diff --git a/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Barcode.java b/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Barcode.java
index 3fe488920..e75b040f7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Barcode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Barcode.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ private static int roundToHighestMultiplyOfTen(int number) {
 
     private long ean(int length) {
         long firstPart = switch (length) {
-            case 8, 12, 13, 14 -> this.faker.number().randomNumber(length - 1, true);
+            case 8, 12, 13, 14 -> this.faker.number().randomNumber(length - 1);
             default -> 0;
         };
         int odd = 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Number.java b/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Number.java
index df53aad7e..8dfeac9e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Number.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/Number.java
@@ -80,19 +80,24 @@ public long numberBetween(long min, long max) {
 
     /**
      * @param numberOfDigits the number of digits the generated value should have
-     * @param strict         whether or not the generated value should have exactly <code>numberOfDigits</code>
+     * @param strict         NOT USED
+     * @deprecated use {@link #randomNumber(int)} instead
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public long randomNumber(int numberOfDigits, boolean strict) {
+        return randomNumber(numberOfDigits);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param numberOfDigits the number of digits the generated value should have
+     */
+    public long randomNumber(int numberOfDigits) {
         if (numberOfDigits <= 0) {
-            return faker.random().nextInt(1);
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Number of digits must be positive");
         }
         long min = pow(10, numberOfDigits - 1);
-        if (strict) {
-            long max = min * 10;
-            return faker.random().nextLong(max - min) + min;
-        }
-
-        return faker.random().nextLong(min * 10);
+        long max = min * 10;
+        return faker.random().nextLong(min, max);
     }
 
     private long pow(long value, int d) {
@@ -110,8 +115,7 @@ private long pow(long value, int d) {
      * Returns a random number
      */
     public long randomNumber() {
-        int numberOfDigits = faker.random().nextInt(1, 10);
-        return randomNumber(numberOfDigits, false);
+        return faker.random().nextLong();
     }
 
     public double randomDouble(int maxNumberOfDecimals, int min, int max) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/NumberTest.java b/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/NumberTest.java
index 163046272..080a0c0da 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/NumberTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/datafaker/providers/base/NumberTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
 class NumberTest extends BaseFakerTest<BaseFaker> {
 
@@ -62,19 +63,17 @@ void testRandomNumber() {
     void testRandomNumberWithSingleDigitStrict() {
         final Number number = faker.number();
         for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
-            long value = number.randomNumber(1, true);
+            long value = number.randomNumber(1);
             assertThat(value).isLessThan(10L)
                 .isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(0L);
         }
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testRandomNumberWithZeroDigitsStrict() {
+    void randomNumberWithZeroDigits() {
         final Number number = faker.number();
-        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
-            long value = number.randomNumber(0, true);
-            assertThat(value).isZero();
-        }
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> number.randomNumber(0))
+            .isInstanceOf(IllegalArgumentException.class);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -82,7 +81,7 @@ void testRandomNumberWithGivenDigitsStrict() {
         final Number number = faker.number();
         for (int i = 1; i < 9; ++i) {
             for (int x = 0; x < 100; ++x) {
-                long value = number.randomNumber(i, true);
+                long value = number.randomNumber(i);
                 String stringValue = String.valueOf(value);
                 assertThat(stringValue).hasSize(i);
             }