diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/operation/preprocess/PrettyPrintingContentModifier.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/operation/preprocess/PrettyPrintingContentModifier.java
index 72c87cb5..77b24348 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/operation/preprocess/PrettyPrintingContentModifier.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/operation/preprocess/PrettyPrintingContentModifier.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
 import org.xml.sax.XMLReader;
+import tools.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import tools.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ private static final class JsonPrettyPrinter implements PrettyPrinter {
 
 		private final ObjectMapper objectMapper = JsonMapper.builder()
 			.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
+			.enable(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS)
 			.build();
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor.java
index d6a2d169..d4a2aa45 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import tools.jackson.core.JacksonException;
+import tools.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
 import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import tools.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import tools.jackson.databind.json.JsonMapper;
@@ -31,7 +32,9 @@
 public class FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor
 		implements PayloadSubsectionExtractor<FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor> {
 
-	private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+	private static final ObjectMapper objectMapper = JsonMapper.builder()
+		.enable(DeserializationFeature.USE_BIG_DECIMAL_FOR_FLOATS)
+		.build();
 
 	private static final ObjectMapper prettyPrintingOjectMapper = JsonMapper.builder()
 		.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/operation/preprocess/PrettyPrintingContentModifierTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/operation/preprocess/PrettyPrintingContentModifierTests.java
index 28dbab1a..29c11362 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/operation/preprocess/PrettyPrintingContentModifierTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/operation/preprocess/PrettyPrintingContentModifierTests.java
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ void prettyPrintJson() {
 			.isEqualTo(String.format("{%n  \"a\" : 5%n}").getBytes());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void prettyPrintJsonPreservesNumbers() {
+		String content = "{\"a\":10.50,\"b\":0.1000000000000000055511151231257827,\"c\":12345678901234567890.123}";
+		assertThat(new String(new PrettyPrintingContentModifier().modifyContent(content.getBytes(), null)))
+			.isEqualTo(String.format("{%n  \"a\" : 10.50,%n  \"b\" : 0.1000000000000000055511151231257827,%n"
+					+ "  \"c\" : 12345678901234567890.123%n}"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void prettyPrintXml() {
 		assertThat(new PrettyPrintingContentModifier()
diff --git a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractorTests.java b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractorTests.java
index 6bd2a83b..91565d20 100644
--- a/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractorTests.java
+++ b/spring-restdocs-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/restdocs/payload/FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractorTests.java
@@ -148,6 +148,16 @@ void extractedSubsectionIsNotPrettyPrintedWhenInputIsNotPrettyPrinted() throws J
 		assertThat(new String(extractedSubsection)).isEqualTo(new String(subsection));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void extractedSubsectionPreservesNumbers() {
+		byte[] extractedSubsection = new FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor("a").extractSubsection(
+				"{\"a\":{\"b\":10.50,\"c\":0.1000000000000000055511151231257827,\"d\":12345678901234567890.123}}"
+					.getBytes(),
+				MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+		assertThat(new String(extractedSubsection))
+			.isEqualTo("{\"b\":10.50,\"c\":0.1000000000000000055511151231257827,\"d\":12345678901234567890.123}");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void extractNonExistentSubsection() {
 		assertThatThrownBy(() -> new FieldPathPayloadSubsectionExtractor("a.c")