diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/time/DurationFormat.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/time/DurationFormat.java
index 5c7cb33..020867c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/time/DurationFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/time/DurationFormat.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class DurationFormat {
     private static final String WEEKS = String.join(UNION, "w", "wk", "wks", "week", "weeks");
 
     private static final String VALID_TIME_UNITS = String.join(UNION, NANOS, MILLIS, SECS, MINS, HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS);
-    public static final String TIME_DURATION_REGEX = "([\\d.]+)\\s*(" + VALID_TIME_UNITS + ")";
+    public static final String TIME_DURATION_REGEX = "(\\d*\\.?\\d+)\\s*(" + VALID_TIME_UNITS + ")";
     public static final Pattern TIME_DURATION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(TIME_DURATION_REGEX);
     private static final List<Long> TIME_UNIT_MULTIPLIERS = Arrays.asList(1000L, 1000L, 1000L, 60L, 60L, 24L);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/time/TestDurationFormat.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/time/TestDurationFormat.java
index 3259de7..b3987ab 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/time/TestDurationFormat.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/nifi/time/TestDurationFormat.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
@@ -95,6 +96,23 @@ public void testGetTimeDurationWithDecimalNumbers(String decimal) {
         assertEquals(10L, DurationFormat.getTimeDuration(decimal, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("getInvalidDurationValues")
+    void testGetPreciseTimeDurationShouldHandleIllegalCharacters(String invalidDurationValue) {
+        final IllegalArgumentException iae = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> DurationFormat.getPreciseTimeDuration(invalidDurationValue, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        assertFalse(iae instanceof NumberFormatException);
+    }
+
+    private static Stream<Arguments> getInvalidDurationValues() {
+        return Stream.of(
+                Arguments.argumentSet("Duration with too many periods", "10.10.10 seconds"),
+                Arguments.argumentSet("Duration with letter suffix", "100L seconds"),
+                Arguments.argumentSet("Duration with letter prefix", "E10 seconds"),
+                Arguments.argumentSet("Duration with a comma", "1,000 seconds"),
+                Arguments.argumentSet("Duration with spaces", "1 000 000 seconds")
+        );
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @MethodSource("getOneWeekInOtherUnits")
     public void testGetPreciseTimeDurationShouldHandleWeeks(TimeUnit timeUnit, long expected) {
@@ -135,7 +153,7 @@ public void testGetPreciseTimeDurationWithWholeNumbers(String whole) {
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest
-    @ValueSource(strings = {"0.010 s", "0.010 seconds"})
+    @ValueSource(strings = {"0.010 s", ".010 s", "0.010 seconds"})
     public void testGetPreciseTimeDurationWithDecimalNumbers(String decimal) {
         assertEquals(10.0, DurationFormat.getPreciseTimeDuration(decimal, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
     }