diff --git a/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroParserImpl.java b/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroParserImpl.java
index e93c31580..62441d1ed 100644
--- a/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroParserImpl.java
+++ b/avro/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/avro/deser/AvroParserImpl.java
@@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ public final boolean isNaN() {
     public final Number getNumberValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-            _checkNumericValue(NR_UNKNOWN); // will also check event type
+            _checkNumericValue(); // will also check event type
         }
+
         // Separate types for int types
         if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) {
             if ((_numTypesValid & NR_INT) != 0) {
@@ -249,9 +250,6 @@ public final Number getNumberValueExact() throws JacksonException {
     @Override
     public final NumberType getNumberType() throws JacksonException
     {
-        if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-            _checkNumericValue(NR_UNKNOWN); // will also check event type
-        }
         if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) {
             if ((_numTypesValid & NR_INT) != 0) {
                 return NumberType.INT;
@@ -265,13 +263,17 @@ public final NumberType getNumberType() throws JacksonException
         // And then floating point types. Here optimal type should be big decimal,
         // to avoid losing any data? However... using BD is slow, so let's allow returning
         // double as type if no explicit call has been made to access data as BD?
-        if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGDECIMAL) != 0) {
-            return NumberType.BIG_DECIMAL;
-        }
-        if ((_numTypesValid & NR_DOUBLE) != 0) {
-            return NumberType.DOUBLE;
+        if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
+            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGDECIMAL) != 0) {
+                return NumberType.BIG_DECIMAL;
+            }
+            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_DOUBLE) != 0) {
+                return NumberType.DOUBLE;
+            }
+            return NumberType.FLOAT;
         }
-        return NumberType.FLOAT;
+
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override // since 2.17
@@ -295,7 +297,7 @@ public final float getFloatValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if ((_numTypesValid & NR_FLOAT) == 0) {
             if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-                _checkNumericValue(NR_FLOAT);
+                _checkNumericValue();
             }
             if ((_numTypesValid & NR_FLOAT) == 0) {
                 convertNumberToFloat();
@@ -316,13 +318,12 @@ public final float getFloatValue() throws JacksonException
     /**********************************************************************
      */
 
-    protected final void _checkNumericValue(int expType) throws JacksonException
+    protected final void _checkNumericValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         // Int or float?
-        if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT || _currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
-            return;
+        if (_currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT && _currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
+            throw _constructReadException("Current token (%s) not numeric, cannot use numeric value accessors", _currToken);
         }
-        _reportError("Current token ("+currentToken()+") not numeric, can not use numeric value accessors");
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ protected final void convertNumberToInt() throws JacksonException
             // Let's verify it's lossless conversion by simple roundtrip
             int result = (int) _numberLong;
             if (((long) result) != _numberLong) {
-                _reportError("Numeric value ("+getString()+") out of range of int");
+                _reportError("Numeric value ("+getString()+") out of range of `int`");
             }
             _numberInt = result;
         } else if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGINT) != 0) {
diff --git a/cbor/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java b/cbor/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
index 5bdb0ebfc..e7c357218 100644
--- a/cbor/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
+++ b/cbor/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
@@ -2011,7 +2011,7 @@ public boolean isNaN() {
     public Number getNumberValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-            _checkNumericValue(NR_UNKNOWN); // will also check event type
+            _checkNumericValue(); // will also check event type
         }
         // Separate types for int types
         if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) {
@@ -2050,9 +2050,6 @@ public final Number getNumberValueExact() throws JacksonException {
     @Override
     public NumberType getNumberType() throws JacksonException
     {
-        if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-            _checkNumericValue(NR_UNKNOWN); // will also check event type
-        }
         if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) {
             if ((_numTypesValid & NR_INT) != 0) {
                 return NumberType.INT;
@@ -2062,23 +2059,25 @@ public NumberType getNumberType() throws JacksonException
             }
             return NumberType.BIG_INTEGER;
         }
-
         /* And then floating point types. Here optimal type
          * needs to be big decimal, to avoid losing any data?
          * However... using BD is slow, so let's allow returning
          * double as type if no explicit call has been made to access
          * data as BD?
          */
-        if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGDECIMAL) != 0) {
-            return NumberType.BIG_DECIMAL;
-        }
-        if ((_numTypesValid & NR_DOUBLE) != 0) {
-            return NumberType.DOUBLE;
+        if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
+            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGDECIMAL) != 0) {
+                return NumberType.BIG_DECIMAL;
+            }
+            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_DOUBLE) != 0) {
+                return NumberType.DOUBLE;
+            }
+            return NumberType.FLOAT;
         }
-        return NumberType.FLOAT;
+        return null;
     }
 
