diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7a0b5eff..fd0ee7f15 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 0.10.23-dev0
+
+### Enhancements
+
+* **Add functionality to limit precision when serializing to json** Precision for `points` is limited to 1 decimal point if coordinates["system"] == "PixelSpace" (otherwise 2 decimal points?). Precision for `detection_class_prob` is limited to 5 decimal points.
+
+### Features
+
+### Fixes
+
 ## 0.10.22
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/unstructured/__version__.py b/unstructured/__version__.py
index c42cfa17f..debea5071 100644
--- a/unstructured/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.10.22"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.10.23-dev0"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured/staging/base.py b/unstructured/staging/base.py
index e0aeda79c..f8904016a 100644
--- a/unstructured/staging/base.py
+++ b/unstructured/staging/base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import csv
 import io
 import json
+from copy import deepcopy
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
+from unstructured.documents.coordinates import PixelSpace
 from unstructured.documents.elements import (
     TYPE_TO_TEXT_ELEMENT_MAP,
     CheckBox,
@@ -77,6 +79,27 @@ def convert_to_dict(elements: List[Element]) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
     return convert_to_isd(elements)
 
 
+def _fix_metadata_field_precision(elements: List[Element]) -> List[Element]:
+    out_elements = []
+    for element in elements:
+        el = deepcopy(element)
+        if el.metadata.coordinates:
+            precision = 1 if isinstance(el.metadata.coordinates.system, PixelSpace) else 2
+            points = el.metadata.coordinates.points
+            rounded_points = []
+            for point in points:
+                x, y = point
+                rounded_point = (round(x, precision), round(y, precision))
+                rounded_points.append(rounded_point)
+            el.metadata.coordinates.points = tuple(rounded_points)
+
+        if el.metadata.detection_class_prob:
+            el.metadata.detection_class_prob = round(el.metadata.detection_class_prob, 5)
+
+        out_elements.append(el)
+    return out_elements
+
+
 def elements_to_json(
     elements: List[Element],
     filename: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -87,7 +110,9 @@ def elements_to_json(
     Saves a list of elements to a JSON file if filename is specified.
     Otherwise, return the list of elements as a string.
     """
-    element_dict = convert_to_dict(elements)
+
+    pre_processed_elements = _fix_metadata_field_precision(elements)
+    element_dict = convert_to_dict(pre_processed_elements)
     if filename is not None:
         with open(filename, "w", encoding=encoding) as f:
             json.dump(element_dict, f, indent=indent)