diff --git a/packages/typegpu/src/tgsl/wgslGenerator.ts b/packages/typegpu/src/tgsl/wgslGenerator.ts
index 33d64ec786..157ebb6b6e 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/src/tgsl/wgslGenerator.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/src/tgsl/wgslGenerator.ts
@@ -1193,6 +1193,9 @@ export class WgslGenerator implements ShaderGenerator {
     if (schema.type === 'i32') {
       return snip(`${value}i`, schema, /* origin */ 'constant', false);
     }
+    if (schema.type === 'f32') {
+      return snip(`${shortestF32(value)}f`, schema, /* origin */ 'constant', false);
+    }
 
     const exp = value.toExponential();
     const decimal =
@@ -1200,9 +1203,6 @@ export class WgslGenerator implements ShaderGenerator {
 
     // Just picking the shorter one
     const base = exp.length < decimal.length ? exp : decimal;
-    if (schema.type === 'f32') {
-      return snip(`${base}f`, schema, /* origin */ 'constant', false);
-    }
     if (schema.type === 'f16') {
       return snip(`${base}h`, schema, /* origin */ 'constant', false);
     }
@@ -1902,6 +1902,27 @@ function assertExhaustive(value: never): never {
   throw new Error(`'${safeStringify(value)}' was not handled by the WGSL generator.`);
 }
 
+const F32_MAX_SIGNIFICANT_DIGITS = 9;
+
+function shortestF32(value: number): string {
+  const target = Math.fround(value);
+  if (Object.is(target, -0)) {
+    return '-0';
+  }
+
+  for (let precision = 1; precision <= F32_MAX_SIGNIFICANT_DIGITS; precision++) {
+    const rounded = Number(target.toPrecision(precision));
+    const decimal = rounded.toString();
+    const exponential = rounded.toExponential();
+    const candidate = exponential.length < decimal.length ? exponential : decimal;
+    if (Math.fround(rounded) === target) {
+      return candidate;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return target.toString();
+}
+
 function parseNumericString(str: string): number {
   // Hex literals
   if (/^0x[0-9a-f]+$/i.test(str)) {
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/tests/resolve.test.ts b/packages/typegpu/tests/resolve.test.ts
index da33f3d922..aa5e8e09f8 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/tests/resolve.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/tests/resolve.test.ts
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ describe('tgpu resolve - nesting', () => {
     }
 
     expect(tgpu.resolve([foo])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
-      "const pi: f32 = 3.141592653589793f;
+      "const pi: f32 = 3.1415927f;
 
       fn getPi2() -> f32 {
         return (pi * 2f);
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/tests/std/bitcast.test.ts b/packages/typegpu/tests/std/bitcast.test.ts
index f38370bbec..1421634f84 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/tests/std/bitcast.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/tests/std/bitcast.test.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe('bitcast in shaders', () => {
 
     expect(tgpu.resolve([fnf32])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       "fn fnf32() -> f32 {
-        return 1.7292023049768243e-42f;
+        return 1.729e-42f;
       }"
     `);
     expect(tgpu.resolve([fni32])).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/tests/std/texture/textureGather.test.ts b/packages/typegpu/tests/std/texture/textureGather.test.ts
index 087a76a3d2..1a9ee92f6c 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/tests/std/texture/textureGather.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/tests/std/texture/textureGather.test.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe('textureGather', () => {
       fn testFn() {
         let uv2d = vec2f(0.5);
         let uv3d = vec3f(0.5, 0.5, 0);
-        const idx = 1.2000000476837158f;
+        const idx = 1.2f;
         const component = 0i;
         let gather2d = textureGather(component, tex2d, sampler_1, uv2d);
         let gather2d_u32 = textureGather(component, tex2d_u32, sampler_1, uv2d);
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/tests/tgsl/extensionEnabled.test.ts b/packages/typegpu/tests/tgsl/extensionEnabled.test.ts
index 8252871bdb..afde14f718 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/tests/tgsl/extensionEnabled.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/tests/tgsl/extensionEnabled.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('extension based pruning', () => {
       "enable f16;
 
       fn someFn() -> f32 {
-        return 6.599609375f;
+        return 6.5996094f;
       }"
     `);
 
diff --git a/packages/typegpu/tests/tgsl/wgslGenerator.test.ts b/packages/typegpu/tests/tgsl/wgslGenerator.test.ts
index 883cb66b88..e0ff05650a 100644
--- a/packages/typegpu/tests/tgsl/wgslGenerator.test.ts
+++ b/packages/typegpu/tests/tgsl/wgslGenerator.test.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ describe('WgslGenerator', () => {
     ).toBe('abstractFloat');
   });
 
+  it('emits the shortest f32 literal that preserves its value', () => {
+    const main = tgpu.fn(
+      [],
+      d.f32,
+    )(() => {
+      'use gpu';
+      return d.f32(0.3);
+    });
+
+    expect(tgpu.resolve([main])).toMatch(/^\s*return 0\.3f;$/m);
+  });
+
   it('generates correct resources for member access expressions', ({ root }) => {
     const TestStruct = d.struct({
       a: d.u32,