diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0ca7bf8..02fce62 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -518,6 +518,19 @@ DynamicAttribute.prototype.update = function(context, binding) {
   var element = binding.element;
   var propertyName = !this.elementNs && UPDATE_PROPERTIES[binding.name];
   if (propertyName) {
+    // Update via DOM property, short-circuiting if no update is needed.
+    // Certain properties must be strings, so for those properties, the value gets stringified.
+    //
+    // There is one special case, when updating the string `input.value` property with a number.
+    // If a user tries to type "1.01" in an `<input type="number">, then once they've typed "1.0",
+    // the context value is set to `1`, triggering this update function to set the input value to
+    // "1". That means typing "1.01" would be impossible without special handling to avoid
+    // overwriting an existing input value of "1.0" with a new value of "1".
+    if (element.tagName === 'INPUT' && propertyName === 'value' && typeof value === 'number') {
+      if (parseFloat(element.value) === value) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
     var propertyValue = (STRING_PROPERTIES[binding.name]) ?
       this.stringify(value) : value;
     if (element[propertyName] === propertyValue) return;
diff --git a/test/test.mocha.js b/test/test.mocha.js
index e0218eb..361d982 100644
--- a/test/test.mocha.js
+++ b/test/test.mocha.js
@@ -717,6 +717,25 @@ function testBindingUpdates(render) {
     expect(input.value).equal('');
   });
 
+  it('does not clobber input type="number" value when typing "1.0"', function() {
+    var template = new saddle.Template([
+      new saddle.Element('input', {
+        'type': new saddle.Attribute('number'),
+        'value': new saddle.DynamicAttribute(new expressions.Expression('amount')),
+      })
+    ]);
+
+    var binding = render(template).pop();
+    var input = fixture.firstChild;
+
+    // Make sure that a user-typed input value of "1.0" does not get clobbered by
+    // a context value of `1`.
+    input.value = '1.0';
+    binding.context = getContext({amount: 1});
+    binding.update();
+    expect(input.value).equal('1.0');
+  });
+
   it('updates "title" attribute', function() {
     var template = new saddle.Template([
       new saddle.Element('div', {