diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 98bd83ff6..614495f46 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ val githubRepositoryUrl = "https://github.com/amazon-ion/ion-java/"
 val isReleaseVersion: Boolean = !version.toString().endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
 // The name we're checking for corresponds to the name that is set in the `publish-release-artifacts.yml` file.
 val isReleaseWorkflow: Boolean = System.getenv("GITHUB_WORKFLOW") == "Publish Release Artifacts"
-val generatedResourcesDir = "$buildDir/generated/main/resources"
+val generatedResourcesDir = "${layout.buildDirectory}/generated/main/resources"
 
 sourceSets {
     main {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ licenseReport {
     // though ion-java does not depend on ion-java-cli. By default, the license report generator includes
     // the current project (ion-java) and all its subprojects.
     projects = arrayOf(project)
-    outputDir = "$buildDir/reports/licenses"
+    outputDir = "${layout.buildDirectory}/reports/licenses"
     renderers = arrayOf(InventoryMarkdownReportRenderer(), TextReportRenderer())
     // Dependencies use inconsistent titles for Apache-2.0, so we need to specify mappings
     filters = arrayOf(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/IonReaderContinuableCoreBinary.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/IonReaderContinuableCoreBinary.java
index df501feb7..93331bfd3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/IonReaderContinuableCoreBinary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/ion/impl/IonReaderContinuableCoreBinary.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 package com.amazon.ion.impl;
 
 import com.amazon.ion.Decimal;
@@ -594,6 +593,12 @@ public BigDecimal bigDecimalValue() {
             scalarConverter.cast(scalarConverter.get_conversion_fnid(_Private_ScalarConversions.AS_TYPE.decimal_value));
             value = scalarConverter.getBigDecimal();
             scalarConverter.clear();
+        } else if (valueTid.type == IonType.FLOAT) {
+            scalarConverter.addValue(doubleValue());
+            scalarConverter.setAuthoritativeType(_Private_ScalarConversions.AS_TYPE.double_value);
+            scalarConverter.cast(scalarConverter.get_conversion_fnid(_Private_ScalarConversions.AS_TYPE.decimal_value));
+            value = scalarConverter.getDecimal();
+            scalarConverter.clear();
         } else {
             throwDueToInvalidType(IonType.DECIMAL);
         }
@@ -622,6 +627,12 @@ public Decimal decimalValue() {
             scalarConverter.cast(scalarConverter.get_conversion_fnid(_Private_ScalarConversions.AS_TYPE.decimal_value));
             value = scalarConverter.getDecimal();
             scalarConverter.clear();
+        } else if (valueTid.type == IonType.FLOAT) {
+            scalarConverter.addValue(doubleValue());
+            scalarConverter.setAuthoritativeType(_Private_ScalarConversions.AS_TYPE.double_value);
+            scalarConverter.cast(scalarConverter.get_conversion_fnid(_Private_ScalarConversions.AS_TYPE.decimal_value));
+            value = scalarConverter.getDecimal();
+            scalarConverter.clear();
         } else {
             throwDueToInvalidType(IonType.DECIMAL);
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazon/ion/IonReaderValueCoercionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazon/ion/IonReaderValueCoercionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7701a770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazon/ion/IonReaderValueCoercionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+package com.amazon.ion;
+
+import com.amazon.ion.system.IonReaderBuilder;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class IonReaderValueCoercionTest {
+
+    static Stream<InputStream> testData() {
+        byte[] textData = "$ion_1_0 42 42e0 42.0".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        byte[] binaryData = {
+            // Version marker 1.0
+            (byte) 0xE0, 0x01, 0x00, (byte) 0xEA,
+            // 1-byte int
+            0x21,
+            // `42`
+            0x2A,
+            // 4-byte float
+            0x44,
+            // `42e0`
+            0x42, 0x28, 0x00, 0x00,
+            // 3-byte decimal
+            0x53,
+            // `42d0`
+            (byte) 0xc1, 0x01, (byte) 0xa4,
+        };
+        return Stream.of(
+            new ByteArrayInputStream(textData),
+            new ByteArrayInputStream(binaryData)
+        );
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("testData")
+    void coerceNumberToDouble(InputStream inputStream) {
+        IonReader reader = IonReaderBuilder.standard().build(inputStream);
+        assertEquals(IonType.INT, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.doubleValue(), 42.0);
+        assertEquals(IonType.FLOAT, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.doubleValue(), 42.0);
+        assertEquals(IonType.DECIMAL, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.doubleValue(), 42.0);
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("testData")
+    void coerceNumberToBigDecimal(InputStream inputStream) {
+        IonReader reader = IonReaderBuilder.standard().build(inputStream);
+        assertEquals(IonType.INT, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.bigDecimalValue(), BigDecimal.valueOf(42));
+        assertEquals(IonType.FLOAT, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.bigDecimalValue(), BigDecimal.valueOf(42.0));
+        assertEquals(IonType.DECIMAL, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.bigDecimalValue(), BigDecimal.valueOf(42.0));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("testData")
+    void coerceNumberToDecimal(InputStream inputStream) {
+        IonReader reader = IonReaderBuilder.standard().build(inputStream);
+        assertEquals(IonType.INT, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.decimalValue(), Decimal.valueOf(42));
+        assertEquals(IonType.FLOAT, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.decimalValue(), Decimal.valueOf(42.0));
+        assertEquals(IonType.DECIMAL, reader.next());
+        assertEquals(reader.decimalValue(), Decimal.valueOf(42.0));
+    }
+}
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