diff --git a/.changeset/number-field-fraction-digits.md b/.changeset/number-field-fraction-digits.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95645c786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/number-field-fraction-digits.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@keystatic/core': patch
+---
+
+Fix `fields.number` rounding values to 3 decimal places when the input is blurred (e.g. `51.98771` was saved as `51.988`)
diff --git a/packages/keystatic/src/form/fields/number/ui.test.tsx b/packages/keystatic/src/form/fields/number/ui.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcb717986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/keystatic/src/form/fields/number/ui.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest';
+import { render } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import { KeystarProvider } from '@keystar/ui/core';
+import { NumberFieldInput } from './ui';
+
+function renderNumberField({
+  step,
+  initialValue = null,
+}: { step?: number; initialValue?: number | null } = {}) {
+  const user = userEvent.setup();
+  const committed: (number | null)[] = [];
+  function Harness() {
+    const [value, setValue] = useState<number | null>(initialValue);
+    return (
+      <NumberFieldInput
+        label="Latitude"
+        description={undefined}
+        step={step}
+        validation={undefined}
+        value={value}
+        onChange={val => {
+          committed.push(val);
+          setValue(val);
+        }}
+        autoFocus={false}
+        forceValidation={false}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+  const result = render(
+    <KeystarProvider locale="en-US">
+      <Harness />
+    </KeystarProvider>
+  );
+  const input = result.getByRole('textbox') as HTMLInputElement;
+  return { user, input, committed };
+}
+
+test('keeps more than three fraction digits on commit', async () => {
+  const { user, input, committed } = renderNumberField();
+  await user.click(input);
+  await user.keyboard('51.98771');
+  await user.tab();
+  expect(committed.at(-1)).toBe(51.98771);
+  expect(input.value).toBe('51.98771');
+});
+
+test('keeps more than three fraction digits of an existing value', async () => {
+  const { user, input, committed } = renderNumberField({
+    initialValue: 5.8123456,
+  });
+  expect(input.value).toBe('5.8123456');
+  await user.click(input);
+  await user.tab();
+  expect(committed).toEqual([]);
+  expect(input.value).toBe('5.8123456');
+});
+
+test('keeps precision when step is smaller than 0.001', async () => {
+  const { user, input, committed } = renderNumberField({ step: 0.00001 });
+  await user.click(input);
+  await user.keyboard('51.98771');
+  await user.tab();
+  expect(committed.at(-1)).toBe(51.98771);
+});
+
+test('integers are displayed and committed unchanged', async () => {
+  const { user, input, committed } = renderNumberField();
+  await user.click(input);
+  await user.keyboard('1234567');
+  await user.tab();
+  expect(committed.at(-1)).toBe(1234567);
+  expect(input.value).toBe('1,234,567');
+});
+
+test('step still rounds the committed value', async () => {
+  const { user, input, committed } = renderNumberField({ step: 0.01 });
+  await user.click(input);
+  await user.keyboard('1.23456');
+  await user.tab();
+  expect(committed.at(-1)).toBe(1.23);
+});
diff --git a/packages/keystatic/src/form/fields/number/ui.tsx b/packages/keystatic/src/form/fields/number/ui.tsx
index 1be018620..4725af3de 100644
--- a/packages/keystatic/src/form/fields/number/ui.tsx
+++ b/packages/keystatic/src/form/fields/number/ui.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@ import { useReducer } from 'react';
 import { validateNumber } from './validateNumber';
 import { FormFieldInputProps } from '../../api';
 
+// NumberField round-trips the committed value through its formatter, and
+// Intl.NumberFormat defaults to `maximumFractionDigits: 3`, which would
+// silently round stored values (e.g. 51.98771 -> 51.988). 20 is the largest
+// value every supported engine accepts, and engines format the shortest
+// round-trip representation, so 0.1 still displays as "0.1". Precision is
+// then limited only by `step` (if given), not by display formatting.
+// Hoisted so the object identity is stable across renders.
+const formatOptions: Intl.NumberFormatOptions = { maximumFractionDigits: 20 };
+
 export function NumberFieldInput(
   props: FormFieldInputProps<number | null> & {
     label: string;
@@ -33,6 +42,7 @@ export function NumberFieldInput(
       onBlur={onBlur}
       autoFocus={props.autoFocus}
       step={props.step}
+      formatOptions={formatOptions}
       value={props.value === null ? undefined : props.value}
       onChange={val => {
         props.onChange((val === undefined ? null : val) as any);