diff --git a/packages/manager/.changeset/pr-10887-tech-stories-1725467686328.md b/packages/manager/.changeset/pr-10887-tech-stories-1725467686328.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48bf6c14c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/manager/.changeset/pr-10887-tech-stories-1725467686328.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@linode/manager": Tech Stories
+---
+
+Resolve "Incomplete string escape or encoding" codeQL alert in `generate-ansibleConfig.ts` ([#10887](https://github.com/linode/manager/pull/10887))
diff --git a/packages/manager/src/utilities/codesnippets/generate-ansibleConfig.test.ts b/packages/manager/src/utilities/codesnippets/generate-ansibleConfig.test.ts
index 018500f605d..6b147ec6c8a 100644
--- a/packages/manager/src/utilities/codesnippets/generate-ansibleConfig.test.ts
+++ b/packages/manager/src/utilities/codesnippets/generate-ansibleConfig.test.ts
@@ -43,4 +43,17 @@ describe('generateAnsibleConfig', () => {
 
     expect(generateAnsibleConfig(config)).toEqual(expectedOutput);
   });
+
+  it('should safely escape extra backslash characters in YAML strings', () => {
+    const config = {
+      label: 'Linode with ] and also \\[, }, and \\{',
+      region: 'us-central',
+      root_pass: 'securePass123',
+      type: 'g6-standard-1',
+    };
+
+    const expectedOutput = `- name: Create a new Linode instance.\n  linode.cloud.instance:\n    state: "present"\n    label: "Linode with \\] and also \\\\\\[, \\}, and \\\\\\{"\n    type: "g6-standard-1"\n    region: "us-central"\n    root_pass: "securePass123"\n`;
+
+    expect(generateAnsibleConfig(config)).toEqual(expectedOutput);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/manager/src/utilities/codesnippets/generate-ansibleConfig.ts b/packages/manager/src/utilities/codesnippets/generate-ansibleConfig.ts
index d04cf80cdd7..968bbed7d12 100644
--- a/packages/manager/src/utilities/codesnippets/generate-ansibleConfig.ts
+++ b/packages/manager/src/utilities/codesnippets/generate-ansibleConfig.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { CreateLinodeRequest } from '@linode/api-v4/lib/linodes';
  * @returns {string} - The safely escaped string.
  */
 function escapeYAMLString(str: string) {
-  return str.replace(/(["':\[\]\{\}])/g, '\\$1').replace(/\n/g, '\\n');
+  return str.replace(/(["':\\\[\\\]\\\{\\\}])/g, '\\$1').replace(/\n/g, '\\n');
 }
 
 /**