diff --git a/ultralytics/utils/ops.py b/ultralytics/utils/ops.py
index ac53546e..c6ebaf65 100644
--- a/ultralytics/utils/ops.py
+++ b/ultralytics/utils/ops.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def xyxy2xywhn(x, w=640, h=640, clip=False, eps=0.0):
     if clip:
         x = clip_boxes(x, (h - eps, w - eps))
     assert x.shape[-1] == 4, f"input shape last dimension expected 4 but input shape is {x.shape}"
-    y = torch.empty_like(x) if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor) else np.empty_like(x)  # faster than clone/copy
+    y = torch.empty_like(x) if isinstance(x, torch.Tensor) else np.empty_like(x, dtype=float)  # faster than clone/copy
     y[..., 0] = ((x[..., 0] + x[..., 2]) / 2) / w  # x center
     y[..., 1] = ((x[..., 1] + x[..., 3]) / 2) / h  # y center
     y[..., 2] = (x[..., 2] - x[..., 0]) / w  # width