-    @Override // since 2.17
+    @Override
     public NumberTypeFP getNumberTypeFP() throws JacksonException
     {
         if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
@@ -2106,11 +2105,9 @@ public float getFloatValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if ((_numTypesValid & NR_FLOAT) == 0) {
             if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-                _checkNumericValue(NR_FLOAT);
-            }
-            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_FLOAT) == 0) {
-                convertNumberToFloat();
+                _checkNumericValue();
             }
+            convertNumberToFloat();
         }
         // Bounds/range checks would be tricky here, so let's not bother even trying...
         /*
@@ -2144,13 +2141,13 @@ protected int _parseIntValue() throws JacksonException {
     /**********************************************************************
      */
 
-    protected void _checkNumericValue(int expType) throws JacksonException
+    protected void _checkNumericValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         // Int or float?
-        if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT || _currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
-            return;
+        if (_currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT && _currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
+            throw _constructReadException("Current token (%s) not numeric, cannot use numeric value accessors",
+                    _currToken);
         }
-        _reportError("Current token ("+currentToken()+") not numeric, can not use numeric value accessors");
     }
 
     @Override // due to addition of Float as type
diff --git a/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/parse/CBORNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java b/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/parse/CBORNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
index 9c2e9522b..a1b01328c 100644
--- a/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/parse/CBORNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
+++ b/cbor/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/cbor/parse/CBORNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import tools.jackson.core.*;
-import tools.jackson.core.exc.StreamReadException;
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.cbor.CBORFactory;
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.cbor.CBORTestBase;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 public class CBORNumberParsingGetType1433Test
     extends CBORTestBase
@@ -59,12 +57,8 @@ void getNumberType() throws Exception
 
     private void _verifyGetNumberTypeFail(JsonParser p, String token) throws Exception
     {
-        try {
-            p.getNumberType();
-            fail("Should not pass");
-        } catch (StreamReadException e) {
-            verifyException(e, "Current token ("+token+") not numeric, can not use numeric");
-        }
+        // In 2.x got exception; in 3.x null
+        assertNull(p.getNumberType());
     }
 
