diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 5830de123..8e2cb92e2 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "DynamicPPL"
 uuid = "366bfd00-2699-11ea-058f-f148b4cae6d8"
-version = "0.28.4"
+version = "0.28.5"
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 4bf652363..4bf5d183b 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -811,9 +811,9 @@ end
 """
     float_type_with_fallback(x)
 
-Return type corresponding to `float(typeof(x))` if possible; otherwise return `Real`.
+Return type corresponding to `float(typeof(x))` if possible; otherwise return `float(Real)`.
 """
-float_type_with_fallback(::Type) = Real
+float_type_with_fallback(::Type) = float(Real)
 float_type_with_fallback(::Type{T}) where {T<:Real} = float(T)
 
 """