diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/importer/geo/geojson_clean_and_validate.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/importer/geo/geojson_clean_and_validate.js
index 17b4f94b52d5f..e16374d851de8 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/importer/geo/geojson_clean_and_validate.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/importer/geo/geojson_clean_and_validate.js
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 import * as jsts from 'jsts';
 import rewind from '@mapbox/geojson-rewind';
 
+// The GeoJSON specification suggests limiting coordinate precision to six decimal places
+// See https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7946#section-11.2
+// We can enforce rounding to six decimal places by setting the PrecisionModel scale
+// scale = 10^n where n = maximum number of decimal places
+const precisionModel = new jsts.geom.PrecisionModel(Math.pow(10, 6));
+const geometryPrecisionReducer = new jsts.precision.GeometryPrecisionReducer(precisionModel);
+geometryPrecisionReducer.setChangePrecisionModel(true);
 const geoJSONReader = new jsts.io.GeoJSONReader();
 const geoJSONWriter = new jsts.io.GeoJSONWriter();
 
@@ -36,6 +43,8 @@ export function cleanGeometry({ geometry }) {
   if (!geometry) {
     return null;
   }
-  const geometryToWrite = geometry.isSimple() || geometry.isValid() ? geometry : geometry.buffer(0);
+
+  // GeometryPrecisionReducer will automatically clean invalid geometries
+  const geometryToWrite = geometryPrecisionReducer.reduce(geometry);
   return geoJSONWriter.write(geometryToWrite);
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/importer/geo/geojson_clean_and_validate.test.js b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/importer/geo/geojson_clean_and_validate.test.js
index 0f8d126251dfb..8c9000e66e811 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/importer/geo/geojson_clean_and_validate.test.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/file_upload/public/importer/geo/geojson_clean_and_validate.test.js
@@ -102,6 +102,44 @@ describe('geo_json_clean_and_validate', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should reduce coordinate precision', () => {
+    const ludicrousPrecisionGeoJson = {
+      type: 'Feature',
+      properties: {},
+      geometry: {
+        type: 'Polygon',
+        coordinates: [
+          [
+            [108.28125, 61.77312286453146],
+            [72.0703125, 46.31658418182218],
+            [99.49218749999999, 22.917922936146045],
+            [133.2421875, 27.059125784374068],
+            [139.5703125, 52.908902047770255],
+            [108.28125, 61.77312286453146],
+          ],
+        ],
+      },
+    };
+
+    expect(geoJsonCleanAndValidate(ludicrousPrecisionGeoJson)).toEqual({
+      type: 'Feature',
+      properties: {},
+      geometry: {
+        type: 'Polygon',
+        coordinates: [
+          [
+            [108.28125, 61.773123],
+            [72.070313, 46.316584],
+            [99.492187, 22.917923],
+            [133.242188, 27.059126],
+            [139.570313, 52.908902],
+            [108.28125, 61.773123],
+          ],
+        ],
+      },
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should reverse counter-clockwise winding order', () => {
     const counterClockwiseGeoJson = {
       type: 'Feature',