diff --git a/nats/src/nats/aio/client.py b/nats/src/nats/aio/client.py
index 8487489e..0f8a5c48 100644
--- a/nats/src/nats/aio/client.py
+++ b/nats/src/nats/aio/client.py
@@ -356,8 +356,8 @@ async def connect(
         pedantic: bool = False,
         verbose: bool = False,
         allow_reconnect: bool = True,
-        connect_timeout: int = DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
-        reconnect_time_wait: int = DEFAULT_RECONNECT_TIME_WAIT,
+        connect_timeout: float = DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
+        reconnect_time_wait: float = DEFAULT_RECONNECT_TIME_WAIT,
         max_reconnect_attempts: int = DEFAULT_MAX_RECONNECT_ATTEMPTS,
         ping_interval: int = DEFAULT_PING_INTERVAL,
         max_outstanding_pings: int = DEFAULT_MAX_OUTSTANDING_PINGS,