diff --git a/rules-tests/TypeDeclaration/Rector/Class_/TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector/Fixture/float_var_string.php.inc b/rules-tests/TypeDeclaration/Rector/Class_/TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector/Fixture/float_var_string.php.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2ec4e75038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules-tests/TypeDeclaration/Rector/Class_/TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector/Fixture/float_var_string.php.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclaration\Rector\Class_\TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector\Fixture;
+
+use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\Type;
+
+final class FloatVarString
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    #[Type('float')]
+    private $price;
+}
+
+?>
+-----
+<?php
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\TypeDeclaration\Rector\Class_\TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector\Fixture;
+
+use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\Type;
+
+final class FloatVarString
+{
+    #[Type('float')]
+    private ?string $price = null;
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/Class_/TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector.php b/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/Class_/TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector.php
index e8afb98afeb..8bb276b09d8 100644
--- a/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/Class_/TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector.php
+++ b/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/Class_/TypedPropertyFromJMSSerializerAttributeTypeRector.php
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 namespace Rector\TypeDeclaration\Rector\Class_;
 
 use PhpParser\Node;
+use PhpParser\Node\Attribute;
 use PhpParser\Node\Expr;
-use PhpParser\Node\Expr\ConstFetch;
 use PhpParser\Node\Identifier;
-use PhpParser\Node\Name;
 use PhpParser\Node\Name\FullyQualified;
 use PhpParser\Node\NullableType;
 use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\Class_;
@@ -16,7 +15,13 @@
 use PHPStan\Reflection\ClassReflection;
 use PHPStan\Type\MixedType;
 use PHPStan\Type\ObjectType;
+use PHPStan\Type\StringType;
+use PHPStan\Type\Type;
+use Rector\BetterPhpDocParser\PhpDocInfo\PhpDocInfo;
+use Rector\BetterPhpDocParser\PhpDocInfo\PhpDocInfoFactory;
+use Rector\DeadCode\PhpDoc\TagRemover\VarTagRemover;
 use Rector\Doctrine\CodeQuality\Enum\CollectionMapping;
+use Rector\Doctrine\NodeAnalyzer\AttributeFinder;
 use Rector\Enum\ClassName;
 use Rector\Php74\Guard\MakePropertyTypedGuard;
 use Rector\Php80\NodeAnalyzer\PhpAttributeAnalyzer;
@@ -43,7 +48,10 @@ public function __construct(
         private readonly ValueResolver $valueResolver,
         private readonly PhpAttributeAnalyzer $phpAttributeAnalyzer,
         private readonly ScalarStringToTypeMapper $scalarStringToTypeMapper,
-        private readonly StaticTypeMapper $staticTypeMapper
+        private readonly StaticTypeMapper $staticTypeMapper,
+        private readonly AttributeFinder $attributeFinder,
+        private readonly PhpDocInfoFactory $phpDocInfoFactory,
+        private readonly VarTagRemover $varTagRemover
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -90,34 +98,18 @@ public function provideMinPhpVersion(): int
     public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
     {
         $hasChanged = false;
-        $classReflection = null;
 
-        foreach ($node->getProperties() as $property) {
-            if ($property->type instanceof Node || $property->props[0]->default instanceof Expr) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (! $this->phpAttributeAnalyzer->hasPhpAttribute($property, ClassName::JMS_TYPE)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            // this will be most likely collection, not single type
-            if ($this->phpAttributeAnalyzer->hasPhpAttributes(
-                $property,
-                array_merge(CollectionMapping::TO_MANY_CLASSES, CollectionMapping::TO_ONE_CLASSES)
-            )) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            if (! $classReflection instanceof ClassReflection) {
-                $classReflection = $this->reflectionResolver->resolveClassReflection($node);
-            }
+        if (! $this->hasAtLeastOneUntypedPropertyUsingJmsAttribute($node)) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-            if (! $classReflection instanceof ClassReflection) {
-                return null;
-            }
+        $classReflection = $this->reflectionResolver->resolveClassReflection($node);
+        if (! $classReflection instanceof ClassReflection) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-            if (! $this->makePropertyTypedGuard->isLegal($property, $classReflection, true)) {
+        foreach ($node->getProperties() as $property) {
+            if ($this->shouldSkipProperty($property, $classReflection)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -131,20 +123,13 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
                 continue;
             }
 
