diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapDifficulty.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapDifficulty.cs
index 16e6692887..38b84b4b03 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapDifficulty.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapDifficulty.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             set => approachRate = value;
         }
 
-        public float SliderMultiplier { get; set; } = 1;
-        public float SliderTickRate { get; set; } = 1;
+        public double SliderMultiplier { get; set; } = 1;
+        public double SliderTickRate { get; set; } = 1;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Maps a difficulty value [0, 10] to a two-piece linear range of values.
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
index 3e7b36f324..6ca74ebedb 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyBeatmapDecoder.cs
@@ -232,10 +232,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats
                     difficulty.ApproachRate = float.Parse(pair.Value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
                     break;
                 case @"SliderMultiplier":
-                    difficulty.SliderMultiplier = float.Parse(pair.Value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
+                    difficulty.SliderMultiplier = double.Parse(pair.Value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
                     break;
                 case @"SliderTickRate":
-                    difficulty.SliderTickRate = float.Parse(pair.Value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
+                    difficulty.SliderTickRate = double.Parse(pair.Value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
                     break;
             }
         }