From 963302d6f7225d45f1afcedb940ac361bdfee22e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Amarillo Morales <32068902+damarillom@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:04:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update encoders.py

---
 rest_framework/utils/encoders.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py b/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
index aa4542286..07508fb69 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/encoders.py
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ class JSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
         elif isinstance(obj, datetime.timedelta):
             return str(obj.total_seconds())
         elif isinstance(obj, decimal.Decimal):
-            # Serializers will coerce decimals to strings by default.
-            return float(obj)
+            return str(obj)
         elif isinstance(obj, uuid.UUID):
             return str(obj)
         elif isinstance(obj, QuerySet):