diff --git a/tests/irdl/test_declarative_assembly_format.py b/tests/irdl/test_declarative_assembly_format.py
index 9d3a1484f6..a58de17fae 100644
--- a/tests/irdl/test_declarative_assembly_format.py
+++ b/tests/irdl/test_declarative_assembly_format.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import textwrap
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from io import StringIO
-from typing import ClassVar, Generic, TypeVar
+from typing import Annotated, ClassVar, Generic, TypeVar
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from xdsl.dialects.builtin import (
     I32,
     BoolAttr,
+    Float64Type,
+    FloatAttr,
     IntegerAttr,
     MemRefType,
     ModuleOp,
@@ -603,20 +605,21 @@ class OptionalAttributeOp(IRDLOperation):
     "program, generic_program",
     [
         (
-            "test.typed_attr 3",
-            '"test.typed_attr"() {"attr" = 3 : i32} : () -> ()',
+            "test.typed_attr 3 3.000000e+00",
+            '"test.typed_attr"() {"attr" = 3 : i32, "float_attr" = 3.000000e+00 : f64} : () -> ()',
         ),
     ],
 )
 def test_typed_attribute_variable(program: str, generic_program: str):
-    """Test the parsing of optional operands"""
+    """Test the parsing of typed attributes"""
 
     @irdl_op_definition
     class TypedAttributeOp(IRDLOperation):
         name = "test.typed_attr"
         attr = attr_def(IntegerAttr[I32])
+        float_attr = attr_def(FloatAttr[Annotated[Float64Type, Float64Type()]])
 
-        assembly_format = "$attr attr-dict"
+        assembly_format = "$attr $float_attr attr-dict"
 
     ctx = MLContext()
     ctx.load_op(TypedAttributeOp)
diff --git a/xdsl/dialects/builtin.py b/xdsl/dialects/builtin.py
index df0e3d89cb..3cbccf68bc 100644
--- a/xdsl/dialects/builtin.py
+++ b/xdsl/dialects/builtin.py
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ def __hash__(self):
 
 
 @irdl_attr_definition
-class FloatAttr(Generic[_FloatAttrType], ParametrizedAttribute):
+class FloatAttr(Generic[_FloatAttrType], TypedAttribute[_FloatAttrType]):
     name = "float"
 
     value: ParameterDef[FloatData]
@@ -668,6 +668,17 @@ def __init__(
                 raise ValueError(f"Invalid bitwidth: {type}")
         super().__init__([data_attr, type])
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_with_type(
+        parser: AttrParser,
+        type: AttributeInvT,
+    ) -> TypedAttribute[AttributeInvT]:
+        assert isinstance(type, AnyFloat)
+        return FloatAttr(parser.parse_float(), type)
+
+    def print_without_type(self, printer: Printer):
+        return printer.print_float(self)
+
 
 AnyFloatAttr: TypeAlias = FloatAttr[AnyFloat]
 AnyFloatAttrConstr: BaseAttr[AnyFloatAttr] = BaseAttr(FloatAttr)
diff --git a/xdsl/parser/base_parser.py b/xdsl/parser/base_parser.py
index 792f87e9e8..3586c7b6cc 100644
--- a/xdsl/parser/base_parser.py
+++ b/xdsl/parser/base_parser.py
@@ -359,6 +359,36 @@ def parse_integer(
             "Expected integer literal" + context_msg,
         )
 
+    def parse_optional_float(
+        self,
+        *,
+        allow_negative: bool = True,
+    ) -> float | None:
+        """
+        Parse a (possibly negative) float, if present.
+        """
+        is_negative = False
+        if allow_negative:
+            is_negative = self._parse_optional_token(Token.Kind.MINUS) is not None
+
+        if (value := self._parse_optional_token(Token.Kind.FLOAT_LIT)) is not None:
+            value = value.get_float_value()
+            return -value if is_negative else value
+
+    def parse_float(
+        self,
+        *,
+        allow_negative: bool = True,
+    ) -> float:
+        """
+        Parse a (possibly negative) float.
+        """
+
+        return self.expect(
+            lambda: self.parse_optional_float(allow_negative=allow_negative),
+            "Expected float literal",
+        )
+
     def parse_optional_number(
         self, *, allow_boolean: bool = False
     ) -> int | float | None:
@@ -376,8 +406,7 @@ def parse_optional_number(
         ) is not None:
             return -value if is_negative else value
 
-        if (value := self._parse_optional_token(Token.Kind.FLOAT_LIT)) is not None:
-            value = value.get_float_value()
+        if (value := self.parse_optional_float(allow_negative=False)) is not None:
             return -value if is_negative else value
 
         if is_negative:
diff --git a/xdsl/printer.py b/xdsl/printer.py
index 792e08c3b7..f9b8bb4ab4 100644
--- a/xdsl/printer.py
+++ b/xdsl/printer.py
@@ -561,13 +561,6 @@ def print_attribute(self, attribute: Attribute) -> None:
                 self.print_identifier_or_string_literal(ref.data)
             return
 
-        if isinstance(attribute, FloatAttr):
-            attr = cast(AnyFloatAttr, attribute)
-            self.print_float(attr)
-            self.print_string(" : ")
-            self.print_attribute(attr.type)
-            return
-
         # Complex types have MLIR shorthands but XDSL does not.
         if isinstance(attribute, ComplexType):
             self.print_string("complex<")