diff --git a/src/Transformers/ApiTransformer.php b/src/Transformers/ApiTransformer.php
index 0288ff1..ec438f4 100644
--- a/src/Transformers/ApiTransformer.php
+++ b/src/Transformers/ApiTransformer.php
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ protected function convertValueType(string $key, $value)
                 return (array) $value;
             case 'json':
                 return json_decode($value);
+            case 'float':
+                return (float) $value;
             default:
                 return $value;
         }
diff --git a/tests/ApiTransformerTest.php b/tests/ApiTransformerTest.php
index 0eeb86b..3ac91b4 100644
--- a/tests/ApiTransformerTest.php
+++ b/tests/ApiTransformerTest.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public function setUp()
             'name' => ['newName' => 'companyName', 'dataType' => 'string'],
             'has_access' => ['newName' => 'hasAccess', 'dataType' => 'bool'],
             'categories' => ['newName' => 'cats', 'dataType' => 'array'],
+            'price' => ['newName' => 'price', 'dataType' => 'float']
         ];
 
         $this->transformer = new ApiTransformer();
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ public function test_input_transforming()
             'companyName' => 'Wayne Industries',
             'hasAccess' => 0,
             'someAdditionalField' => 'someAdditionalValue',
-            'cats' => ['foo' => 'bar']
+            'cats' => ['foo' => 'bar'],
+            'price' => '1000'
         ];
 
         $expectedInput = [
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ public function test_input_transforming()
             'name' => 'Wayne Industries',
             'has_access' => 0,
             'someAdditionalField' => 'someAdditionalValue',
-            'categories' => ['foo' => 'bar']
+            'categories' => ['foo' => 'bar'],
+            'price' => (float) 1000,
         ];
         $transformedInput = $this->transformer->transformInput($input);
 
@@ -79,14 +82,16 @@ public function test_output_transforming()
             'id' => 1,
             'name' => 'Wayne Industries',
             'has_access' => 0,
-            'some_additional_field' => 'some_additional_value'
+            'some_additional_field' => 'some_additional_value',
+            'price' => '1000'
         ];
 
         $expectedOutput = [
             'id' => 1,
             'companyName' => 'Wayne Industries',
             'hasAccess' => false,
-            'some_additional_field' => 'some_additional_value'
+            'some_additional_field' => 'some_additional_value',
+            'price' => (float) 1000
         ];
 
         $transformedOutput = $this->transformer->transformOutput($output);