diff --git a/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlResultSet.java b/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlResultSet.java
index cda4b2c..a567f41 100644
--- a/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlResultSet.java
+++ b/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlResultSet.java
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ public byte[] getBytes(int columnIndex) throws SQLException {
             case Value.Blob b -> b.bytes();
             case Value.Text t -> t.value().getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
             case Value.Integer i -> Long.toString(i.value()).getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-            case Value.Float f -> Double.toString(f.value()).getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+            case Value.Float f -> sqliteRealText(f.value()).getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/libsql-jdbc/src/test/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlResultSetRealTextTest.java b/libsql-jdbc/src/test/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlResultSetRealTextTest.java
index f9a2121..67308f8 100644
--- a/libsql-jdbc/src/test/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlResultSetRealTextTest.java
+++ b/libsql-jdbc/src/test/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlResultSetRealTextTest.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -95,6 +96,17 @@ void realTextUsesFixedNotationBetweenNegativeFourAndSixteen(String sqliteValue,
         assertThat(rs.getString(1)).isEqualTo(expected);
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0} -> {1}")
+    @MethodSource("canonicalText")
+    void realBytesMatchCanonicalText(String sqliteValue, String expected) throws SQLException {
+        LibsqlResultSet rs = resultSet(new Value.Float(Double.parseDouble(sqliteValue)));
+        assertThat(rs.next()).isTrue();
+
+        assertThat(rs.getBytes(1)).isEqualTo(expected.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        assertThat(rs.getBytes(1))
+                .isEqualTo(rs.getString(1).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    }
+
     private static LibsqlResultSet resultSet(Value... values) {
         List<Col> cols = Stream.generate(() -> new Col("c", null)).limit(values.length).toList();
         StmtResult result = new StmtResult(cols, List.of(new Row(List.of(values))), 1, null);