diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/responseTransform.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/responseTransform.ts
index 4e6e8683aa7..07123123422 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/responseTransform.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/jaeger/responseTransform.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export function createTableFrame(data: TraceResponse[], instanceSettings: DataSo
         name: 'traceID',
         type: FieldType.string,
         config: {
+          unit: 'string',
           displayNameFromDS: 'Trace ID',
           links: [
             {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.test.ts
index b6e25519c8a..f5a1741f106 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.test.ts
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ describe('createTableFrameFromSearch()', () => {
     expect(frame.fields[0].name).toBe('traceID');
     expect(frame.fields[0].values.get(0)).toBe('e641dcac1c3a0565');
 
+    // TraceID must have unit = 'string' to prevent the ID from rendering as Infinity
+    expect(frame.fields[0].config.unit).toBe('string');
+
     expect(frame.fields[1].name).toBe('traceName');
     expect(frame.fields[1].values.get(0)).toBe('c10d7ca4e3a00354 ');
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
index 20a1419dd6f..74e385f1e92 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/resultTransformer.ts
@@ -600,6 +600,7 @@ export function createTableFrameFromSearch(data: SearchResponse[], instanceSetti
         name: 'traceID',
         type: FieldType.string,
         config: {
+          unit: 'string',
           displayNameFromDS: 'Trace ID',
           links: [
             {