diff --git a/qiskit/primitives/statevector_estimator.py b/qiskit/primitives/statevector_estimator.py
index 8dd31596902f..a3b2cddefdd7 100644
--- a/qiskit/primitives/statevector_estimator.py
+++ b/qiskit/primitives/statevector_estimator.py
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._seed = seed
 
     @property
-    def default_precision(self) -> int:
-        """Return the default shots"""
+    def default_precision(self) -> float:
+        """Return the default precision"""
         return self._default_precision
 
     @property