diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe2d17d1..34ec6a10 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ release points are not being annotated in GitHub.
 - Account for timezones in generated datetimes
 - SIDD ProductProcessing handling
 - NITF attachment level interpretation
+- Enable TREElement.to_dict() to handle floating-point values
 
 ## [1.3.59] - 2024-10-03
 ### Added
diff --git a/sarpy/__about__.py b/sarpy/__about__.py
index 759c6f43..dc995877 100644
--- a/sarpy/__about__.py
+++ b/sarpy/__about__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
            '__license__', '__copyright__']
 
 from sarpy.__details__ import __classification__, _post_identifier
-_version_number = '1.3.60a5'
+_version_number = '1.3.60a6'
 
 __version__ = _version_number + _post_identifier
 
diff --git a/sarpy/io/general/nitf_elements/tres/tre_elements.py b/sarpy/io/general/nitf_elements/tres/tre_elements.py
index 487ed0de..cc55ff3c 100644
--- a/sarpy/io/general/nitf_elements/tres/tre_elements.py
+++ b/sarpy/io/general/nitf_elements/tres/tre_elements.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def to_dict(self):
         out = OrderedDict()
         for fld in self._field_ordering:
             val = getattr(self, fld)
-            if val is None or isinstance(val, (bytes, str, int)):
+            if val is None or isinstance(val, (bytes, str, int, float)):
                 out[fld] = val
             elif isinstance(val, TREElement):
                 out[fld] = val.to_dict()
diff --git a/tests/io/general/test_tre.py b/tests/io/general/test_tre.py
index ffee69cc..81a39776 100644
--- a/tests/io/general/test_tre.py
+++ b/tests/io/general/test_tre.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import math
+import unittest
 
 from sarpy.io.general.nitf_elements.tres.registration import find_tre
 from sarpy.io.general.nitf_elements.tres.unclass.ACFTA import ACFTA
-import unittest
 
 
 class TestTreRegistry(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -11,17 +11,22 @@ def test_find_tre(self):
         self.assertEqual(the_tre, ACFTA)
 
 
+def _check_tre(tre_id, tre_bytes):
+    tre_obj = find_tre(tre_id).from_bytes(tre_bytes, 0)
+    assert tre_obj.to_bytes() == tre_bytes
+    assert isinstance(tre_obj.DATA.to_dict(), dict)
+    return tre_obj
+
+
 def test_matesa(tests_path):
     tre_bytes = (tests_path / 'data/example_matesa_tre.bin').read_bytes()
-    example = find_tre('MATESA').from_bytes(tre_bytes, 0)
+    example = _check_tre("MATESA", tre_bytes)
     assert example.DATA.GROUPs[-1].MATEs[-1].MATE_ID == 'EO1H1680372005097110PZ.MET'
 
-    assert example.to_bytes() == tre_bytes
-
 
 def test_bandsb(tests_path):
     tre_bytes = (tests_path / 'data/example_bandsb_tre.bin').read_bytes()
-    example = find_tre('BANDSB').from_bytes(tre_bytes, 0)
+    example = _check_tre("BANDSB", tre_bytes)
     assert example.DATA.COUNT == 172
     assert example.DATA.RADIOMETRIC_QUANTITY == 'RADIANCE'
     assert example.DATA.RADIOMETRIC_QUANTITY_UNIT == 'S'
@@ -50,5 +55,3 @@ def test_bandsb(tests_path):
     assert band171.BAD_BAND == 0
     assert float(band171.CWAVE) == 2.57708
     assert float(band171.FWHM) == 0.01041
-
-    assert example.to_bytes() == tre_bytes