     private CBORFactory jsonFactory() {
diff --git a/protobuf/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufParser.java b/protobuf/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufParser.java
index 44fd79123..750382b33 100644
--- a/protobuf/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufParser.java
+++ b/protobuf/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/protobuf/ProtobufParser.java
@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ public boolean isNaN() {
     public Number getNumberValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-            _checkNumericValue(NR_UNKNOWN); // will also check event type
+            _checkNumericValue(); // will also check event type
         }
         // Separate types for int types
         if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) {
@@ -1636,9 +1636,6 @@ public final Number getNumberValueExact() throws JacksonException {
     @Override
     public NumberType getNumberType() throws JacksonException
     {
-        if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-            _checkNumericValue(NR_UNKNOWN); // will also check event type
-        }
         if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT) {
             if ((_numTypesValid & NR_LONG) != 0) {
                 return NumberType.LONG;
@@ -1655,13 +1652,17 @@ public NumberType getNumberType() throws JacksonException
          * double as type if no explicit call has been made to access
          * data as BD?
          */
-        if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGDECIMAL) != 0) {
-            return NumberType.BIG_DECIMAL;
-        }
-        if ((_numTypesValid & NR_DOUBLE) != 0) {
-            return NumberType.DOUBLE;
+        if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
+            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGDECIMAL) != 0) {
+                return NumberType.BIG_DECIMAL;
+            }
+            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_DOUBLE) != 0) {
+                return NumberType.DOUBLE;
+            }
+            return NumberType.FLOAT;
         }
-        return NumberType.FLOAT;
+
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override // since 2.17
@@ -1686,11 +1687,9 @@ public int getIntValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if ((_numTypesValid & NR_INT) == 0) {
             if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) { // not parsed at all
-                _checkNumericValue(NR_INT); // will also check event type
-            }
-            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_INT) == 0) { // wasn't an int natively?
-                convertNumberToInt(); // let's make it so, if possible
+                _checkNumericValue(); // will also check event type
             }
+            convertNumberToInt(); // let's make it so, if possible
         }
         return _numberInt;
     }
@@ -1700,11 +1699,9 @@ public long getLongValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if ((_numTypesValid & NR_LONG) == 0) {
             if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-                _checkNumericValue(NR_LONG);
-            }
-            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_LONG) == 0) {
-                convertNumberToLong();
+                _checkNumericValue();
             }
+            convertNumberToLong();
         }
         return _numberLong;
     }
@@ -1714,11 +1711,9 @@ public BigInteger getBigIntegerValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGINT) == 0) {
             if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-                _checkNumericValue(NR_BIGINT);
-            }
-            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGINT) == 0) {
-                convertNumberToBigInteger();
+                _checkNumericValue();
             }
+            convertNumberToBigInteger();
         }
         return _numberBigInt;
     }
@@ -1728,11 +1723,9 @@ public float getFloatValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if ((_numTypesValid & NR_FLOAT) == 0) {
             if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-                _checkNumericValue(NR_FLOAT);
-            }
-            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_FLOAT) == 0) {
-                convertNumberToFloat();
+                _checkNumericValue();
             }
+            convertNumberToFloat();
         }
         // Bounds/range checks would be tricky here, so let's not bother even trying...
         /*
@@ -1748,11 +1741,9 @@ public double getDoubleValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if ((_numTypesValid & NR_DOUBLE) == 0) {
             if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-                _checkNumericValue(NR_DOUBLE);
-            }
-            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_DOUBLE) == 0) {
-                convertNumberToDouble();
+                _checkNumericValue();
             }
+            convertNumberToDouble();
         }
         return _numberDouble;
     }
@@ -1762,11 +1753,9 @@ public BigDecimal getDecimalValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGDECIMAL) == 0) {
             if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-                _checkNumericValue(NR_BIGDECIMAL);
-            }
-            if ((_numTypesValid & NR_BIGDECIMAL) == 0) {
-                convertNumberToBigDecimal();
+                _checkNumericValue();
             }
+            convertNumberToBigDecimal();
         }
         return _numberBigDecimal;
     }
@@ -1777,13 +1766,12 @@ public BigDecimal getDecimalValue() throws JacksonException
     /**********************************************************************
      */
 
-    protected void _checkNumericValue(int expType) throws JacksonException
+    protected void _checkNumericValue() throws JacksonException
     {
         // Int or float?
-        if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT || _currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
-            return;
+        if (_currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT && _currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
+            throw _constructReadException("Current token (%s) not numeric, cannot use numeric value accessors", _currToken);
         }
-        _reportError("Current token ("+_currToken+") not numeric, can not use numeric value accessors");
     }
 