-            $type = $this->scalarStringToTypeMapper->mapScalarStringToType($typeValue);
-            if ($type instanceof MixedType) {
-                // fallback to object type
-                $type = new ObjectType($typeValue);
-            }
-
-            $propertyType = $this->staticTypeMapper->mapPHPStanTypeToPhpParserNode($type, TypeKind::PROPERTY);
-
-            if (! $propertyType instanceof Identifier && ! $propertyType instanceof FullyQualified) {
-                return null;
+            $propertyTypeNode = $this->createTypeNode($typeValue, $property);
+            if (! $propertyTypeNode instanceof Identifier && ! $propertyTypeNode instanceof FullyQualified) {
+                continue;
             }
 
-            $property->type = new NullableType($propertyType);
-            $property->props[0]->default = new ConstFetch(new Name('null'));
+            $property->type = new NullableType($propertyTypeNode);
+            $property->props[0]->default = $this->nodeFactory->createNull();
 
             $hasChanged = true;
         }
@@ -158,26 +143,80 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
 
     private function resolveAttributeType(Property $property): ?string
     {
-        foreach ($property->attrGroups as $attrGroup) {
-            foreach ($attrGroup->attrs as $attr) {
-                if (! $this->isName($attr->name, ClassName::JMS_TYPE)) {
-                    continue;
-                }
+        $jmsTypeAttribute = $this->attributeFinder->findAttributeByClass($property, ClassName::JMS_TYPE);
+        if (! $jmsTypeAttribute instanceof Attribute) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-                $typeValue = $this->valueResolver->getValue($attr->args[0]->value);
-                if (! is_string($typeValue)) {
-                    return null;
-                }
+        $typeValue = $this->valueResolver->getValue($jmsTypeAttribute->args[0]->value);
+        if (! is_string($typeValue)) {
+            return null;
+        }
 
-                if (StringUtils::isMatch($typeValue, '#DateTime\<(.*?)\>#')) {
-                    // special case for DateTime, which is not a scalar type
-                    return 'DateTime';
-                }
+        if (StringUtils::isMatch($typeValue, '#DateTime\<(.*?)\>#')) {
+            // special case for DateTime, which is not a scalar type
+            return 'DateTime';
+        }
 
-                return $typeValue;
+        return $typeValue;
+    }
+
+    private function hasAtLeastOneUntypedPropertyUsingJmsAttribute(Class_ $class): bool
+    {
+        foreach ($class->getProperties() as $property) {
+            if ($property->type instanceof Node) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($this->attributeFinder->hasAttributeByClasses($property, [ClassName::JMS_TYPE])) {
+                return true;
             }
         }
 
-        return null;
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    private function createTypeNode(string $typeValue, Property $property): ?Node
+    {
+        if ($typeValue === 'float') {
+            $propertyPhpDocInfo = $this->phpDocInfoFactory->createFromNode($property);
+            if ($propertyPhpDocInfo instanceof PhpDocInfo) {
+                // fallback to string, as most likely string representation of float
+                if ($propertyPhpDocInfo->getVarType() instanceof StringType) {
+                    $this->varTagRemover->removeVarTag($property);
+
+                    return new Identifier('string');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        $type = $this->scalarStringToTypeMapper->mapScalarStringToType($typeValue);
+        if ($type instanceof MixedType) {
+            // fallback to object type
+            $type = new ObjectType($typeValue);
+        }
+
+        return $this->staticTypeMapper->mapPHPStanTypeToPhpParserNode($type, TypeKind::PROPERTY);
+    }
+
+    private function shouldSkipProperty(Property $property, ClassReflection $classReflection): bool
+    {
+        if ($property->type instanceof Node || $property->props[0]->default instanceof Expr) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if (! $this->phpAttributeAnalyzer->hasPhpAttribute($property, ClassName::JMS_TYPE)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        // this will be most likely collection, not single type
+        if ($this->phpAttributeAnalyzer->hasPhpAttributes(
+            $property,
+            array_merge(CollectionMapping::TO_MANY_CLASSES, CollectionMapping::TO_ONE_CLASSES)
+        )) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return ! $this->makePropertyTypedGuard->isLegal($property, $classReflection);
     }
 }