diff --git a/Sources/MessagePackTypes/MessagePackType+DoubleType.swift b/Sources/MessagePackTypes/MessagePackType+DoubleType.swift
index ccbd103..872c70c 100644
--- a/Sources/MessagePackTypes/MessagePackType+DoubleType.swift
+++ b/Sources/MessagePackTypes/MessagePackType+DoubleType.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ extension MessagePackType.DoubleType {
     }
 
     static func unpack(for value: Data) throws -> Double {
+        guard let firstByte = value.first else { throw MessagePackError.emptyData }
+        guard firstByte == self.firstByte else { throw MessagePackError.invalidData }
+
         let unpacked: UInt64 = try unpackInteger(try value.subdata(dataRange))
         return Double(bitPattern: UInt64(bigEndian: unpacked))
     }
diff --git a/Sources/MessagePackTypes/MessagePackType+FloatType.swift b/Sources/MessagePackTypes/MessagePackType+FloatType.swift
index bb63def..56b2e9e 100644
--- a/Sources/MessagePackTypes/MessagePackType+FloatType.swift
+++ b/Sources/MessagePackTypes/MessagePackType+FloatType.swift
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ extension MessagePackType.FloatType {
     }
 
     static func unpack(for value: Data) throws -> Float {
+        guard let firstByte = value.first else { throw MessagePackError.emptyData }
+        guard firstByte == self.firstByte else { throw MessagePackError.invalidData }
+
         let unpacked: UInt32 = try unpackInteger(try value.subdata(dataRange))
         return Float(bitPattern: UInt32(bigEndian: unpacked))
     }
diff --git a/Tests/MessagePackerTests/DoubleUnpackedTests.swift b/Tests/MessagePackerTests/DoubleUnpackedTests.swift
index 6e3933a..70cc6c3 100644
--- a/Tests/MessagePackerTests/DoubleUnpackedTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/MessagePackerTests/DoubleUnpackedTests.swift
@@ -25,4 +25,9 @@ class DoubleUnpackedTests: XCTestCase {
         let output = 3.14
         XCTAssertEqual(try decoder.decode(Double.self, from: input), output)
     }
+
+    func testMismatchedType() {
+        let input = Data([207, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255])
+        XCTAssertThrowsError(try decoder.decode(Double.self, from: input))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/MessagePackerTests/FloatUnpackedTests.swift b/Tests/MessagePackerTests/FloatUnpackedTests.swift
index a6a5450..394bfde 100644
--- a/Tests/MessagePackerTests/FloatUnpackedTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/MessagePackerTests/FloatUnpackedTests.swift
@@ -25,4 +25,9 @@ class FloatUnpackedTests: XCTestCase {
         let output: Float = 3.14
         XCTAssertEqual(try decoder.decode(Float.self, from: input), output)
     }
+
+   func testMismatchedType() {
+       let input = Data([207, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255])
+       XCTAssertThrowsError(try decoder.decode(Float.self, from: input))
+   }
 }