diff --git a/swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils/gdal2xyz.py b/swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils/gdal2xyz.py
index eb2c2f60ab90..5440447d8769 100644
--- a/swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils/gdal2xyz.py
+++ b/swig/python/gdal-utils/osgeo_utils/gdal2xyz.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ def get_parser(self, argv) -> GDALArgumentParser:
             "-srcwin",
             metavar=("xoff", "yoff", "xsize", "ysize"),
             dest="srcwin",
-            type=float,
+            type=int,
             nargs=4,
             help="Selects a subwindow from the source image for copying based on pixel/line location",
         )