diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
index 9ead2d05f7d..bf664afb407 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormat.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ enum DateFormat {
     Unix {
         @Override
         Function<String, DateTime> getFunction(String format, DateTimeZone timezone, Locale locale) {
-            return (date) -> new DateTime((long)(Float.parseFloat(date) * 1000), timezone);
+            return (date) -> new DateTime((long)(Double.parseDouble(date) * 1000), timezone);
         }
     },
     UnixMs {
diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormatTests.java b/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormatTests.java
index 886630dbbd9..415ee872093 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormatTests.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/common/DateFormatTests.java
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ public class DateFormatTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertThat(DateFormat.Unix.getFunction(null, DateTimeZone.UTC, null).apply("1000.5").getMillis(), equalTo(1000500L));
     }
 
+    public void testParseUnixWithMsPrecision() {
+        assertThat(DateFormat.Unix.getFunction(null, DateTimeZone.UTC, null).apply("1495718015").getMillis(), equalTo(1495718015000L));
+    }
+
     public void testParseISO8601() {
         assertThat(DateFormat.Iso8601.getFunction(null, DateTimeZone.UTC, null).apply("2001-01-01T00:00:00-0800").getMillis(),
                 equalTo(978336000000L));