diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/rapids/GpuJsonScan.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/rapids/GpuJsonScan.scala
index cbc561c8811..2815bbbdd64 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/rapids/GpuJsonScan.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/json/rapids/GpuJsonScan.scala
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.mutable.ListBuffer
+
 import ai.rapids.cudf
 import ai.rapids.cudf.{ColumnVector, DType, HostMemoryBuffer, Scalar, Schema, Table}
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids._
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
+
 import org.apache.spark.broadcast.Broadcast
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.InternalRow
@@ -377,21 +379,24 @@ class JsonPartitionReader(
   private def sanitizeNumbers(input: ColumnVector): ColumnVector = {
     // Note that this is not 100% consistent with Spark versions prior to Spark 3.3.0
     // due to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-38060
-    val regex = if (parsedOptions.allowNonNumericNumbers) {
-      "^" +
-      "(?:" +
-        "(?:-?[0-9]+(?:\\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][\\-\\+]?[0-9]+)?)" +
-        "|NaN" +
-        "|(?:[\\+\\-]INF)" +
-        "|(?:[\\-\\+]?Infinity)" +
-      ")" +
-      "$"
+    // cuDF `isFloat` supports some inputs that are not valid JSON numbers, such as `.1`, `1.`,
+    // and `+1` so we use a regular expression to match valid JSON numbers instead
+    val jsonNumberRegexp = "^-?[0-9]+(?:\\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][\\-\\+]?[0-9]+)?$"
+    val isValid = if (parsedOptions.allowNonNumericNumbers) {
+      withResource(ColumnVector.fromStrings("NaN", "+INF", "-INF", "+Infinity",
+        "Infinity", "-Infinity")) { nonNumeric =>
+        withResource(input.matchesRe(jsonNumberRegexp)) { isJsonNumber =>
+          withResource(input.contains(nonNumeric)) { nonNumeric =>
+            isJsonNumber.or(nonNumeric)
+          }
+        }
+      }
     } else {
-      "^-?[0-9]+(?:\\.[0-9]+)?(?:[eE][\\-\\+]?[0-9]+)?$"
+      input.matchesRe(jsonNumberRegexp)
     }
-    withResource(input.matchesRe(regex)) { validJsonDecimal =>
+    withResource(isValid) { _ =>
       withResource(Scalar.fromNull(DType.STRING)) { nullString =>
-        validJsonDecimal.ifElse(input, nullString)
+        isValid.ifElse(input, nullString)
       }
     }
   }