diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity-builder.spec.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity-builder.spec.ts
index 0886d1cea23b6..4880b2795457b 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity-builder.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/__tests__/entity-builder.spec.ts
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ describe("Entity builder", () => {
         rate: {
           reference: "scalar",
           type: "number",
-          columnType: "numeric",
+          columnType: "real",
           name: "rate",
           fieldName: "rate",
           serializer: Number,
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/helpers/entity-builder/define-property.ts b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/helpers/entity-builder/define-property.ts
index 140a6fc0f8596..9db3bcbfdc17a 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/src/dml/helpers/entity-builder/define-property.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/src/dml/helpers/entity-builder/define-property.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const COLUMN_TYPES: {
   dateTime: "timestamptz",
   number: "integer",
   bigNumber: "numeric",
-  float: "numeric",
+  float: "real",
   serial: "number",
   text: "text",
   json: "jsonb",
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export function defineProperty(
    */
   if (field.dataType.name === "float") {
     Property({
-      columnType: "numeric",
+      columnType: "real",
       type: "number",
       nullable: field.nullable,
       fieldName: field.fieldName,