diff --git a/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/JsonEncoder.java b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/JsonEncoder.java
index 7e3a67eb6db..46fb6b5cb58 100644
--- a/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/JsonEncoder.java
+++ b/lang/java/avro/src/main/java/org/apache/avro/io/JsonEncoder.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public void writeLong(long n) throws IOException {
   @Override
   public void writeFloat(float f) throws IOException {
     parser.advance(Symbol.FLOAT);
-    out.writeNumber(f);
+    out.writeNumber(f + 0d);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/io/TestBinaryDecoder.java b/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/io/TestBinaryDecoder.java
index 6010fc9c69f..80533585722 100644
--- a/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/io/TestBinaryDecoder.java
+++ b/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/io/TestBinaryDecoder.java
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 import org.apache.avro.AvroRuntimeException;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.SystemLimitException;
+import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumReader;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumWriter;
+import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
 import org.apache.avro.util.ByteBufferInputStream;
 import org.apache.avro.util.ByteBufferOutputStream;
 import org.apache.avro.util.RandomData;
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import static org.apache.avro.TestSystemLimitException.*;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 public class TestBinaryDecoder {
   // prime number buffer size so that looping tests hit the buffer edge
@@ -682,4 +685,26 @@ void eof(boolean useDirect) throws IOException {
     Assertions.assertThrows(EOFException.class, () -> d.readInt());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testFloatPrecision() throws Exception {
+    String def = "{\"type\":\"record\",\"name\":\"X\",\"fields\":" + "[{\"type\":\"float\",\"name\":\"n\"}]}";
+    Schema schema = new Schema.Parser().parse(def);
+    DatumReader<GenericRecord> reader = new GenericDatumReader<>(schema);
+
+    float value = 33.33000183105469f;
+
+    GenericData.Record record = new GenericData.Record(schema);
+    record.put(0, value);
+    ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    Encoder encoder = EncoderFactory.get().directBinaryEncoder(out, null);
+
+    DatumWriter<GenericRecord> writer = new GenericDatumWriter<>(schema);
+    writer.write(record, encoder);
+    encoder.flush();
+
+    Decoder decoder = DecoderFactory.get().directBinaryDecoder(new ByteArrayInputStream(out.toByteArray()), null);
+    GenericRecord r = reader.read(null, decoder);
+    assertEquals(value + 0d, ((float) r.get("n")) + 0d);
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/io/TestJsonDecoder.java b/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/io/TestJsonDecoder.java
index 05057139600..1f44344e3aa 100644
--- a/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/io/TestJsonDecoder.java
+++ b/lang/java/avro/src/test/java/org/apache/avro/io/TestJsonDecoder.java
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
 import org.apache.avro.AvroTypeException;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.SchemaBuilder;
+import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericData;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumReader;
+import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericDatumWriter;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class TestJsonDecoder {
@@ -66,6 +69,29 @@ private void checkNumeric(String type, Object value) throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testFloatPrecision() throws Exception {
+    String def = "{\"type\":\"record\",\"name\":\"X\",\"fields\":" + "[{\"type\":\"float\",\"name\":\"n\"}]}";
+    Schema schema = new Schema.Parser().parse(def);
+    DatumReader<GenericRecord> reader = new GenericDatumReader<>(schema);
+
+    float value = 33.33000183105469f;
+    GenericData.Record record = new GenericData.Record(schema);
+    record.put(0, value);
+    ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    JsonEncoder encoder = EncoderFactory.get().jsonEncoder(schema, out);
+
+    DatumWriter<GenericRecord> writer = new GenericDatumWriter<>(schema);
+    writer.write(record, encoder);
+    encoder.flush();
+    // check the whole float precision is kept.
+    assertEquals("{\"n\":33.33000183105469}", out.toString());
+
+    Decoder decoder = DecoderFactory.get().jsonDecoder(schema, out.toString());
+    GenericRecord r = reader.read(null, decoder);
+    assertEquals(value + 0d, ((float) r.get("n")) + 0d);
+  }
+
   // Ensure that even if the order of fields in JSON is different from the order
   // in schema,
   // it works.