diff --git a/references/detection/presets.py b/references/detection/presets.py
index 1fac69ae356..04e0680043a 100644
--- a/references/detection/presets.py
+++ b/references/detection/presets.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import torch
+
 import transforms as T
 
 
@@ -6,7 +8,8 @@ def __init__(self, data_augmentation, hflip_prob=0.5, mean=(123., 117., 104.)):
         if data_augmentation == 'hflip':
             self.transforms = T.Compose([
                 T.RandomHorizontalFlip(p=hflip_prob),
-                T.ToTensor(),
+                T.PILToTensor(),
+                T.ConvertImageDtype(torch.float),
             ])
         elif data_augmentation == 'ssd':
             self.transforms = T.Compose([
@@ -14,13 +17,15 @@ def __init__(self, data_augmentation, hflip_prob=0.5, mean=(123., 117., 104.)):
                 T.RandomZoomOut(fill=list(mean)),
                 T.RandomIoUCrop(),
                 T.RandomHorizontalFlip(p=hflip_prob),
-                T.ToTensor(),
+                T.PILToTensor(),
+                T.ConvertImageDtype(torch.float),
             ])
         elif data_augmentation == 'ssdlite':
             self.transforms = T.Compose([
                 T.RandomIoUCrop(),
                 T.RandomHorizontalFlip(p=hflip_prob),
-                T.ToTensor(),
+                T.PILToTensor(),
+                T.ConvertImageDtype(torch.float),
             ])
         else:
             raise ValueError(f'Unknown data augmentation policy "{data_augmentation}"')
diff --git a/references/detection/transforms.py b/references/detection/transforms.py
index 6659e82f01c..c65535750b5 100644
--- a/references/detection/transforms.py
+++ b/references/detection/transforms.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+from typing import List, Tuple, Dict, Optional
+
 import torch
 import torchvision
-
 from torch import nn, Tensor
 from torchvision.transforms import functional as F
 from torchvision.transforms import transforms as T
-from typing import List, Tuple, Dict, Optional
 
 
 def _flip_coco_person_keypoints(kps, width):
@@ -52,6 +52,24 @@ def forward(self, image: Tensor,
         return image, target
 
 
+class PILToTensor(nn.Module):
+    def forward(self, image: Tensor,
+                target: Optional[Dict[str, Tensor]] = None) -> Tuple[Tensor, Optional[Dict[str, Tensor]]]:
+        image = F.pil_to_tensor(image)
+        return image, target
+
+
+class ConvertImageDtype(nn.Module):
+    def __init__(self, dtype: torch.dtype) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        self.dtype = dtype
+
+    def forward(self, image: Tensor,
+                target: Optional[Dict[str, Tensor]] = None) -> Tuple[Tensor, Optional[Dict[str, Tensor]]]:
+        image = F.convert_image_dtype(image, self.dtype)
+        return image, target
+
+
 class RandomIoUCrop(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, min_scale: float = 0.3, max_scale: float = 1.0, min_aspect_ratio: float = 0.5,
                  max_aspect_ratio: float = 2.0, sampler_options: Optional[List[float]] = None, trials: int = 40):
diff --git a/references/segmentation/presets.py b/references/segmentation/presets.py
index 3bf29c23751..96334356fcb 100644
--- a/references/segmentation/presets.py
+++ b/references/segmentation/presets.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import torch
+
 import transforms as T
 
 
@@ -11,7 +13,8 @@ def __init__(self, base_size, crop_size, hflip_prob=0.5, mean=(0.485, 0.456, 0.4
             trans.append(T.RandomHorizontalFlip(hflip_prob))
         trans.extend([
             T.RandomCrop(crop_size),
-            T.ToTensor(),
+            T.PILToTensor(),
+            T.ConvertImageDtype(torch.float),
             T.Normalize(mean=mean, std=std),
         ])
         self.transforms = T.Compose(trans)
@@ -24,7 +27,8 @@ class SegmentationPresetEval:
     def __init__(self, base_size, mean=(0.485, 0.456, 0.406), std=(0.229, 0.224, 0.225)):
         self.transforms = T.Compose([
             T.RandomResize(base_size, base_size),
-            T.ToTensor(),
+            T.PILToTensor(),
+            T.ConvertImageDtype(torch.float),
             T.Normalize(mean=mean, std=std),
         ])
 
diff --git a/references/segmentation/transforms.py b/references/segmentation/transforms.py
index 943694d3a5c..cf4846a1c27 100644
--- a/references/segmentation/transforms.py
+++ b/references/segmentation/transforms.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import numpy as np
-from PIL import Image
 import random
 
+import numpy as np
 import torch
 from torchvision import transforms as T
 from torchvision.transforms import functional as F
@@ -75,14 +74,22 @@ def __call__(self, image, target):
         return image, target
 
 
-class ToTensor(object):
+class PILToTensor:
     def __call__(self, image, target):
         image = F.pil_to_tensor(image)
-        image = F.convert_image_dtype(image)
         target = torch.as_tensor(np.array(target), dtype=torch.int64)
         return image, target
 
 
+class ConvertImageDtype:
+    def __init__(self, dtype):
+        self.dtype = dtype
+
+    def __call__(self, image, target):
+        image = F.convert_image_dtype(image, self.dtype)
+        return image, target
+
+
 class Normalize(object):
     def __init__(self, mean, std):
         self.mean = mean