diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 53f29d1a..74ab07fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   print NaN and Infinity.
 - The performance of the `to_string` function from the `float` module has been
   improved on the Erlang target.
+- The performance of the `inspect` function from the `string` module for floats
+  has been improved on the Erlang target.
 
 ## v1.0.5 - 2026-08-06
 
diff --git a/src/gleam_stdlib.erl b/src/gleam_stdlib.erl
index 52b8f622..5169e555 100644
--- a/src/gleam_stdlib.erl
+++ b/src/gleam_stdlib.erl
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ inspect(Atom) when is_atom(Atom) ->
 inspect(Any) when is_integer(Any) ->
     erlang:integer_to_list(Any);
 inspect(Any) when is_float(Any) ->
-    io_lib_format:fwrite_g(Any);
+    erlang:float_to_binary(Any, [short]);
 inspect(Binary) when is_binary(Binary) ->
     case inspect_maybe_utf8_string(Binary, <<>>) of
         {ok, InspectedUtf8String} -> InspectedUtf8String;