diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index a992e62f1..eb8f7dd14 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -3503,7 +3503,7 @@ export interface ChartTypeRegistry {
   bar: {
     chartOptions: BarControllerChartOptions;
     datasetOptions: BarControllerDatasetOptions;
-    defaultDataPoint: number | null;
+    defaultDataPoint: number | [number, number] | null;
     metaExtensions: {};
     parsedDataType: BarParsedData,
     scales: keyof CartesianScaleTypeRegistry;
diff --git a/types/tests/controllers/bar_floating_data.ts b/types/tests/controllers/bar_floating_data.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91380a85c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/tests/controllers/bar_floating_data.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { Chart } from '../../../src/types';
+
+const chart = new Chart('id', {
+  type: 'bar',
+  data: {
+    labels: ['1', '2', '3'],
+    datasets: [{
+      data: [[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]]
+    }]
+  },
+});