_EVENT_LONG_LIST_TYPE_REF).block();
+            assertNotNull(messages);
+        for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MESSAGES; i++) { 
+          actual.add(messages.get(i).getData());
+        }
+          assertEquals(expected,actual);
+      }, 2000);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static class MyObject {
     private String id;
 
@@ -413,4 +489,30 @@ public class PubSubIT extends BaseIT {
       this.id = id;
     }
   }
+
+  public static class ConvertToLong {
+    private Long value;
+
+    public Long getValue() {
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    public void setValue(Long value) {
+      this.value = value;
+    }
+
+   @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+      if (this == o) return true;
+      if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+      ConvertToLong that = (ConvertToLong) o;
+      return Objects.equals(value, that.value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+      return Objects.hash(value);
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/pubsub/http/SubscriberController.java b/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/pubsub/http/SubscriberController.java
index 38bca7730..726e8990b 100644
--- a/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/pubsub/http/SubscriberController.java
+++ b/sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/pubsub/http/SubscriberController.java
@@ -115,6 +115,20 @@ public class SubscriberController {
     });
   }
 
+  @Topic(name = "testinglongvalues", pubsubName = "messagebus")
+  @PostMapping(path = "/testinglongvalues")
+  public Mono<Void> handleMessageLongValues(@RequestBody(required = false) CloudEvent<PubSubIT.ConvertToLong> cloudEvent) {
+    return Mono.fromRunnable(() -> {
+      try {
+        Long message = cloudEvent.getData().getValue();
+        System.out.println("Subscriber got: " + message);
+        messagesByTopic.compute("testinglongvalues", merge(cloudEvent));
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
   private BiFunction<String, List<CloudEvent<?>>, List<CloudEvent<?>>> merge(final CloudEvent<?> item) {
     return (key, value) -> {
       final List<CloudEvent<?>> list = value == null ? new ArrayList<>() : value;