diff --git a/easydata.net/src/EasyData.Exporters.ClosedXML/Excel/ExcelDataExporter.cs b/easydata.net/src/EasyData.Exporters.ClosedXML/Excel/ExcelDataExporter.cs
index 66a5fdfe..0869bffa 100644
--- a/easydata.net/src/EasyData.Exporters.ClosedXML/Excel/ExcelDataExporter.cs
+++ b/easydata.net/src/EasyData.Exporters.ClosedXML/Excel/ExcelDataExporter.cs
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ Task WriteRowAsync(EasyDataRow row, bool isExtraRow = false,
                         }
                     }
 
+                    cell.DataType = excelDataType;
                     cell.Value = value;
 
                     // setting the cell's format
-                    cell.DataType = excelDataType;
                     var cellFormat = GetCellFormat(excelDataType, column.DataType, mappedSettings, dfmt);
                     if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cellFormat)) {
                         if (excelDataType == XLDataType.Number) {
diff --git a/easydata.net/version.json b/easydata.net/version.json
index 6efc5222..b2170c1f 100644
--- a/easydata.net/version.json
+++ b/easydata.net/version.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "assemblyVersion": "1.4.7.3",
-    "packageVersion": "1.4.7",
-    "assetVersion": "01_04_07"
+    "assemblyVersion": "1.4.8.1",
+    "packageVersion": "1.4.8",
+    "assetVersion": "01_04_08"
 }