diff --git a/helper/helper.go b/helper/helper.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7047c8ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/helper.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package helper
+
+import "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9/internal/util"
+
+func ParseFloat(s string) (float64, error) {
+	return util.ParseStringToFloat(s)
+}
+
+func MustParseFloat(s string) float64 {
+	return util.MustParseFloat(s)
+}
diff --git a/internal/util/convert.go b/internal/util/convert.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d326d50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/convert.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// ParseFloat parses a Redis RESP3 float reply into a Go float64,
+// handling "inf", "-inf", "nan" per Redis conventions.
+func ParseStringToFloat(s string) (float64, error) {
+	switch s {
+	case "inf":
+		return math.Inf(1), nil
+	case "-inf":
+		return math.Inf(-1), nil
+	case "nan", "-nan":
+		return math.NaN(), nil
+	}
+	return strconv.ParseFloat(s, 64)
+}
+
+// MustParseFloat is like ParseFloat but panics on parse errors.
+func MustParseFloat(s string) float64 {
+	f, err := ParseStringToFloat(s)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("redis: failed to parse float %q: %v", s, err))
+	}
+	return f
+}
diff --git a/internal/util/convert_test.go b/internal/util/convert_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffa3ee9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/util/convert_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package util
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParseStringToFloat(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		in   string
+		want float64
+		ok   bool
+	}{
+		{"1.23", 1.23, true},
+		{"inf", math.Inf(1), true},
+		{"-inf", math.Inf(-1), true},
+		{"nan", math.NaN(), true},
+		{"oops", 0, false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		got, err := ParseStringToFloat(tc.in)
+		if tc.ok {
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("ParseFloat(%q) error: %v", tc.in, err)
+			}
+			if math.IsNaN(tc.want) {
+				if !math.IsNaN(got) {
+					t.Errorf("ParseFloat(%q) = %v; want NaN", tc.in, got)
+				}
+			} else if got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("ParseFloat(%q) = %v; want %v", tc.in, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		} else {
+			if err == nil {
+				t.Errorf("ParseFloat(%q) expected error, got nil", tc.in)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}