diff --git a/src/Shipping/ShippingRate.php b/src/Shipping/ShippingRate.php
index e2edef06c3..598d522879 100644
--- a/src/Shipping/ShippingRate.php
+++ b/src/Shipping/ShippingRate.php
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ class ShippingRate implements JsonSerializable {
 	 * @param float $rate The shipping cost in store currency.
 	 */
 	public function __construct( float $rate ) {
-		$this->rate = $rate;
+		// Google only accepts rates with two decimal places.
+		// We avoid using wc_format_decimal or number_format_i18n because these functions format numbers according to locale settings, which may include thousands separators and different decimal separators.
+		// At this stage, we want to ensure the number is formatted strictly as a float, with no thousands separators and a dot as the decimal separator.
+		$this->rate = (float) number_format( $rate, 2 );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Shipping/ZoneMethodsParserTest.php b/tests/Unit/Shipping/ZoneMethodsParserTest.php
index 596ed7a3bc..372f6651f7 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Shipping/ZoneMethodsParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Shipping/ZoneMethodsParserTest.php
@@ -88,6 +88,27 @@ public function test_returns_flat_rate_methods_with_decimals_and_dot() {
 		$this->assertEquals( 10.6, $shipping_rates[0]->get_rate() );
 	}
 
+	public function test_returns_flat_rate_methods_with_more_than_two_decimals() {
+		$flat_rate     = $this->createMock( WC_Shipping_Flat_Rate::class );
+		$flat_rate->id = ZoneMethodsParser::METHOD_FLAT_RATE;
+		$flat_rate->expects( $this->any() )
+			->method( 'get_option' )
+			->willReturnMap(
+				[
+					[ 'cost', null, '10.6123' ],
+				]
+			);
+
+		$zone = $this->createMock( WC_Shipping_Zone::class );
+		$zone->expects( $this->any() )
+			->method( 'get_shipping_methods' )
+			->willReturn( [ $flat_rate ] );
+
+		$shipping_rates = $this->methods_parser->parse( $zone );
+		$this->assertCount( 1, $shipping_rates );
+		$this->assertEquals( 10.61, $shipping_rates[0]->get_rate() );
+	}
+
 	public function test_returns_flat_rate_methods_including_shipping_classes() {
 		// Return three sample shipping classes.
 		$light_class          = new \stdClass();