diff --git a/modules/lang-painless/src/test/java/org/opensearch/painless/DerivedFieldScriptTests.java b/modules/lang-painless/src/test/java/org/opensearch/painless/DerivedFieldScriptTests.java
index 2340e5b238ebb..b427f2ab55a48 100644
--- a/modules/lang-painless/src/test/java/org/opensearch/painless/DerivedFieldScriptTests.java
+++ b/modules/lang-painless/src/test/java/org/opensearch/painless/DerivedFieldScriptTests.java
@@ -82,6 +82,26 @@ private DerivedFieldScript.LeafFactory compile(String expression, SearchLookup l
         return factory.newFactory(Collections.emptyMap(), lookup);
     }
 
+    public void testEmittingFloatField() throws IOException {
+        SearchLookup lookup = mock(SearchLookup.class);
+
+        // Mock LeafReaderContext
+        MemoryIndex index = new MemoryIndex();
+        LeafReaderContext leafReaderContext = index.createSearcher().getIndexReader().leaves().get(0);
+
+        LeafSearchLookup leafSearchLookup = mock(LeafSearchLookup.class);
+        when(lookup.getLeafSearchLookup(leafReaderContext)).thenReturn(leafSearchLookup);
+
+        // Script that emits a float value
+        DerivedFieldScript script = compile("emit(3.14f)", lookup).newInstance(leafReaderContext);
+        script.setDocument(1);
+        script.execute();
+
+        List<Object> result = script.getEmittedValues();
+        assertEquals(1, result.size());
+        assertEquals(3.14f, result.get(0));
+    }
+
     public void testEmittingDoubleField() throws IOException {
         // Mocking field value to be returned
         NumberFieldType fieldType = new NumberFieldType("test_double_field", NumberType.DOUBLE);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/DerivedFieldScript.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/DerivedFieldScript.java
index 5329e8e6a1f30..e4ea1e06e5ddc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/DerivedFieldScript.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/script/DerivedFieldScript.java
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ private int getObjectByteSize(Object obj) {
             return Long.BYTES;
         } else if (obj instanceof Double) {
             return Double.BYTES;
+        } else if (obj instanceof Float) {
+            return Float.BYTES;
         } else if (obj instanceof Boolean) {
             return Byte.BYTES; // Assuming 1 byte for boolean
         } else if (obj instanceof Tuple) {