diff --git a/lib/dot/_limit.jst b/lib/dot/_limit.jst
index 6cac5da..9913e3f 100644
--- a/lib/dot/_limit.jst
+++ b/lib/dot/_limit.jst
@@ -16,22 +16,33 @@
   {{
     var $schemaValueExcl = it.util.getData($schemaExcl.$data, $dataLvl, it.dataPathArr)
       , $exclusive = 'exclusive' + $lvl
+      , $exclType = 'exclType' + $lvl
+      , $exclIsNumber = 'exclIsNumber' + $lvl
       , $opExpr = 'op' + $lvl
       , $opStr = '\' + ' + $opExpr + ' + \'';
   }}
   var schemaExcl{{=$lvl}} = {{=$schemaValueExcl}};
   {{ $schemaValueExcl = 'schemaExcl' + $lvl; }}
 
-  var exclusive{{=$lvl}};
-  if (typeof {{=$schemaValueExcl}} != 'boolean' && typeof {{=$schemaValueExcl}} != 'undefined') {
+  var {{=$exclusive}};
+  var {{=$exclType}} = typeof {{=$schemaValueExcl}};
+  if ({{=$exclType}} != 'boolean' && {{=$exclType}} != 'undefined' && {{=$exclType}} != 'number') {
     {{ var $errorKeyword = $exclusiveKeyword; }}
     {{# def.error:'_exclusiveLimit' }}
-  } else if({{# def.$dataNotType:'number' }}
-            ((exclusive{{=$lvl}} = {{=$schemaValueExcl}} === true)
-              ? {{=$data}} {{=$notOp}}= {{=$schemaValue}}
-              : {{=$data}} {{=$notOp}} {{=$schemaValue}})
+  } else if ({{# def.$dataNotType:'number' }}
+            {{=$exclType}} == 'number'
+              ? (
+                  ({{=$exclusive}} = {{=$schemaValue}} === undefined || {{=$schemaValueExcl}} {{=$op}}= {{=$schemaValue}})
+                    ? {{=$data}} {{=$notOp}}= {{=$schemaValueExcl}}
+                    : {{=$data}} {{=$notOp}} {{=$schemaValue}}
+                )
+              : (
+                  ({{=$exclusive}} = {{=$schemaValueExcl}} === true)
+                    ? {{=$data}} {{=$notOp}}= {{=$schemaValue}}
+                    : {{=$data}} {{=$notOp}} {{=$schemaValue}}
+                )
             || {{=$data}} !== {{=$data}}) {
-    var op{{=$lvl}} = exclusive{{=$lvl}} ? '{{=$op}}' : '{{=$op}}=';
+    var op{{=$lvl}} = {{=$exclusive}} ? '{{=$op}}' : '{{=$op}}=';
 {{??}}
   {{
     var $exclIsNumber = typeof $schemaExcl == 'number'
diff --git a/spec/extras/$data/exclusiveMaximum.json b/spec/extras/$data/exclusiveMaximum.json
index 260e713..dc23b8e 100644
--- a/spec/extras/$data/exclusiveMaximum.json
+++ b/spec/extras/$data/exclusiveMaximum.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     },
     "tests": [
       {
-        "skip": true,
         "description": "below the exclusiveMaximum is valid",
         "data": {
           "larger": 3,
@@ -183,7 +182,6 @@
     },
     "tests": [
       {
-        "skip": true,
         "description": "valid array",
         "data": ["", 0, 1, 2, 3, 4],
         "valid": true
diff --git a/spec/extras/$data/exclusiveMinimum.json b/spec/extras/$data/exclusiveMinimum.json
index b2537e8..9b361c0 100644
--- a/spec/extras/$data/exclusiveMinimum.json
+++ b/spec/extras/$data/exclusiveMinimum.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     },
     "tests": [
       {
-        "skip": true,
         "description": "above the exclusiveMinimum is valid",
         "data": {
           "smaller": 3,
@@ -176,7 +175,6 @@
     },
     "tests": [
       {
-        "skip": true,
         "description": "valid array",
         "data": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
         "valid": true