diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 25aa6b30..199744f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ jobs:
         # "This page is taking too long to load." error. Thus we use
         # pairwise testing.
         include:
-          - tarantool: '2.11'
-            python: '3.11'
-            msgpack-deps: 'msgpack-python==0.4.0'
           - tarantool: '2.11'
             python: '3.11'
             msgpack-deps: 'msgpack==0.5.0'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f1e78b8..255846bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 - Allow to require specific server protocol version and features (#267).
 
+### Changed
+- Drop `msgpack-python` support. Use `msgpack` instead.
+
+### Fixed
+- Parsing of E-notation Tarantool decimals with positive exponent (PR #298).
+
 ## 1.0.0 - 2023-04-17
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/tarantool/msgpack_ext/decimal.py b/tarantool/msgpack_ext/decimal.py
index 545ee07d..f1654784 100644
--- a/tarantool/msgpack_ext/decimal.py
+++ b/tarantool/msgpack_ext/decimal.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 
 from decimal import Decimal
 
+import msgpack
+
 from tarantool.error import MsgpackError, MsgpackWarning, warn
 
 EXT_ID = 1
@@ -353,7 +355,12 @@ def decode(data, _):
     :raise: :exc:`~tarantool.error.MsgpackError`
     """
 
-    scale = data[0]
+    # A decimal starts with mp_int or mp_uint followed by raw bytes.
+    unpacker = msgpack.Unpacker()
+    unpacker.feed(data)
+
+    scale = unpacker.unpack()
+    scale_size = unpacker.tell()
 
     sign = get_str_sign(data[-1] & 0x0f)
 
@@ -362,7 +369,7 @@ def decode(data, _):
 
     add_str_digit(data[-1] >> 4, digits_reverted, scale)
 
-    for i in range(len(data) - 2, 0, -1):
+    for i in range(len(data) - 2, scale_size - 1, -1):
         add_str_digit(data[i] & 0x0f, digits_reverted, scale)
         add_str_digit(data[i] >> 4, digits_reverted, scale)
 
@@ -372,6 +379,12 @@ def decode(data, _):
 
     digits_reverted.append(sign)
 
-    str_repr = ''.join(digits_reverted[::-1])
+    digits = digits_reverted[::-1]
+
+    # Add trailing zeroes in case of a negative scale
+    for i in range(0, -1 * scale):
+        add_str_digit(0, digits, scale)
+
+    str_repr = ''.join(digits)
 
     return Decimal(str_repr)
diff --git a/test/suites/test_decimal.py b/test/suites/test_decimal.py
index c817ad08..b880eaa3 100644
--- a/test/suites/test_decimal.py
+++ b/test/suites/test_decimal.py
@@ -226,6 +226,39 @@ def setUp(self):
                         b'\x09\x87\x65\x43\x21\x98\x76\x54\x32\x1d'),
             'tarantool': "decimal.new('-1234567891234567890.0987654321987654321')",
         },
+        'decimal_exponent_1': {
+            'python': decimal.Decimal('1e33'),
+            'msgpack': (b'\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
+                        b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0c'),
+            'tarantool': "decimal.new('1e33')",
+        },
+        'decimal_exponent_2': {
+            'python': decimal.Decimal('1.2345e33'),
+            'msgpack': (b'\x00\x01\x23\x45\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
+                        b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0c'),
+            'tarantool': "decimal.new('1.2345e33')",
+        },
+        'decimal_exponent_3': {
+            'python': decimal.Decimal('1.2345e2'),
+            'msgpack': (b'\x02\x12\x34\x5c'),
+            'tarantool': "decimal.new('1.2345e2')",
+        },
+        'decimal_exponent_4': {
+            'python': decimal.Decimal('1.2345e4'),
+            'msgpack': (b'\x00\x12\x34\x5c'),
+            'tarantool': "decimal.new('1.2345e4')",
+        },
+        'decimal_exponent_5': {
+            'python': decimal.Decimal('-1e33'),
+            'msgpack': (b'\x00\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00'
+                        b'\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x0d'),
+            'tarantool': "decimal.new('-1e33')",
+        },
+        'decimal_exponent_6': {
+            'python': decimal.Decimal('1e-33'),
+            'msgpack': (b'\x21\x1c'),
+            'tarantool': "decimal.new('1e-33')",
+        },
     }
 
     def test_msgpack_decode(self):