diff --git a/crates/oxc_codegen/Cargo.toml b/crates/oxc_codegen/Cargo.toml
index 44d88d92c477a..3a9f3934d43d7 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/oxc_codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ doctest = false
 oxc_ast       = { workspace = true }
 oxc_span      = { workspace = true }
 oxc_allocator = { workspace = true }
-oxc_syntax    = { workspace = true }
+oxc_syntax    = { workspace = true, features = ["to_js_string"] }
 oxc_sourcemap = { workspace = true }
 oxc_mangler   = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs b/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
index d6605ed117b5e..0093e69e48ea2 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_codegen/src/gen.rs
@@ -1184,8 +1184,10 @@ impl<'a, const MINIFY: bool> Gen<MINIFY> for NumericLiteral<'a> {
 }
 
 // TODO: refactor this with less allocations
+// <https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/blob/360d47230813e67d0312ad754cad2b6ee09b151b/internal/js_printer/js_printer.go#L3472>
 fn print_non_negative_float<const MINIFY: bool>(value: f64, _p: &Codegen<{ MINIFY }>) -> String {
-    let mut result = value.to_string();
+    use oxc_syntax::number::ToJsString;
+    let mut result = value.to_js_string();
     let chars = result.as_bytes();
     let len = chars.len();
     let dot = chars.iter().position(|&c| c == b'.');