diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 39e501937..76cfa3c0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![Build Status](https://api.travis-ci.org/Shopify/liquid.svg?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.org/Shopify/liquid)
+[![Build status](https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/actions/workflows/liquid.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/actions/workflows/liquid.yml)
 [![Inline docs](http://inch-ci.org/github/Shopify/liquid.svg?branch=master)](http://inch-ci.org/github/Shopify/liquid)
 
 # Liquid template engine
diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index 8e7d771da..842c656da 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ module StandardFilters
     )
     STRIP_HTML_TAGS = /<.*?>/m
 
+    class << self
+      def try_coerce_encoding(input, encoding:)
+        original_encoding = input.encoding
+        if input.encoding != encoding
+          input.force_encoding(encoding)
+          unless input.valid_encoding?
+            input.force_encoding(original_encoding)
+          end
+        end
+        input
+      end
+    end
+
     # @liquid_public_docs
     # @liquid_type filter
     # @liquid_category array
@@ -150,7 +163,8 @@ def base64_encode(input)
     # @liquid_syntax string | base64_decode
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def base64_decode(input)
-      Base64.strict_decode64(input.to_s)
+      input = input.to_s
+      StandardFilters.try_coerce_encoding(Base64.strict_decode64(input), encoding: input.encoding)
     rescue ::ArgumentError
       raise Liquid::ArgumentError, "invalid base64 provided to base64_decode"
     end
@@ -174,7 +188,8 @@ def base64_url_safe_encode(input)
     # @liquid_syntax string | base64_url_safe_decode
     # @liquid_return [string]
     def base64_url_safe_decode(input)
-      Base64.urlsafe_decode64(input.to_s)
+      input = input.to_s
+      StandardFilters.try_coerce_encoding(Base64.urlsafe_decode64(input), encoding: input.encoding)
     rescue ::ArgumentError
       raise Liquid::ArgumentError, "invalid base64 provided to base64_url_safe_decode"
     end
@@ -928,9 +943,11 @@ def sum(input, property = nil, options = {})
         raise_property_error(property)
       end
 
-      InputIterator.new(values_for_sum, context).sum do |item|
+      result = InputIterator.new(values_for_sum, context).sum do |item|
         Utils.to_number(item)
       end
+
+      result.is_a?(BigDecimal) ? result.to_f : result
     end
 
     private
diff --git a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
index 34d3c6448..0ceb12f1c 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
@@ -176,7 +176,17 @@ def test_base64_encode
   end
 
   def test_base64_decode
-    assert_equal('one two three', @filters.base64_decode('b25lIHR3byB0aHJlZQ=='))
+    decoded = @filters.base64_decode('b25lIHR3byB0aHJlZQ==')
+    assert_equal('one two three', decoded)
+    assert_equal(Encoding::UTF_8, decoded.encoding)
+
+    decoded = @filters.base64_decode('4pyF')
+    assert_equal('✅', decoded)
+    assert_equal(Encoding::UTF_8, decoded.encoding)
+
+    decoded = @filters.base64_decode("/w==")
+    assert_equal(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT, decoded.encoding)
+    assert_equal((+"\xFF").force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT), decoded)
 
     exception = assert_raises(Liquid::ArgumentError) do
       @filters.base64_decode("invalidbase64")
@@ -194,10 +204,21 @@ def test_base64_url_safe_encode
   end
 
   def test_base64_url_safe_decode
+    decoded = @filters.base64_url_safe_decode('YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXogQUJDREVGR0hJSktMTU5PUFFSU1RVVldYWVogMTIzNDU2Nzg5MCAhQCMkJV4mKigpLT1fKy8_Ljo7W117fVx8')
     assert_equal(
       'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 !@#$%^&*()-=_+/?.:;[]{}\|',
-      @filters.base64_url_safe_decode('YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXogQUJDREVGR0hJSktMTU5PUFFSU1RVVldYWVogMTIzNDU2Nzg5MCAhQCMkJV4mKigpLT1fKy8_Ljo7W117fVx8'),
+      decoded,
     )
+    assert_equal(Encoding::UTF_8, decoded.encoding)
+
+    decoded = @filters.base64_url_safe_decode('4pyF')
+    assert_equal('✅', decoded)
+    assert_equal(Encoding::UTF_8, decoded.encoding)
+
+    decoded = @filters.base64_url_safe_decode("_w==")
+    assert_equal(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT, decoded.encoding)
+    assert_equal((+"\xFF").force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT), decoded)
+
     exception = assert_raises(Liquid::ArgumentError) do
       @filters.base64_url_safe_decode("invalidbase64")
     end
@@ -1285,6 +1306,42 @@ def test_sum_deep_off_by_default
     assert_equal(10, @filters.sum(input, "foo.quantity"))
   end
 
+  def test_sum_of_floats
+    input = [0.1, 0.2, 0.3]
+    assert_equal(0.6, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_template_result("0.6", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_of_negative_floats
+    input = [0.1, 0.2, -0.3]
+    assert_equal(0.0, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_template_result("0.0", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_with_float_strings
+    input = [0.1, "0.2", "0.3"]
+    assert_equal(0.6, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_template_result("0.6", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_resulting_in_negative_float
+    input = [0.1, -0.2, -0.3]
+    assert_equal(-0.4, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_template_result("-0.4", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
+  def test_sum_with_floats_and_indexable_map_values
+    input = [{ "quantity" => 1 }, { "quantity" => 0.2, "weight" => -0.3 }, { "weight" => 0.4 }]
+    assert_equal(0.0, @filters.sum(input))
+    assert_equal(1.2, @filters.sum(input, "quantity"))
+    assert_equal(0.1, @filters.sum(input, "weight"))
+    assert_equal(0.0, @filters.sum(input, "subtotal"))
+    assert_template_result("0", "{{ input | sum }}", { "input" => input })
+    assert_template_result("1.2", "{{ input | sum: 'quantity' }}", { "input" => input })
+    assert_template_result("0.1", "{{ input | sum: 'weight' }}", { "input" => input })
+    assert_template_result("0", "{{ input | sum: 'subtotal' }}", { "input" => input })
+  end
+
   private
 
   def with_timezone(tz)