diff --git a/+stdlib/+hdf5nc/private/coerce_ds.m b/+stdlib/+hdf5nc/private/coerce_ds.m
index f84fd13..c2d5c5b 100644
--- a/+stdlib/+hdf5nc/private/coerce_ds.m
+++ b/+stdlib/+hdf5nc/private/coerce_ds.m
@@ -14,10 +14,16 @@
   return
 end
 
+if dtype == "float64"
+  dtype = "double";
+elseif dtype == "float32"
+  dtype = "single";
+end
+
 switch dtype
   case ""
     return
-  case {'float64', 'double', 'float32', 'single', 'int8', 'int16', 'int32', 'int64','uint8', 'uint16', 'uint32', 'uint64'}
+  case {'double', 'single', 'int8', 'int16', 'int32', 'int64','uint8', 'uint16', 'uint32', 'uint64'}
     A = cast(A, dtype);
   case 'char'
     A = string(A);
diff --git a/+stdlib/TestHDF5.m b/+stdlib/TestHDF5.m
index 64a628c..9995f70 100644
--- a/+stdlib/TestHDF5.m
+++ b/+stdlib/TestHDF5.m
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 end
 
 properties (TestParameter)
-type = {'single', 'double', 'int8', 'int16', 'int32', 'int64', 'uint8', 'uint16', 'uint32', 'uint64'}
+type = {'single', 'double', 'float32', 'float64', ...
+  'int8', 'int16', 'int32', 'int64', ...
+  'uint8', 'uint16', 'uint32', 'uint64'}
 vars = {'A0', 'A1', 'A2', 'A3', 'A4'}
 str = {"string", 'char'}
 end
@@ -224,7 +226,15 @@ function test_coerce(tc, type)
 
 tc.assumeThat(basic, IsFile)
 
-tc.verifyClass(h5read(basic, vn), type)
+if type ==  "float32"
+  vtype = "single";
+elseif type == "float64"
+  vtype = "double";
+else
+  vtype = type;
+end
+
+tc.verifyClass(h5read(basic, vn), vtype)
 end