diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/options/resource/hint.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/options/resource/hint.go
index 798a2bcd6f7c..58ce647a6fb1 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/options/resource/hint.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/options/resource/hint.go
@@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ func (h acceleratorHint) String() string {
 //
 // See https://beam.apache.org/documentation/runtime/resource-hints/ for more information about
 // resource hints.
-func CPUCount(v int) Hint {
-	return CPUCountHint{value: int(v)}
+func CPUCount(v uint64) Hint {
+	return CPUCountHint{value: uint64(v)}
 }
 
 type CPUCountHint struct {
-	value int
+	value uint64
 }
 
 func (CPUCountHint) URN() string {
@@ -218,10 +218,10 @@ func (CPUCountHint) URN() string {
 func (h CPUCountHint) Payload() []byte {
 	// Go strings are utf8, and if the string is ascii,
 	// byte conversion handles that directly.
-	return []byte(strconv.FormatInt(h.value, 10))
+	return []byte(strconv.FormatUint(h.value, 10))
 }
 
-// MergeWith an outer minRAMHints by keeping the maximum of the two cpu counts.
+// MergeWith an outer CPUCountHints by keeping the maximum of the two cpu counts.
 func (h CPUCountHint) MergeWithOuter(outer Hint) Hint {
 	// Intentional runtime panic from type assertion to catch hint merge errors.
 	if outer.(CPUCountHint).value > h.value {
@@ -231,5 +231,5 @@ func (h CPUCountHint) MergeWithOuter(outer Hint) Hint {
 }
 
 func (h CPUCountHint) String() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("cpu_count=%v", humanize.Bytes(int(h.value)))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("cpu_count=%v", humanize.Bytes(uint64(h.value)))
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/transforms/resourcehints/ResourceHints.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/transforms/resourcehints/ResourceHints.java
index 0699da18204b..2a25d5f4e298 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/transforms/resourcehints/ResourceHints.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/transforms/resourcehints/ResourceHints.java
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ public IntHint(int value) {
 
     public static int parse(String s) {
       return Integer.valueOf(s);
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unable to parse '" + s + "' as an Integer value.");
     }
 
     @Override