     protected void convertNumberToInt() throws JacksonException
diff --git a/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParser.java b/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParser.java
index 7aea285d1..a5f5929e3 100644
--- a/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParser.java
+++ b/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParser.java
@@ -2264,6 +2264,21 @@ protected void _parseNumericValue() throws JacksonException
         throw _constructReadException("Current token (%s) not numeric, cannot use numeric value accessors", _currToken);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected boolean _parseNumericValueIfNumber() throws JacksonException
+    {
+        if (_tokenIncomplete) {
+            _tokenIncomplete = false;
+            int tb = _typeAsInt;
+             // ensure we got a numeric type with value that is lazily parsed
+            if ((tb >> 5) == 1) {
+                _finishNumberToken(tb);
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /*
     @Override // since 2.6
     protected int _parseIntValue() throws JacksonException
diff --git a/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParserBase.java b/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParserBase.java
index 51006bef5..5daef7805 100644
--- a/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParserBase.java
+++ b/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/SmileParserBase.java
@@ -253,8 +253,22 @@ public final boolean mayContainRawBinary() {
     @Override
     protected abstract void _closeInput() throws JacksonException;
 
+    /**
+     * Method called to complete parsing of a numeric value: will throw
+     * {@link StreamReadException} if current token is not numeric.
+     *
+     * @throws StreamReadException if current token is not numeric
+     */
     protected abstract void _parseNumericValue() throws JacksonException;
 
+    /**
+     * Similar to {@link #_parseNumericValue()}, but will not throw exception
+     * if the current token is not a numeric value.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if current token is numeric; {@code false} otherwise
+     */
+    protected abstract boolean _parseNumericValueIfNumber() throws JacksonException;
+    
 //  public abstract int releaseBuffered(OutputStream out) throws JacksonException;
 //  public abstract Object getInputSource();
 
@@ -391,7 +405,9 @@ public final Number getNumberValueExact() throws JacksonException {
     public final NumberType getNumberType() throws JacksonException
     {
         if (_numTypesValid == NR_UNKNOWN) {
-            _parseNumericValue(); // will also check event type
+            if (!_parseNumericValueIfNumber()) {
+                return null;
+            }
         }
         return _numberType;
     }
diff --git a/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/async/NonBlockingParserBase.java b/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/async/NonBlockingParserBase.java
index 941c47726..5a56367d8 100644
--- a/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/async/NonBlockingParserBase.java
+++ b/smile/src/main/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/async/NonBlockingParserBase.java
@@ -210,10 +210,16 @@ protected void _closeInput() {
     // in future
     @Override
     protected void _parseNumericValue() throws JacksonException {
-        if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT || _currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
-            return;
+        if (_currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_INT && _currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT) {
+            _reportError("Current token (%s) not numeric, can not use numeric value accessors", _currToken);
         }
-        _reportError("Current token (%s) not numeric, can not use numeric value accessors", _currToken);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean _parseNumericValueIfNumber() throws JacksonException
+    {
+        // No incomplete values so just return
+        return false;
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/parse/SmileNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java b/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/parse/SmileNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
index caa7c5ab6..07a07cc51 100644
--- a/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/parse/SmileNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
+++ b/smile/src/test/java/tools/jackson/dataformat/smile/parse/SmileNumberParsingGetType1433Test.java
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import tools.jackson.core.*;
-import tools.jackson.core.exc.StreamReadException;
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.smile.SmileFactory;
 import tools.jackson.dataformat.smile.BaseTestForSmile;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 public class SmileNumberParsingGetType1433Test
     extends BaseTestForSmile
@@ -59,12 +57,8 @@ void getNumberType() throws Exception
 
     private void _verifyGetNumberTypeFail(JsonParser p, String token) throws Exception
     {
-        try {
-            p.getNumberType();
-            fail("Should not pass");
-        } catch (StreamReadException e) {
-            verifyException(e, "Current token ("+token+") not numeric, cannot use numeric");
-        }
+        // In 2.x got exception; in 3.x null
+        assertNull(p.getNumberType());
     }
 
     private SmileFactory jsonFactory() {