diff --git a/spacy/matcher/matcher.pyx b/spacy/matcher/matcher.pyx
index 6f6848102..30ef3dd36 100644
--- a/spacy/matcher/matcher.pyx
+++ b/spacy/matcher/matcher.pyx
@@ -677,7 +677,9 @@ def _get_attr_values(spec, string_store):
             value = string_store.add(value)
         elif isinstance(value, bool):
             value = int(value)
-        elif isinstance(value, (dict, int)):
+        elif isinstance(value, int):
+            pass
+        elif isinstance(value, dict):
             continue
         else:
             raise ValueError(Errors.E153.format(vtype=type(value).__name__))