diff --git a/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/consensus-validators-table.tsx b/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/consensus-validators-table.tsx
index ae82f8228..635e02926 100644
--- a/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/consensus-validators-table.tsx
+++ b/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/consensus-validators-table.tsx
@@ -166,10 +166,7 @@ export const ConsensusValidatorsTable = ({
               avatarUrl,
               name,
             },
-            [ValidatorFields.STAKE]: formatNumber(
-              toBigNum(stakedTotal, decimals),
-              2
-            ),
+            [ValidatorFields.STAKE]: stakedTotal,
             [ValidatorFields.NORMALISED_VOTING_POWER]:
               getNormalisedVotingPower(votingPower),
             [ValidatorFields.UNNORMALISED_VOTING_POWER]:
@@ -198,10 +195,8 @@ export const ConsensusValidatorsTable = ({
               stakedTotal,
               totalStake
             ),
-            [ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE]: formatNumber(
-              toBigNum(pendingStake, decimals),
-              2
-            ),
+            [ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE]: pendingStake,
+            decimals,
           };
         }
       );
@@ -256,22 +251,18 @@ export const ConsensusValidatorsTable = ({
 
       return {
         ...acc,
-        [ValidatorFields.STAKE]: formatNumber(
-          toBigNum(accStake, decimals).plus(toBigNum(stake, decimals)),
-          2
-        ),
+        [ValidatorFields.STAKE]: toBigNum(accStake, decimals)
+          .plus(toBigNum(stake, decimals))
+          .toString(),
         [ValidatorFields.STAKE_SHARE]: formatNumberPercentage(
           new BigNumber(parseFloat(accStakeShare)).plus(
             new BigNumber(parseFloat(stakeShare))
           ),
           2
         ),
-        [ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE]: formatNumber(
-          toBigNum(accPendingStake, decimals).plus(
-            toBigNum(pendingStake, decimals)
-          ),
-          2
-        ),
+        [ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE]: toBigNum(accPendingStake, decimals)
+          .plus(toBigNum(pendingStake, decimals))
+          .toString(),
         [ValidatorFields.NORMALISED_VOTING_POWER]: formatNumberPercentage(
           new BigNumber(parseFloat(accNormalisedVotingPower)).plus(
             new BigNumber(parseFloat(normalisedVotingPower))
@@ -349,6 +340,8 @@ export const ConsensusValidatorsTable = ({
           field: ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE,
           headerName: t(ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE).toString(),
           headerTooltip: t('PendingStakeDescription').toString(),
+          valueFormatter: ({ value }) =>
+            formatNumber(toBigNum(value, decimals), 2),
           width: 110,
         },
       ],
diff --git a/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/shared.tsx b/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/shared.tsx
index 9cd23f2d6..49086e297 100644
--- a/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/shared.tsx
+++ b/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/shared.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
 } from '@vegaprotocol/ui-toolkit';
 import type { NodesFragmentFragment } from '../__generated___/Nodes';
 import type { PreviousEpochQuery } from '../../__generated___/PreviousEpoch';
+import { useAppState } from '../../../../contexts/app-state/app-state-context';
 
 export enum ValidatorFields {
   RANKING_INDEX = 'rankingIndex',
@@ -148,6 +149,11 @@ interface TotalStakeRendererProps {
 
 export const TotalStakeRenderer = ({ data }: TotalStakeRendererProps) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
+  const {
+    appState: { decimals },
+  } = useAppState();
+
+  const formattedStake = formatNumber(toBigNum(data.stake, decimals), 2);
 
   return (
     <Tooltip
@@ -160,12 +166,13 @@ export const TotalStakeRenderer = ({ data }: TotalStakeRendererProps) => {
             {t('stakedByDelegates')}: {data.stakedByDelegates.toString()}
           </div>
           <div data-testid="total-staked-tooltip">
-            {t('totalStake')}: <span className="font-bold">{data.stake}</span>
+            {t('totalStake')}:{' '}
+            <span className="font-bold">{formattedStake}</span>
           </div>
         </>
       }
     >
-      <span>{data.stake}</span>
+      <span>{formattedStake}</span>
     </Tooltip>
   );
 };
diff --git a/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/standby-pending-validators-table.tsx b/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/standby-pending-validators-table.tsx
index 5887fe7c3..b93d4b543 100644
--- a/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/standby-pending-validators-table.tsx
+++ b/apps/governance/src/routes/staking/home/validator-tables/standby-pending-validators-table.tsx
@@ -122,10 +122,7 @@ export const StandbyPendingValidatorsTable = ({
               avatarUrl,
               name,
             },
-            [ValidatorFields.STAKE]: formatNumber(
-              toBigNum(stakedTotal, decimals),
-              2
-            ),
+            [ValidatorFields.STAKE]: stakedTotal,
             [ValidatorFields.STAKE_NEEDED_FOR_PROMOTION]:
               individualStakeNeededForPromotion || null,
             [ValidatorFields.STAKE_NEEDED_FOR_PROMOTION_DESCRIPTION]:
@@ -154,10 +151,7 @@ export const StandbyPendingValidatorsTable = ({
               stakedTotal,
               totalStake
             ),
-            [ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE]: formatNumber(
-              toBigNum(pendingStake, decimals),
-              2
-            ),
+            [ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE]: pendingStake,
           };
         }
       );
@@ -222,6 +216,8 @@ export const StandbyPendingValidatorsTable = ({
           field: ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE,
           headerName: t(ValidatorFields.PENDING_STAKE).toString(),
           headerTooltip: t('PendingStakeDescription').toString(),
+          valueFormatter: ({ value }) =>
+            formatNumber(toBigNum(value, decimals), 2),
           width: 110,
         },
       ],