diff --git a/controllers/datadogslo/slo.go b/controllers/datadogslo/slo.go
index feb8aa7c0..fc69ad980 100644
--- a/controllers/datadogslo/slo.go
+++ b/controllers/datadogslo/slo.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
 
 	datadogapi "github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV1"
@@ -73,12 +74,13 @@ func buildThreshold(sloSpec v1alpha1.DatadogSLOSpec) []datadogV1.SLOThreshold {
 
 	var warningThreshold *float64
 	if sloSpec.WarningThreshold != nil {
-		approxFloat := sloSpec.WarningThreshold.AsApproximateFloat64()
-		warningThreshold = &approxFloat
+		convertedFloat, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(sloSpec.WarningThreshold.AsDec().String(), 64)
+		warningThreshold = &convertedFloat
 	}
 
+	convertedFloat, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(sloSpec.TargetThreshold.AsDec().String(), 64)
 	threshold := datadogV1.SLOThreshold{
-		Target:    sloSpec.TargetThreshold.AsApproximateFloat64(),
+		Target:    convertedFloat,
 		Timeframe: *timeframe,
 		Warning:   warningThreshold,
 	}
diff --git a/controllers/datadogslo/slo_test.go b/controllers/datadogslo/slo_test.go
index bdc64c7ee..57c99c553 100644
--- a/controllers/datadogslo/slo_test.go
+++ b/controllers/datadogslo/slo_test.go
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ func Test_buildThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 			mockSpec: v1alpha1.DatadogSLOSpec{
 				Name:            "test",
 				Timeframe:       "7d",
-				TargetThreshold: resource.MustParse("99.9"),
+				TargetThreshold: resource.MustParse("99990m"),
 			},
 			expectedResult: []datadogV1.SLOThreshold{
 				{
-					Target:    99.9,
+					Target:    99.99,
 					Timeframe: datadogV1.SLOTimeframe("7d"),
 				},
 			},
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@ func Test_buildThreshold(t *testing.T) {
 			mockSpec: v1alpha1.DatadogSLOSpec{
 				Name:             "test",
 				Timeframe:        "30d",
-				TargetThreshold:  resource.MustParse("99.9"),
-				WarningThreshold: ptrResourceQuantity(resource.MustParse("95.9")),
+				TargetThreshold:  resource.MustParse("99.999"),
+				WarningThreshold: ptrResourceQuantity(resource.MustParse("95.010001")),
 			},
 			expectedResult: []datadogV1.SLOThreshold{
 				{
-					Target:    99.9,
+					Target:    99.999,
 					Timeframe: datadogV1.SLOTimeframe("30d"),
-					Warning:   float64Ptr(95.9),
+					Warning:   float64Ptr(95.010001),
 				},
 			},
 		},