diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestNodesAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestNodesAction.java
index feb7ef3bb31..2558ef031a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestNodesAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestNodesAction.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class RestNodesAction extends AbstractCatAction {
             table.addCell(heapMax < 0 ? null : new ByteSizeValue(heapMax));
             table.addCell(stats == null ? null : stats.getOs().mem() == null ? null : stats.getOs().mem().usedPercent());
             table.addCell(info == null ? null : info.getOs().mem() == null ? null : info.getOs().mem().total()); // sigar fails to load in IntelliJ
-            table.addCell(stats == null ? null : stats.getOs() == null ? null : stats.getOs().getLoadAverage().length < 1 ? null : stats.getOs().getLoadAverage()[0]);
+            table.addCell(stats == null ? null : stats.getOs() == null ? null : stats.getOs().getLoadAverage().length < 1 ? null : String.format(Locale.ROOT, "%.2f", stats.getOs().getLoadAverage()[0]));
             table.addCell(stats == null ? null : stats.getJvm().uptime());
             table.addCell(node.clientNode() ? "c" : node.dataNode() ? "d" : "-");
             table.addCell(masterId.equals(node.id()) ? "*" : node.masterNode() ? "m" : "-");