diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6ebcb3b..ec6ba5a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 ### Added
 - Craft 4 support
+- Support for formatting cell values
 
 ## 2.1.5 - 2020-01-27
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 776ec3e..3ddebd0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ If you want to append content dynamically, say from a loop, you can use the `app
 {% endfor %}
 ```
 
-To generate an CSV:
+### To generate an CSV:
 ```twig
 {% do beam.csv() %}
 ```
 
-To generate an XLSX:
+### To generate an XLSX:
 ```twig
 {% do beam.xlsx() %}
 ```
@@ -85,6 +85,35 @@ To overwrite the content:
     [ 'another+test@example.com', 'Jane Doe' ],
     [ 'third+test@example.com', 'Trond Johansen' ],
 ]) %}
-``` 
+```
+
+### Custom cell formatting is supported for XLSX:
+
+```twig
+{% set options = {
+    header: ['Email', 'Name', { text: 'Number', type: 'number' }, { text: 'Date', type: 'date' }],
+    content: [
+        [ 'test@example.com', 'John Doe', 100000, '2022-06-10'],
+        [ 'another+test@example.com', 'Jane Doe', 252323, '2022-06-22'],
+        [ 'third+test@example.com', 'Trond Johansen', 30, '2022-06-22'],
+        [ 'third+test@example.com', 'Trond Johansen', 6233, '2023-06-22'],
+    ]
+} %}
+{% set beam = craft.beam.create(options) %}
+{%  do beam.xlsx() %}
+```
+
+These types are supported:
+
+| Format Type | Maps to the following cell format         |
+|-------------|-------------------------------------------|
+| string      | @                                         |
+| integer     | 0                                         |
+| date        | YYYY-MM-DD                                |
+| datetime    | YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS                       |
+| time        | HH:MM:SS                                  |
+| price       | #,##0.00                                  |
+| dollar      | [$$-1009]#,##0.00;[RED]-[$$-1009]#,##0.00 |
+| euro        | #,##0.00 [$€-407];[RED]-#,##0.00 [$€-407] |
 
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a045715..29a2709 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "require": {
         "craftcms/cms": "^4.0.0",
         "league/csv": "^8.1|^9.0",
-		"mk-j/php_xlsxwriter": "^0.32.0"
+		"mk-j/php_xlsxwriter": "^0.38.0"
     },
     "repositories": [
         {
diff --git a/src/services/BeamService.php b/src/services/BeamService.php
index 746a060..c1a978e 100644
--- a/src/services/BeamService.php
+++ b/src/services/BeamService.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public function csv(BeamModel $model)
         $csv->setOutputBOM(Writer::BOM_UTF8);
 
         if (!empty($header)) {
+            $headerValues = array_map(fn($value) => is_array($value) ? $value['text'] ?? 'No text set' : $value, $header);
             $csv->insertOne($header);
         }
 
@@ -101,7 +102,13 @@ public function xlsx(BeamModel $model)
         if (!empty($header)) {
             $headers = [];
             foreach ($header as $header) {
-                $headers[ $header ] = 'string';
+                if (is_array($header)) {
+                    $text = $header['text'] ?? 'No text set';
+                    $type = $this->normalizeCellFormat($header['type'] ?? 'string');
+                    $headers[ $text ] = $type;
+                } else {
+                    $headers[ $header ] = 'string';
+                }
             }
             // Insert the headers
             $writer->writeSheetHeader($sheetName, $headers);
@@ -174,4 +181,19 @@ public function unhashConfig(string $hash): array
 
         return $config;
     }
+
+    private function normalizeCellFormat(string $type) {
+        $types = [
+            'number' => 'integer',
+            'date' => 'date',
+            'datetime' => 'datetime',
+            'time' => 'time',
+            'dollar' => 'dollar',
+            'euro' => 'euro',
+            'price' => 'price',
+            'string' => 'string',
+        ];
+
+        return $types[$type] ?? 'string';
+    }
 }