diff --git a/desktop/core/base_requirements.txt b/desktop/core/base_requirements.txt
index 4bea36ccab9..cf861dbc5bc 100644
--- a/desktop/core/base_requirements.txt
+++ b/desktop/core/base_requirements.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ thrift-sasl==0.4.3
 django-utils-six==2.0
 six==1.16.0
 psutil==5.8.0
+simplejson==3.20.1
 drf-spectacular[sidecar]==0.27.2
 -e file://${ROOT}/desktop/core/ext-py3/boto-2.49.0
 -e file://${ROOT}/desktop/core/ext-py3/django-axes-5.13.0
diff --git a/desktop/libs/notebook/src/notebook/models.py b/desktop/libs/notebook/src/notebook/models.py
index 4ef3923261c..9f597b676c2 100644
--- a/desktop/libs/notebook/src/notebook/models.py
+++ b/desktop/libs/notebook/src/notebook/models.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import json
+import simplejson as json
 import math
 import uuid
 import logging
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def escape_rows(rows, nulls_only=False, encoding=None):
 
       for field in row:
         if isinstance(field, numbers.Number):
-          if math.isnan(field) or math.isinf(field):
+          if math.isnan(field) or math.isinf(field) or len(str(field)) > 16:
             escaped_field = json.dumps(field)
           else:
             escaped_field = field