diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.query.aql b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.query.aql
index d668b0b..2ae391b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.query.aql
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.query.aql
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-[2e5, 2e-5, .2e2, .2e-2, 0.5e3, 0.5e-3, 3.2e5, 3.2e-5]
+let $v1 := [2e5, 2e+5, 2e-5, .2e2, .2e+2, .2e-2, 0.5e3, 0.5e+3, 0.5e-3, 3.2e5, 3.2e+5, 3.2e-5 ]
+let $v2 := [2E5, 2E+5, 2E-5, .2E2, .2E+2, .2E-2, 0.5E3, 0.5E+3, 0.5E-3, 3.2E5, 3.2E+5, 3.2E-5 ]
+return { "t1": $v1, "t2": $v2 }
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.query.sqlpp
index d668b0b..2bfe15f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.query.sqlpp
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.query.sqlpp
@@ -17,5 +17,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-[2e5, 2e-5, .2e2, .2e-2, 0.5e3, 0.5e-3, 3.2e5, 3.2e-5]
+{
+  "t1": [2e5, 2e+5, 2e-5, .2e2, .2e+2, .2e-2, 0.5e3, 0.5e+3, 0.5e-3, 3.2e5, 3.2e+5, 3.2e-5 ],
+  "t2": [2E5, 2E+5, 2E-5, .2E2, .2E+2, .2E-2, 0.5E3, 0.5E+3, 0.5E-3, 3.2E5, 3.2E+5, 3.2E-5 ]
+}
+
 
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.adm
index f65c2fe..1a2e70f 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.adm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/numeric/scientific/scientific.1.adm
@@ -1 +1 @@
-[ 200000.0, 2.0E-5, 20.0, 0.002, 500.0, 5.0E-4, 320000.0, 3.2E-5 ]
\ No newline at end of file
+{ "t1": [ 200000.0, 200000.0, 2.0E-5, 20.0, 20.0, 0.002, 500.0, 500.0, 5.0E-4, 320000.0, 320000.0, 3.2E-5 ], "t2": [ 200000.0, 200000.0, 2.0E-5, 20.0, 20.0, 0.002, 500.0, 500.0, 5.0E-4, 320000.0, 320000.0, 3.2E-5 ] }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/src/main/javacc/AQL.jj b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/src/main/javacc/AQL.jj
index 74fe907..2d87556 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/src/main/javacc/AQL.jj
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-aql/src/main/javacc/AQL.jj
@@ -2805,9 +2805,9 @@
 <DEFAULT,IN_DBL_BRACE>
 TOKEN:
 {
-    < DOUBLE_LITERAL: <DIGITS> ( "." <DIGITS> ) (("e"|"E") ("-")? <DIGITS>)?
-                          | <DIGITS> (("e"|"E") ("-")? <DIGITS>)
-                          | "." <DIGITS> (("e"|"E") ("-")? <DIGITS>)?
+    < DOUBLE_LITERAL: <DIGITS> ( "." <DIGITS> ) (("e"|"E") ("+"|"-")? <DIGITS>)?
+                          | <DIGITS> (("e"|"E") ("+"|"-")? <DIGITS>)
+                          | "." <DIGITS> (("e"|"E") ("+"|"-")? <DIGITS>)?
     >
   | < FLOAT_LITERAL: <DIGITS> ( "f" | "F" )
         | <DIGITS> ( "." <DIGITS> ( "f" | "F" ) )?
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
index 246c251..9af114b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/javacc/SQLPP.jj
@@ -3387,9 +3387,9 @@
 <DEFAULT,IN_DBL_BRACE>
 TOKEN:
 {
-    < DOUBLE_LITERAL: <DIGITS> ( "." <DIGITS> ) (("e"|"E") ("-")? <DIGITS>)?
-                      | <DIGITS> (("e"|"E") ("-")? <DIGITS>)
-                      | "." <DIGITS> (("e"|"E") ("-")? <DIGITS>)?
+    < DOUBLE_LITERAL: <DIGITS> ( "." <DIGITS> ) (("e"|"E") ("+"|"-")? <DIGITS>)?
+                      | <DIGITS> (("e"|"E") ("+"|"-")? <DIGITS>)
+                      | "." <DIGITS> (("e"|"E") ("+"|"-")? <DIGITS>)?
     >
   | < FLOAT_LITERAL:  <DIGITS> ( "f" | "F" )
                       | <DIGITS> ( "." <DIGITS> ( "f" | "F" ) )?