diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06f8bae..73b24a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [3.2.1] — unreleased
+## [3.2.1] — 2026-11-09
 
 ### Added
 - Symfony Flex recipe, published as assets of every GitHub release. With `releases/latest/download/index.json` added to `extra.symfony.endpoint`, `composer require` registers the bundle, creates `config/packages/zammad.yaml` and adds `ZAMMAD_URL` / `ZAMMAD_TOKEN` to `.env`; `composer remove` reverts it. Applications without Flex keep registering the bundle by hand ([#182](https://github.com/zammad/zammad-api-client-php/issues/182))
diff --git a/src/Core/Cast.php b/src/Core/Cast.php
index 968e7b2..2e0f3cb 100644
--- a/src/Core/Cast.php
+++ b/src/Core/Cast.php
@@ -115,4 +115,18 @@ public static function boolOrNull(array $data, string $key): ?bool
 
         return (bool) $value;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts a key from $data as a float, or null if absent or not numeric.
+     *
+     * Numeric strings are cast to float, since Zammad returns decimal columns
+     * such as `time_unit` as strings (e.g. `"15.0"`).
+     *
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $data
+     */
+    public static function floatOrNull(array $data, string $key): ?float
+    {
+        $value = $data[$key] ?? null;
+        return is_numeric($value) ? (float) $value : null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Core/Repository/DtoHydrator.php b/src/Core/Repository/DtoHydrator.php
index 842c239..b90c449 100644
--- a/src/Core/Repository/DtoHydrator.php
+++ b/src/Core/Repository/DtoHydrator.php
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ private static function coerce(?string $type, bool $nullable, array $data, strin
                 ? Cast::boolOrNull($data, $name)
                 : self::requireBool($data, $name),
             'string' => $nullable ? Cast::stringOrNull($data, $name) : Cast::string($data, $name),
+            'float' => $nullable
+                ? Cast::floatOrNull($data, $name)
+                : self::requireFloat($data, $name),
             default => $data[$name] ?? null,
         };
     }
@@ -124,6 +127,28 @@ private static function requireBool(array $data, string $name): bool
         return (bool) $data[$name];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array<string, mixed> $data
+     */
+    private static function requireFloat(array $data, string $name): float
+    {
+        if (!array_key_exists($name, $data)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(
+                "Required field \"{$name}\" is missing from API response data.",
+            );
+        }
+
+        $value = $data[$name];
+
+        if (!is_numeric($value)) {
+            throw new \RuntimeException(
+                "Required field \"{$name}\" must be numeric, got " . get_debug_type($value) . '.',
+            );
+        }
+
+        return (float) $value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param class-string $class
      * @return list<array{name: string, type: ?string, nullable: bool}>
diff --git a/test/Unit/Core/DtoHydratorTest.php b/test/Unit/Core/DtoHydratorTest.php
index e7cda67..0ccab12 100644
--- a/test/Unit/Core/DtoHydratorTest.php
+++ b/test/Unit/Core/DtoHydratorTest.php
@@ -130,6 +130,53 @@ public function __construct(
         $dtoClass::fromArray(['count' => ['nested']]);
     }
 
+    public function testRequireFloatThrowsWhenFieldMissing(): void
+    {
+        $dtoClass = new class(0.0) {
+            use HydratesFromArray;
+            public function __construct(
+                public float $amount,
+            ) {
+            }
+        };
+
+        $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Required field "amount" is missing from API response data.');
+
+        $dtoClass::fromArray([]);
+    }
+
+    public function testRequireFloatThrowsWhenValueNotNumeric(): void
+    {
+        $dtoClass = new class(0.0) {
+            use HydratesFromArray;
+            public function __construct(
+                public float $amount,
+            ) {
+            }
+        };
+
+        $this->expectException(RuntimeException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Required field "amount" must be numeric, got string.');
+
+        $dtoClass::fromArray(['amount' => 'abc']);
+    }
+
+    public function testRequireFloatCoercesNumericStringToFloat(): void
+    {
+        $dtoClass = new class(0.0) {
+            use HydratesFromArray;
+            public function __construct(
+                public float $amount,
+            ) {
+            }
+        };
+
+        $result = $dtoClass::fromArray(['amount' => '15.0']);
+
+        self::assertSame(15.0, $result->amount);
+    }
+
     public function testRequireBoolReturnsFalseWhenFieldMissing(): void
     {
         $dtoClass = new class(false) {
diff --git a/test/Unit/DTOs/TicketArticleDTOTest.php b/test/Unit/DTOs/TicketArticleDTOTest.php
index 025e1d6..7423dee 100644
--- a/test/Unit/DTOs/TicketArticleDTOTest.php
+++ b/test/Unit/DTOs/TicketArticleDTOTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 namespace ZammadAPIClient\Tests\Unit\DTOs;
 
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Group;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use ZammadAPIClient\Endpoints\TicketArticles\TicketArticleDTO;
@@ -144,4 +145,36 @@ public function testCreateArticleWithNewFields(): void
         self::assertSame('<msg-xyz@example.com>', $array['in_reply_to']);
         self::assertSame(5, $array['origin_by_id']);
     }
+
+    #[DataProvider('timeUnitProvider')]
+    public function testFromArrayCoercesTimeUnitToFloat(mixed $raw, ?float $expected): void
+    {
+        $dto = TicketArticleDTO::fromArray([
+            'id'        => 1,
+            'ticket_id' => 1,
+            'time_unit' => $raw,
+        ]);
+
+        self::assertSame($expected, $dto->time_unit);
+    }
+
+    public static function timeUnitProvider(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'decimal string'            => ['15.0', 15.0],
+            'fractional decimal string' => ['0.5', 0.5],
+            'integer string'            => ['15', 15.0],
+            'integer'                   => [15, 15.0],
+            'float'                     => [5.5, 5.5],
+            'non-numeric string'        => ['abc', null],
+            'null'                      => [null, null]
+        ];
+    }
+
+    public function testFromArrayWithoutTimeUnitIsNull(): void
+    {
+        $dto = TicketArticleDTO::fromArray(['id' => 1, 'ticket_id' => 1]);
+
+        self::assertNull($dto->time_unit);
+    }
 }