diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.md b/CHANGELOG.next.md
index 90e3574f3f..bc78ca8138 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Thanks, you're awesome :-) -->
 #### Bugfixes
 
 * Clean up `event.reference` description. #1181
+* Go code generator fails if `scaled_float` type is used. #1250
 
 #### Added
 
diff --git a/scripts/cmd/gocodegen/gocodegen.go b/scripts/cmd/gocodegen/gocodegen.go
index 8fff5ed5d9..4ec88739f9 100644
--- a/scripts/cmd/gocodegen/gocodegen.go
+++ b/scripts/cmd/gocodegen/gocodegen.go
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func goDataType(fieldName, elasticsearchDataType string) string {
 		return "int64"
 	case "integer":
 		return "int32"
-	case "float":
+	case "float", "scaled_float":
 		return "float64"
 	case "date":
 		return "time.Time"