diff --git a/utils/courses/completion_requirements.registry.js b/utils/courses/completion_requirements.registry.js
index 6b0152f..b8cf32e 100644
--- a/utils/courses/completion_requirements.registry.js
+++ b/utils/courses/completion_requirements.registry.js
@@ -142,8 +142,11 @@ const TYPE_HANDLERS = {
             });
             if (!progress) return false;
             if (progress.completed) return true;
-            const minPercent = requirement.min_percent ?? 100;
-            return (progress.progress_percent ?? 0) >= minPercent;
+            // CockroachDB returns INTEGER columns as strings over the wire (same class of
+            // issue as the BigInt precision fix) — without Number() coercion this becomes a
+            // lexicographic string comparison, where e.g. "7" >= "100" is true.
+            const minPercent = Number(requirement.min_percent ?? 100);
+            return Number(progress.progress_percent ?? 0) >= minPercent;
         },
     },
     // watch_video / listen_audio: unlike watch_percent (one aggregate figure across