diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/OtherConverters.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/OtherConverters.java
index 95b1c277c..8e95fdb6e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/OtherConverters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/core/convert/OtherConverters.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public enum BigDecimalToString implements Converter<BigDecimal, String> {
 
 		@Override
 		public String convert(BigDecimal source) {
-			return source == null ? null : source.toPlainString();
+			return source == null ? null : source.toString();
 		}
 	}