diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/Serialization.cs b/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/Serialization.cs
index 45e3c1e2..0a399fd8 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/Serialization.cs
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCore/Common/Serialization.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public static class Serialization
         public static ISerializer CreateSerializer()
         {
             var serializer = new SerializerBuilder()
+                .WithQuotingNecessaryStrings()
                 .WithNamingConvention(PascalCaseNamingConvention.Instance)
                 .WithTypeConverter(new YamlStringEnumConverter())
                 .WithEmissionPhaseObjectGraphVisitor(args => new YamlSkipPropertyVisitor(args.InnerVisitor))
diff --git a/src/WingetCreateCore/WingetCreateCore.csproj b/src/WingetCreateCore/WingetCreateCore.csproj
index f0c3f3e1..efc15c95 100644
--- a/src/WingetCreateCore/WingetCreateCore.csproj
+++ b/src/WingetCreateCore/WingetCreateCore.csproj
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Octokit" Version="0.50.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Vestris.ResourceLib" Version="2.1.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="WiX" Version="3.11.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="11.1.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="YamlDotNet" Version="13.2.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>