diff --git a/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/resources/Resource.java b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/resources/Resource.java
index f22714db545e5..532976af3099d 100644
--- a/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/resources/Resource.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/resources/Resource.java
@@ -28,13 +28,18 @@
 import static org.apache.flink.util.Preconditions.checkArgument;
 import static org.apache.flink.util.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
-/** Base class for resources one can specify. */
+/**
+ * Base class for resources one can specify. Notice that the scale of value will be limited to
+ * {@link #MAX_VALUE_SCALE} and all the trailing zeros will be stripped for readability.
+ */
 @Internal
 public abstract class Resource<T extends Resource<T>>
         implements Serializable, Comparable<Resource> {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
+    private static final int MAX_VALUE_SCALE = 8;
+
     private final String name;
 
     private final BigDecimal value;
@@ -45,11 +50,14 @@ protected Resource(String name, double value) {
 
     protected Resource(String name, BigDecimal value) {
         checkNotNull(value);
+        final BigDecimal valueRoundDown =
+                value.setScale(MAX_VALUE_SCALE, RoundingMode.DOWN).stripTrailingZeros();
         checkArgument(
-                value.compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) >= 0, "Resource value must be no less than 0");
+                valueRoundDown.compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) >= 0,
+                "Resource value must be no less than 0");
 
         this.name = checkNotNull(name);
-        this.value = value;
+        this.value = valueRoundDown;
     }
 
     public T merge(T other) {
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ public T multiply(int multiplier) {
     }
 
     public T divide(BigDecimal by) {
-        return create(value.divide(by, 16, RoundingMode.DOWN));
+        return create(value.divide(by, MAX_VALUE_SCALE, RoundingMode.DOWN));
     }
 
     public T divide(int by) {
diff --git a/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/resources/ResourceTest.java b/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/resources/ResourceTest.java
index c0b2fcd95b17e..3f5bcccc036ec 100644
--- a/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/resources/ResourceTest.java
+++ b/flink-core/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/api/common/resources/ResourceTest.java
@@ -205,6 +205,22 @@ public void testCompareToFailDifferentName() {
         resource1.compareTo(resource2);
     }
 
+    /** This test assume that the scale limitation is 8. */
+    @Test
+    public void testValueScaleLimited() {
+        final Resource v1 = new TestResource(0.100000001);
+        assertTestResourceValueEquals(0.1, v1);
+
+        final Resource v2 = new TestResource(1.0).divide(3);
+        assertTestResourceValueEquals(0.33333333, v2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testStripTrailingZeros() {
+        final Resource v = new TestResource(0.25).multiply(2);
+        assertThat(v.getValue().toString(), is("0.5"));
+    }
+
     private static void assertTestResourceValueEquals(final double value, final Resource resource) {
         assertEquals(new TestResource(value), resource);
     }
diff --git a/flink-kubernetes/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/KubernetesResourceManagerDriverTest.java b/flink-kubernetes/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/KubernetesResourceManagerDriverTest.java
index 8868e869c43b8..4a15ec5114458 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/KubernetesResourceManagerDriverTest.java
+++ b/flink-kubernetes/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/kubernetes/KubernetesResourceManagerDriverTest.java
@@ -362,7 +362,12 @@ protected void validateRequestedResources(
                                             .getMebiBytes())));
             assertThat(
                     resourceRequirements.getRequests().get(Constants.RESOURCE_NAME_CPU).getAmount(),
-                    is(String.valueOf(taskExecutorProcessSpec.getCpuCores().getValue())));
+                    is(
+                            String.valueOf(
+                                    taskExecutorProcessSpec
+                                            .getCpuCores()
+                                            .getValue()
+                                            .doubleValue())));
 
             assertThat(
                     resourceRequirements
@@ -376,7 +381,12 @@ protected void validateRequestedResources(
                                             .getMebiBytes())));
             assertThat(
                     resourceRequirements.getLimits().get(Constants.RESOURCE_NAME_CPU).getAmount(),
-                    is(String.valueOf(taskExecutorProcessSpec.getCpuCores().getValue())));
+                    is(
+                            String.valueOf(
+                                    taskExecutorProcessSpec
+                                            .getCpuCores()
+                                            .getValue()
+                                            .doubleValue())));
         }
 
         @Override