diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/BaseWireMockStubStrategy.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/BaseWireMockStubStrategy.groovy
index c95f1c0d6b..fff0773842 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/BaseWireMockStubStrategy.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/BaseWireMockStubStrategy.groovy
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ abstract class BaseWireMockStubStrategy {
 			Map convertedMap = MapConverter.transformValues(value) {
 				it instanceof GString ? it.toString() : it
 			} as Map
-			return new JSONObject(convertedMap).toString()
+			return new JSONObject(new JsonBuilder(convertedMap).toString())
 		}
 		return new JsonBuilder(value).toString()
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a047d25c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package org.springframework.cloud.contract.verifier.dsl.wiremock
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.contract.spec.Contract
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class WireMockResponseStubStrategySpec extends Specification {
+	def "should not quote floating point numbers"() {
+		given:
+			def irrelevantStatus = 200
+			def contract = Contract.make {
+				request {
+				}
+				response {
+					status irrelevantStatus
+					body([
+						value: 1.5
+					])
+				}
+			}
+		when:
+			def subject = new WireMockResponseStubStrategy(contract)
+			def content = subject.buildClientResponseContent()
+		then:
+			'{"value":1.5}'.equals(content.body)
+	}
+}