diff --git a/src/catch2/internal/catch_commandline.cpp b/src/catch2/internal/catch_commandline.cpp
index fda4b2bd..20bb07f7 100644
--- a/src/catch2/internal/catch_commandline.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/internal/catch_commandline.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <catch2/interfaces/catch_interfaces_registry_hub.hpp>
 #include <catch2/interfaces/catch_interfaces_reporter_registry.hpp>
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_console_colour.hpp>
+#include <catch2/internal/catch_parse_numbers.hpp>
 #include <catch2/internal/catch_reporter_spec_parser.hpp>
 
 #include <fstream>
@@ -77,23 +78,14 @@ namespace Catch {
                     return ParserResult::ok(ParseResultType::Matched);
                 }
 
-                CATCH_TRY {
-                    std::size_t parsedTo = 0;
-                    unsigned long parsedSeed = std::stoul(seed, &parsedTo, 0);
-                    if (parsedTo != seed.size()) {
-                        return ParserResult::runtimeError("Could not parse '" + seed + "' as seed");
-                    }
-
-                    // TODO: Ideally we could parse unsigned int directly,
-                    //       but the stdlib doesn't provide helper for that
-                    //       type. After this is refactored to use fixed size
-                    //       type, we should check the parsed value is in range
-                    //       of the underlying type.
-                    config.rngSeed = static_cast<unsigned int>(parsedSeed);
-                    return ParserResult::ok(ParseResultType::Matched);
-                } CATCH_CATCH_ANON(std::exception const&) {
-                    return ParserResult::runtimeError("Could not parse '" + seed + "' as seed");
+                // TODO: ideally we should be parsing uint32_t directly
+                //       fix this later when we add new parse overload
+                auto parsedSeed = parseUInt( seed, 0 );
+                if ( !parsedSeed ) {
+                    return ParserResult::runtimeError( "Could not parse '" + seed + "' as seed" );
                 }
+                config.rngSeed = *parsedSeed;
+                return ParserResult::ok( ParseResultType::Matched );
             };
         auto const setDefaultColourMode = [&]( std::string const& colourMode ) {
             Optional<ColourMode> maybeMode = Catch::Detail::stringToColourMode(toLower( colourMode ));
diff --git a/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/CmdLine.tests.cpp b/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/CmdLine.tests.cpp
index e7b0c9c1..cbb0a988 100644
--- a/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/CmdLine.tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/SelfTest/IntrospectiveTests/CmdLine.tests.cpp
@@ -737,3 +737,31 @@ TEST_CASE("Win32 colour implementation is compile-time optional",
     REQUIRE_FALSE( result );
 #endif
 }
+
+TEST_CASE( "Parse rng seed in different formats", "[approvals][cli][rng-seed]" ) {
+    Catch::ConfigData config;
+    auto cli = Catch::makeCommandLineParser( config );
+
+    SECTION("well formed cases") {
+        char const* seed_string;
+        uint32_t seed_value;
+        // GCC-5 workaround
+        using gen_type = std::tuple<char const*, uint32_t>;
+        std::tie( seed_string, seed_value ) = GENERATE( table<char const*, uint32_t>({
+            gen_type{ "0xBEEF", 0xBEEF },
+            gen_type{ "12345678", 12345678 }
+        } ) );
+        CAPTURE( seed_string );
+
+        auto result = cli.parse( { "tests", "--rng-seed", seed_string } );
+
+        REQUIRE( result );
+        REQUIRE( config.rngSeed == seed_value );
+    }
+    SECTION( "Error cases" ) {
+        auto seed_string =
+            GENERATE( "0xSEED", "999999999999", "08888", "BEEF", "123 456" );
+        CAPTURE( seed_string );
+        REQUIRE_FALSE( cli.parse( { "tests", "--rng-seed", seed_string } ) );
+    }
+}