diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/utils/setExploreAttributeBounds.spec.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/utils/setExploreAttributeBounds.spec.tsx
index 6169a1a69f37..1adb70d8a4de 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/utils/setExploreAttributeBounds.spec.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/utils/setExploreAttributeBounds.spec.tsx
@@ -30,4 +30,10 @@ describe('setExploreAttributeBounds', () => {
       'duration:>=1.5 duration:<9'
     );
   });
+
+  it('writes tiny and huge bounds without exponent notation', () => {
+    expect(setExploreAttributeBounds('', 'value', 1e-7, 1e21)).toBe(
+      'value:>=0.0000001 value:<1000000000000000000000'
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/static/app/views/explore/utils/setExploreAttributeBounds.tsx b/static/app/views/explore/utils/setExploreAttributeBounds.tsx
index 72633c4e55bc..1e938b9c452f 100644
--- a/static/app/views/explore/utils/setExploreAttributeBounds.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/explore/utils/setExploreAttributeBounds.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ export function setExploreAttributeBounds(
 ): string {
   const search = new MutableSearch(query);
   // `shouldEscape` is off so the comparison operators (`>=`, `<`) aren't quoted.
-  search.setFilterValues(attribute, [`>=${min}`, `<${max}`], false);
+  search.setFilterValues(
+    attribute,
+    [`>=${formatSearchNumber(min)}`, `<${formatSearchNumber(max)}`],
+    false
+  );
   return search.formatString();
 }
+
+/**
+ * The search grammar has no exponent syntax, so `1e-7` must be written out as
+ * `0.0000001`.
+ */
+function formatSearchNumber(value: number): string {
+  return value.toLocaleString(undefined, {useGrouping: false, maximumFractionDigits: 20});
+}