diff --git a/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferIOBase.ts b/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferIOBase.ts
index 321185a..86b5815 100644
--- a/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferIOBase.ts
+++ b/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferIOBase.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class BufferIOBase {
   protected readonly uint8View: Uint8Array;
   protected readonly helperInt32View: Int32Array;
   protected readonly helperUint32View: Uint32Array;
-  protected readonly helperFloat16View: Uint16Array;
+  protected readonly helperUint16View: Uint16Array;
   protected readonly helperFloat32View: Float32Array;
   protected readonly helperByteView: Uint8Array;
   protected readonly switchEndianness: boolean;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class BufferIOBase {
     this.helperUint32View = new Uint32Array(helperBuffer);
     this.helperFloat32View = new Float32Array(helperBuffer);
     this.helperByteView = new Uint8Array(helperBuffer);
-    this.helperFloat16View = new Uint16Array(helperBuffer);
+    this.helperUint16View = new Uint16Array(helperBuffer);
   }
 
   get currentByteOffset() {
diff --git a/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferReader.ts b/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferReader.ts
index 6d872d7..c845592 100644
--- a/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferReader.ts
+++ b/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferReader.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class BufferReader extends BufferIOBase implements ISerialInput {
   readFloat16() {
     this.copyInputToHelper(2);
 
-    return float16ToNumber(this.helperFloat16View);
+    return float16ToNumber(this.helperUint16View);
   }
 
   readFloat32() {
diff --git a/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferWriter.ts b/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferWriter.ts
index 24799e9..f7cdd55 100644
--- a/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferWriter.ts
+++ b/packages/typed-binary/src/io/bufferWriter.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class BufferWriter extends BufferIOBase implements ISerialOutput {
   }
 
   writeFloat16(value: number): void {
-    this.helperFloat16View[0] = numberToFloat16(value)[0];
+    this.helperUint16View[0] = numberToFloat16(value)[0];
 
     this.copyHelperToOutput(2);
   }