diff --git a/jax/_src/dtypes.py b/jax/_src/dtypes.py
index f85e4833e13c..c733357a8b6f 100644
--- a/jax/_src/dtypes.py
+++ b/jax/_src/dtypes.py
@@ -310,7 +310,15 @@ def coerce_to_array(x: Any, dtype: DTypeLike | None = None) -> np.ndarray:
   return np.asarray(x, dtype)
 
 iinfo = ml_dtypes.iinfo
-finfo = ml_dtypes.finfo
+
+# We cast finfo attributes from np.float to built-in python floats
+# for Array API compliance
+class finfo(ml_dtypes.finfo):
+  def __setattr__(self, name, value):
+    if isinstance(value, np.floating):
+      value = float(value)
+    object.__setattr__(self, name, value)
+
 
 def _issubclass(a: Any, b: Any) -> bool:
   """Determines if ``a`` is a subclass of ``b``.
diff --git a/jax/experimental/array_api/_data_type_functions.py b/jax/experimental/array_api/_data_type_functions.py
index 248c1c6dd0fe..f9799255ecf6 100644
--- a/jax/experimental/array_api/_data_type_functions.py
+++ b/jax/experimental/array_api/_data_type_functions.py
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ class FInfo(NamedTuple):
     smallest_normal: float
     dtype: jnp.dtype
 
-# TODO(micky774): Update jax.numpy.finfo so that its attributes are python
-# floats
 def finfo(type, /) -> FInfo:
   info = jnp.finfo(type)
   return FInfo(