diff --git a/superset/assets/package-lock.json b/superset/assets/package-lock.json
index 1f4ba66e07e6f..1e1e35b08f9c9 100644
--- a/superset/assets/package-lock.json
+++ b/superset/assets/package-lock.json
@@ -4032,9 +4032,9 @@
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     },
     "bignumber.js": {
-      "version": "2.4.0",
-      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/bignumber.js/-/bignumber.js-2.4.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-g4qZLan51zfg9LLbC+YrsJ3Qxeg="
+      "version": "8.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bignumber.js/-/bignumber.js-8.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hRv8jfqOBRnK1oGd0zDbfZv5blY3gy4QIsZZQ35mLCEMp/YdZmnrphBhX02SRKyLlohl+Sx6Ol7RlQhVLj/TAg=="
     },
     "binary-extensions": {
       "version": "1.12.0",
@@ -11876,6 +11876,13 @@
         "stream-to-buffer": "^0.1.0",
         "tinycolor2": "^1.1.2",
         "url-regex": "^3.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "bignumber.js": {
+          "version": "2.4.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bignumber.js/-/bignumber.js-2.4.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-g4qZLan51zfg9LLbC+YrsJ3Qxeg="
+        }
       }
     },
     "jpeg-js": {
diff --git a/superset/assets/package.json b/superset/assets/package.json
index 7f57d1fab6b57..94fc251fde091 100644
--- a/superset/assets/package.json
+++ b/superset/assets/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "@vx/responsive": "0.0.172",
     "@vx/scale": "^0.0.165",
     "abortcontroller-polyfill": "^1.1.9",
+    "bignumber.js": "^8.1.0",
     "bootstrap": "^3.3.6",
     "bootstrap-slider": "^10.0.0",
     "brace": "^0.11.1",
diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/chart/transformBigNumber_spec.js b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/chart/transformBigNumber_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1500a42437836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/chart/transformBigNumber_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import BigNumber from 'bignumber.js';
+import transform from 'src/chart/transformBigNumber';
+
+describe('transformBigNumber', () => {
+  it('should transform BigNumber on its own', () => {
+    expect(transform(new BigNumber(123.456))).toBe(123.456);
+  });
+
+  it('should transform BigNumber in objects', () => {
+    expect(transform({
+      foo: new BigNumber(123),
+      bar: 456,
+      baz: null,
+    })).toEqual({ foo: 123, bar: 456, baz: null });
+  });
+
+  it('should transform BigNumber in arrays', () => {
+    expect(transform([
+      { foo: new BigNumber(123) },
+      { bar: 456 },
+    ])).toEqual([{ foo: 123 }, { bar: 456 }]);
+  });
+
+  it('should transform BigNumber in nested structures', () => {
+    expect(transform([{
+      x: new BigNumber(123),
+      y: [{ foo: new BigNumber(456) }, { bar: 'str' }],
+      z: { some: [new BigNumber(789)] },
+    }])).toEqual([{
+      x: 123,
+      y: [{ foo: 456 }, { bar: 'str' }],
+      z: { some: [789] },
+    }]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/chart/ChartRenderer.jsx b/superset/assets/src/chart/ChartRenderer.jsx
index 8db91071ceee8..cffdfcb910de8 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/chart/ChartRenderer.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/chart/ChartRenderer.jsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { ChartProps } from '@superset-ui/chart';
 import { Tooltip } from 'react-bootstrap';
 import { Logger, LOG_ACTIONS_RENDER_CHART } from '../logger';
 import SuperChart from '../visualizations/core/components/SuperChart';
+import transformBigNumber from './transformBigNumber';
 
 const propTypes = {
   annotationData: PropTypes.object,
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ class ChartRenderer extends React.Component {
     this.handleAddFilter = this.handleAddFilter.bind(this);
     this.handleRenderSuccess = this.handleRenderSuccess.bind(this);
     this.handleRenderFailure = this.handleRenderFailure.bind(this);
+    this.preTransformProps = this.preTransformProps.bind(this);
   }
 
   shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
@@ -150,6 +152,18 @@ class ChartRenderer extends React.Component {
     });
   }
 
+  preTransformProps(chartProps) {
+    const payload = chartProps.payload;
+    const data = transformBigNumber(payload.data);
+    return new ChartProps({
+      ...chartProps,
+      payload: {
+        ...payload,
+        data,
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
   renderTooltip() {
     const { tooltip } = this.state;
     if (tooltip && tooltip.content) {
@@ -193,6 +207,7 @@ class ChartRenderer extends React.Component {
           className={`${snakeCase(vizType)}`}
           chartType={vizType}
           chartProps={skipChartRendering ? null : this.prepareChartProps()}
+          preTransformProps={this.preTransformProps}
           onRenderSuccess={this.handleRenderSuccess}
           onRenderFailure={this.handleRenderFailure}
         />
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/chart/transformBigNumber.js b/superset/assets/src/chart/transformBigNumber.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dffa02a7f47ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset/assets/src/chart/transformBigNumber.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+// This method transforms any BigNumber object in the given payload to its
+// 64-bit float representation. It is a temporary fix so charts receive
+// floats instead of BigNumber instances in their props to properly render.
+import BigNumber from 'bignumber.js';
+
+export default function transform(payload) {
+  if (!payload) {
+    return payload;
+  } else if (BigNumber.isBigNumber(payload)) {
+    return payload.toNumber();
+  } else if (payload.constructor === Object) {
+    for (const key in payload) {
+      if (payload.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+        // Modify in place to prevent creating large payloads
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+        payload[key] = transform(payload[key]);
+      }
+    }
+  } else if (payload.constructor === Array) {
+    payload.forEach((elem, idx) => {
+      // Modify in place to prevent creating large payloads
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
+      payload[idx] = transform(elem);
+    });
+  }
+  return payload;
+}