diff --git a/src/NJsonSchema.Tests/Generation/SampleJsonDataGeneratorTests.cs b/src/NJsonSchema.Tests/Generation/SampleJsonDataGeneratorTests.cs
index f4dbd0741..5d6700591 100644
--- a/src/NJsonSchema.Tests/Generation/SampleJsonDataGeneratorTests.cs
+++ b/src/NJsonSchema.Tests/Generation/SampleJsonDataGeneratorTests.cs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public async Task PropertyWithIntegerMinimumDefiniton()
 
 
         [Fact]
-        public async Task PropertyWithFloatMinimumDefiniton()
+        public async Task PropertyWithFloatMinimumDefinition()
         {
             //// Arrange
             var data = @"{
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ public async Task PropertyWithFloatMinimumDefiniton()
                     ""properties"": {
                       ""value"": {
                         ""type"": ""number"",
-                        ""maximum"": 5.0,
-                        ""minimum"": 1.0
+                        ""maximum"": 5.00001,
+                        ""minimum"": 1.000012
                       }
                     }
                   }
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public async Task PropertyWithFloatMinimumDefiniton()
             var validationResult = schema.Validate(testJson);
             Assert.NotNull(validationResult);
             Assert.Equal(0, validationResult.Count);
-            Assert.Equal(1.0, testJson.SelectToken("body.numberContent.value").Value<float>());
+            Assert.Equal(1.000012, testJson.SelectToken("body.numberContent.value").Value<double>());
         }
 
         [Fact]
diff --git a/src/NJsonSchema/Generation/SampleJsonDataGenerator.cs b/src/NJsonSchema/Generation/SampleJsonDataGenerator.cs
index 33e1ac26f..a4dcb7eba 100644
--- a/src/NJsonSchema/Generation/SampleJsonDataGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NJsonSchema/Generation/SampleJsonDataGenerator.cs
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ private static JToken HandleNumberType(JsonSchema schema)
         {
             if (schema.ExclusiveMinimumRaw != null)
             {
-                return JToken.FromObject(float.Parse(schema.Minimum.ToString()) + 0.1);
+                return JToken.FromObject((decimal)(float.Parse(schema.Minimum.ToString()) + 0.1));
             }
             else if (schema.ExclusiveMinimum != null)
             {
-                return JToken.FromObject(float.Parse(schema.ExclusiveMinimum.ToString()));
+                return JToken.FromObject(decimal.Parse(schema.ExclusiveMinimum.ToString()));
             }
             else if (schema.Minimum.HasValue)
             {
-                return float.Parse(schema.Minimum.ToString());
+                return decimal.Parse(schema.Minimum.ToString());
             }
             return JToken.FromObject(0.0);
         }