diff --git a/jax/_src/pallas/triton/lowering.py b/jax/_src/pallas/triton/lowering.py
index b0a2b4dbc..61439cad9 100644
--- a/jax/_src/pallas/triton/lowering.py
+++ b/jax/_src/pallas/triton/lowering.py
@@ -462,6 +462,74 @@ def _atomic_rmw(
       result_type, op, ptr, val, mask=mask, sem=semantic, scope=sync_scope
   )
 
+def _fp_bits_type(t: ir.Type) -> ir.Type:
+  if ir.RankedTensorType.isinstance(t):
+    t_type = ir.RankedTensorType(t)
+    return ir.RankedTensorType.get(
+      t_type.shape, _fp_bits_type(t_type.element_type), t_type.encoding
+    )
+  elif tt_dialect.PointerType.isinstance(t):
+    ptr_type = tt_dialect.PointerType(t)
+    return tt_dialect.PointerType.get(
+      _fp_bits_type(ptr_type.pointee_type), ptr_type.address_space
+    )
+  else:
+    assert isinstance(t, ir.FloatType)
+    return ir.IntegerType.get_signless(t.width)
+
+
+def _expand_atomic_fp_min_max(
+  atomic_type: primitives.AtomicOpType,
+  ptr: ir.Value,
+  val: ir.Value,
+  mask: ir.Value | None = None,
+  semantic: tt_dialect.MemSemantic = tt_dialect.MemSemantic.ACQUIRE_RELEASE,
+  sync_scope: tt_dialect.MemSyncScope = tt_dialect.MemSyncScope.GPU,
+) -> ir.Value:
+  """
+  Expands floating point min/max via sequence of integer min/max. Does not handle NaNs.
+
+  min:
+     return atomic_smin(i_ptr, i_val) if i_val >= 0 else atomic_umax(i_ptr, i_val)
+
+  max:
+     return atomic_smax(i_ptr, i_val) if i_val >= 0 else atomic_umin(i_ptr, i_val)
+
+  """
+
+  if ir.RankedTensorType.isinstance(ptr.type):
+    ptr_type = ir.RankedTensorType(ptr.type)
+    element_type = tt_dialect.PointerType(ptr_type.element_type)
+    result_type = ir.RankedTensorType.get(
+      ptr_type.shape, element_type.pointee_type, ptr_type.encoding
+    )
+  else:
+    result_type = tt_dialect.PointerType(ptr.type).pointee_type
+
+  ptr_cast = tt_dialect.bitcast(_fp_bits_type(ptr.type), ptr)
+  val_cast = tt_dialect.bitcast(_fp_bits_type(val.type), val)
+
+  zero = _full(val_cast.type, 0)
+  pos_cmp = _greater_equal(val_cast, zero, signed=True)
+  neg_cmp = _less_than(val_cast, zero, signed=True)
+
+  pos_mask = pos_cmp if mask is None else arith_dialect.andi(mask, pos_cmp)
+  neg_mask = neg_cmp if mask is None else arith_dialect.andi(mask, neg_cmp)
+
+  pos_op, neg_op = (
+    (tt_dialect.RMWOp.MAX, tt_dialect.RMWOp.UMIN)
+    if atomic_type == primitives.AtomicOpType.MAX
+    else (tt_dialect.RMWOp.MIN, tt_dialect.RMWOp.UMAX)
+  )
+
+  pos_val = _atomic_rmw(
+    pos_op, ptr_cast, val_cast, mask=pos_mask, semantic=semantic, sync_scope=sync_scope
+  )
+  neg_val = _atomic_rmw(
+    neg_op, ptr_cast, val_cast, mask=neg_mask, semantic=semantic, sync_scope=sync_scope
+  )
+  result = arith_dialect.select(pos_cmp, pos_val, neg_val)
+  return tt_dialect.bitcast(result_type, result)
 
 @register_lowering(primitives.atomic_rmw_p)
 def _atomic_lowering_rule(
@@ -489,9 +557,23 @@ def _atomic_lowering_rule(
     else:
       op = tt_dialect.RMWOp.FADD
   elif atomic_type == primitives.AtomicOpType.MIN:
-    op = tt_dialect.RMWOp.MIN
+    if isinstance(val.type, ir.IntegerType):
+      op = (
+        tt_dialect.RMWOp.MIN
+        if jnp.issubdtype(value_aval.dtype, jnp.signedinteger)
+        else tt_dialect.RMWOp.UMIN
+      )
+    else:
+      return _expand_atomic_fp_min_max(atomic_type, ptr, val, mask=mask)
   elif atomic_type == primitives.AtomicOpType.MAX:
-    op = tt_dialect.RMWOp.MAX
+    if isinstance(val.type, ir.IntegerType):
+      op = (
+        tt_dialect.RMWOp.MAX
+        if jnp.issubdtype(value_aval.dtype, jnp.signedinteger)
+        else tt_dialect.RMWOp.UMAX
+      )
+    else:
+      return _expand_atomic_fp_min_max(atomic_type, ptr, val, mask=mask)
   elif atomic_type == primitives.AtomicOpType.AND:
     op = tt_dialect.RMWOp.AND
   elif atomic_type == primitives.AtomicOpType.OR:
diff --git a/tests/pallas/ops_test.py b/tests/pallas/ops_test.py
index 863c64892..087359ae9 100644
--- a/tests/pallas/ops_test.py
+++ b/tests/pallas/ops_test.py
@@ -1611,12 +1611,14 @@ class OpsTest(PallasBaseTest):
 
   @parameterized.named_parameters(
       ("add_i32", pl.atomic_add, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.int32), np.sum),
-      ("max_i", pl.atomic_max, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.int32), np.max),
+      ("max_i32", pl.atomic_max, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.int32), np.max),
       ("min_i32", pl.atomic_min, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.int32), np.min),
+      ("max_u32", pl.atomic_max, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.uint32), np.max),
+      ("min_u32", pl.atomic_min, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.uint32), np.min),
       ("add_f16", pl.atomic_add, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.float16), np.sum),
       ("add_f32", pl.atomic_add, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.float32), np.sum),
-      ("max_f32", pl.atomic_max, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.float32), np.max),
-      ("min_f32", pl.atomic_min, np.array([1, 2, 3, 4], np.float32), np.min),
+      ("max_f32", pl.atomic_max, np.array([-2, -1, 0, 1], np.float32), np.max),
+      ("min_f32", pl.atomic_min, np.array([-2, -1, 0, 1], np.float32), np.min),
   )
   def test_scalar_atomic(self, op, value, numpy_op):
     if (numpy_op.__name__ == "max" or numpy_op.__name__ == "min"):