diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7169ee8..9932fb0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Scaden Changelog
 
+## Version 1.1.2
+
+* Changed datatype for data simulation back to `float32`
+
 ## Version 1.1.1
 
 * Fixed bugs in scaden model definition [[#88](https://github.com/KevinMenden/scaden/issues/88)]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df19a3a..db3d3a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ![Scaden](docs/img/scaden_logo.png)
 
-![Scaden version](https://img.shields.io/badge/scaden-v1.1.1-cyan)
+![Scaden version](https://img.shields.io/badge/scaden-v1.1.2-cyan)
 ![MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-black)
 ![Install with pip](https://img.shields.io/badge/Install%20with-pip-blue)
 [![Downloads](https://pepy.tech/badge/scaden)](https://pepy.tech/project/scaden)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 7169ee8..9932fb0 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Scaden Changelog
 
+## Version 1.1.2
+
+* Changed datatype for data simulation back to `float32`
+
 ## Version 1.1.1
 
 * Fixed bugs in scaden model definition [[#88](https://github.com/KevinMenden/scaden/issues/88)]
diff --git a/scaden/simulation/bulk_simulator.py b/scaden/simulation/bulk_simulator.py
index 0fef140..06e8f7a 100644
--- a/scaden/simulation/bulk_simulator.py
+++ b/scaden/simulation/bulk_simulator.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def load_dataset(self, dataset):
                 x = pd.read_table(
                     os.path.join(self.data_path, dataset_counts),
                     index_col=0,
-                    dtype=np.float16,
+                    dtype=np.float32,
                 )
             except FileNotFoundError as e:
                 logger.error(
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 29ce4eb..0e168db 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-version = "1.1.1"
+version = "1.1.2"
 
 
 with open("README.md", "r", encoding="UTF-8") as fh: