diff --git a/gluon/packages/dal b/gluon/packages/dal
index 0e873575..bf208124 160000
--- a/gluon/packages/dal
+++ b/gluon/packages/dal
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0e8735751b7c86206dbcda5cb41330cedfa8a061
+Subproject commit bf2081247d1d1ac6cdf656de841bfe0fa0dd1155
diff --git a/gluon/tests/test_serializers.py b/gluon/tests/test_serializers.py
index d3c2cb48..6c7d8a41 100644
--- a/gluon/tests/test_serializers.py
+++ b/gluon/tests/test_serializers.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class TestSerializers(unittest.TestCase):
         # self.assertEqual(json(1), json(1))
         # decimal stringified
         obj = {'a': decimal.Decimal('4.312312312312')}
-        self.assertEqual(json(obj), u'{"a": "4.312312312312"}')
+        self.assertEqual(json(obj), u'{"a": 4.312312312312}')
         # lazyT translated
         T = TranslatorFactory('', 'en')
         lazy_translation = T('abc')