diff --git a/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/JacksonAvroParserImpl.java b/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/JacksonAvroParserImpl.java
index 5f52d5dac..afcf17819 100644
--- a/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/JacksonAvroParserImpl.java
+++ b/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/JacksonAvroParserImpl.java
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ private static boolean _checkVarHandleAvailable() {
         }
     }
 
-
     /*
     /**********************************************************************
     /* Input source config
diff --git a/avro/src/test/java/module-info.java b/avro/src/test/java/module-info.java
index f87d05414..f52d241bb 100644
--- a/avro/src/test/java/module-info.java
+++ b/avro/src/test/java/module-info.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     opens tools.jackson.dataformat.avro;
     opens tools.jackson.dataformat.avro.annotation;
     opens tools.jackson.dataformat.avro.constraints;
+    opens tools.jackson.dataformat.avro.deser;
     opens tools.jackson.dataformat.avro.dos;
     opens tools.jackson.dataformat.avro.fuzz;
     opens tools.jackson.dataformat.avro.gen;
diff --git a/avro/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/AvroNumberTest.java b/avro/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/AvroNumberTest.java
index 6901d03f7..5fa329ae2 100644
--- a/avro/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/AvroNumberTest.java
+++ b/avro/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/AvroNumberTest.java
@@ -138,4 +138,60 @@ private void _verifyGetNumberTypeFail(JsonParser p, String token) throws Excepti
         // In 2.x got exception; in 3.x null
         assertNull(p.getNumberType());
     }
+
+    // Characterization of `decodeFloat()`/`decodeDouble()` (see `JacksonAvroParserImpl`)
+    // across IEEE-754 boundary values, both from a plain byte array (single read)
+    // and from a `LimitingInputStream` (forces the buffer-refill/`_loadToHaveAtLeast`
+    // path to be exercised for every 4/8-byte read).
+    private static final float[] FLOAT_EDGE_CASES = new float[] {
+            0.0f, -0.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f,
+            Float.MIN_VALUE, Float.MAX_VALUE, Float.MIN_NORMAL,
+            Float.NaN, Float.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Float.NEGATIVE_INFINITY,
+            123.456f, -123.456f
+    };
+
+    private static final double[] DOUBLE_EDGE_CASES = new double[] {
+            0.0, -0.0, 1.0, -1.0,
+            Double.MIN_VALUE, Double.MAX_VALUE, Double.MIN_NORMAL,
+            Double.NaN, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY,
+            123456.789, -123456.789
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void testFloatEdgeCasesRoundTrip() throws Exception
+    {
+        AvroSchema schema = MAPPER.schemaFor(Numbers.class);
+        for (float f : FLOAT_EDGE_CASES) {
+            Numbers input = new Numbers(0, 0L, f, 0.0);
+            byte[] bytes = MAPPER.writer(schema).writeValueAsBytes(input);
+
+            Numbers direct = MAPPER.readerFor(Numbers.class).with(schema).readValue(bytes);
+            assertEquals(Float.floatToRawIntBits(f), Float.floatToRawIntBits(direct.f),
+                    "direct read of " + f);
+
+            Numbers chunked = MAPPER.readerFor(Numbers.class).with(schema)
+                    .readValue(LimitingInputStream.wrap(bytes, 42));
+            assertEquals(Float.floatToRawIntBits(f), Float.floatToRawIntBits(chunked.f),
+                    "chunked read of " + f);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testDoubleEdgeCasesRoundTrip() throws Exception
+    {
+        AvroSchema schema = MAPPER.schemaFor(Numbers.class);
+        for (double d : DOUBLE_EDGE_CASES) {
+            Numbers input = new Numbers(0, 0L, 0.0f, d);
+            byte[] bytes = MAPPER.writer(schema).writeValueAsBytes(input);
+
+            Numbers direct = MAPPER.readerFor(Numbers.class).with(schema).readValue(bytes);
+            assertEquals(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(d), Double.doubleToRawLongBits(direct.d),
+                    "direct read of " + d);
+
+            Numbers chunked = MAPPER.readerFor(Numbers.class).with(schema)
+                    .readValue(LimitingInputStream.wrap(bytes, 42));
+            assertEquals(Double.doubleToRawLongBits(d), Double.doubleToRawLongBits(chunked.d),
+                    "chunked read of " + d);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/avro/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroVarHandleUtilTest.java b/avro/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroVarHandleUtilTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..151e763ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/avro/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroVarHandleUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+package tools.jackson.dataformat.avro.deser;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Direct characterization of {@link AvroVarHandleUtil}'s little-endian
+ * byte-array reads, independent of the full Avro parser round trip.
+ */
+public class AvroVarHandleUtilTest
+{
+    // On any JDK 17+ runtime (this project's baseline) VarHandle byte-array
+    // views are always available.
+    @Test
+    public void testIsAvailable() {
+        assertTrue(AvroVarHandleUtil.isAvailable());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetIntLEZero() {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[] { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
+        assertEquals(0, AvroVarHandleUtil.getIntLE(buf, 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetIntLEPositive() {
+        // little-endian encoding of 0x04030201
+        byte[] buf = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04 };
+        assertEquals(0x04030201, AvroVarHandleUtil.getIntLE(buf, 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetIntLENegative() {
+        // little-endian encoding of 0xFFFFFFFF (-1) and 0x80000000 (Integer.MIN_VALUE)
+        byte[] allOnes = new byte[] { (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF };
+        assertEquals(-1, AvroVarHandleUtil.getIntLE(allOnes, 0));
+
+        byte[] minValue = new byte[] { 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, (byte) 0x80 };
+        assertEquals(Integer.MIN_VALUE, AvroVarHandleUtil.getIntLE(minValue, 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetIntLEAtOffset() {
+        // leading padding byte followed by little-endian 0x04030201
+        byte[] buf = new byte[] { (byte) 0xAA, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04 };
+        assertEquals(0x04030201, AvroVarHandleUtil.getIntLE(buf, 1));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetLongLEZero() {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[8];
+        assertEquals(0L, AvroVarHandleUtil.getLongLE(buf, 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetLongLEPositive() {
+        // little-endian encoding of 0x0807060504030201L
+        byte[] buf = new byte[] { 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08 };
+        assertEquals(0x0807060504030201L, AvroVarHandleUtil.getLongLE(buf, 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetLongLENegative() {
+        byte[] allOnes = new byte[] {
+                (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF,
+                (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF, (byte) 0xFF };
+        assertEquals(-1L, AvroVarHandleUtil.getLongLE(allOnes, 0));
+
+        byte[] minValue = new byte[] { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, (byte) 0x80 };
+        assertEquals(Long.MIN_VALUE, AvroVarHandleUtil.getLongLE(minValue, 0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetLongLEAtOffset() {
+        byte[] buf = new byte[] {
+                (byte) 0xAA, (byte) 0xBB,
+                0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08 };
+        assertEquals(0x0807060504030201L, AvroVarHandleUtil.getLongLE(buf, 2));
+    }
+}