diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagersPropertyCache.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagersPropertyCache.kt
index 9e8c8bcf8438..116ed4ce00df 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagersPropertyCache.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagersPropertyCache.kt
@@ -259,6 +259,18 @@ internal object ViewManagersPropertyCache {
     }
   }
 
+  private class BoxedFloatPropSetter(prop: ReactProp, setter: Method) :
+      PropSetter(prop, "number", setter) {
+
+    override fun getValueOrDefault(value: Any?, context: Context): Any? {
+      if (value != null) {
+        // All numbers from JS are Doubles which can't be simply cast to Float
+        return if (value is Double) value.toFloat() else value as Float
+      }
+      return null
+    }
+  }
+
   private class BoxedIntPropSetter : PropSetter {
 
     constructor(prop: ReactProp, setter: Method) : super(prop, "number", setter)
@@ -391,6 +403,7 @@ internal object ViewManagersPropertyCache {
             DoublePropSetter(annotation, method, annotation.defaultDouble)
         String::class.java -> StringPropSetter(annotation, method)
         java.lang.Boolean::class.java -> BoxedBooleanPropSetter(annotation, method)
+        java.lang.Float::class.java -> BoxedFloatPropSetter(annotation, method)
         java.lang.Integer::class.java ->
             if ("Color" == annotation.customType) {
               BoxedColorPropSetter(annotation, method)
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPropAnnotationSetterTest.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPropAnnotationSetterTest.kt
index 0813c85acaa6..c04465036908 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPropAnnotationSetterTest.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactPropAnnotationSetterTest.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class ReactPropAnnotationSetterTest {
 
     fun onBoxedBooleanSetterCalled(value: Boolean?)
 
+    fun onBoxedFloatSetterCalled(value: Float?)
+
     fun onBoxedIntSetterCalled(value: Int?)
 
     fun onArraySetterCalled(value: ReadableArray?)
@@ -128,6 +130,11 @@ class ReactPropAnnotationSetterTest {
       viewManagerUpdatesReceiver.onBoxedIntSetterCalled(value)
     }
 
+    @ReactProp(name = "boxedFloatProp")
+    fun setBoxedFloatProp(v: View?, value: Float?) {
+      viewManagerUpdatesReceiver.onBoxedFloatSetterCalled(value)
+    }
+
     @ReactProp(name = "arrayProp")
     fun setArrayProp(v: View?, value: ReadableArray?) {
       viewManagerUpdatesReceiver.onArraySetterCalled(value)
@@ -314,6 +321,22 @@ class ReactPropAnnotationSetterTest {
     Mockito.reset(updatesReceiverMock)
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun testBoxedFloatSetter() {
+    viewManager.updateProperties(targetView, buildStyles("boxedFloatProp", 3.5))
+    Mockito.verify(updatesReceiverMock).onBoxedFloatSetterCalled(3.5f)
+    Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(updatesReceiverMock)
+    Mockito.reset(updatesReceiverMock)
+    viewManager.updateProperties(targetView, buildStyles("boxedFloatProp", -7.0))
+    Mockito.verify(updatesReceiverMock).onBoxedFloatSetterCalled(-7.0f)
+    Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(updatesReceiverMock)
+    Mockito.reset(updatesReceiverMock)
+    viewManager.updateProperties(targetView, buildStyles("boxedFloatProp", null))
+    Mockito.verify(updatesReceiverMock).onBoxedFloatSetterCalled(null)
+    Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(updatesReceiverMock)
+    Mockito.reset(updatesReceiverMock)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun testArraySetter() {
     val array: ReadableArray = JavaOnlyArray()