diff --git a/cli/packages/cmd/export.go b/cli/packages/cmd/export.go
index c0fea738e..f6b028b7a 100644
--- a/cli/packages/cmd/export.go
+++ b/cli/packages/cmd/export.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Infisical/infisical-merge/packages/util"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ func formatEnvs(envs []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable, format string) (string,
 	case FormatCSV:
 		return formatAsCSV(envs), nil
 	case FormatYaml:
-		return formatAsYaml(envs), nil
+		return formatAsYaml(envs)
 	default:
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid format type: %s. Available format types are [%s]", format, []string{FormatDotenv, FormatJson, FormatCSV, FormatYaml, FormatDotEnvExport})
 	}
@@ -224,12 +225,18 @@ func formatAsDotEnvExport(envs []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable) string {
 	return dotenv
 }
 
-func formatAsYaml(envs []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable) string {
-	var dotenv string
+func formatAsYaml(envs []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable) (string, error) {
+	m := make(map[string]string)
 	for _, env := range envs {
-		dotenv += fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s\n", env.Key, env.Value)
+		m[env.Key] = env.Value
 	}
-	return dotenv
+
+	yamlBytes, err := yaml.Marshal(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to format environment variables as YAML: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return string(yamlBytes), nil
 }
 
 // Format environment variables as a JSON file
diff --git a/cli/packages/cmd/export_test.go b/cli/packages/cmd/export_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1be0a7ed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/packages/cmd/export_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/Infisical/infisical-merge/packages/models"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+func TestFormatAsYaml(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		input    []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "Empty input",
+			input:    []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable{},
+			expected: "{}\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Single environment variable",
+			input: []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable{
+				{Key: "KEY1", Value: "VALUE1"},
+			},
+			expected: "KEY1: VALUE1\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Multiple environment variables",
+			input: []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable{
+				{Key: "KEY1", Value: "VALUE1"},
+				{Key: "KEY2", Value: "VALUE2"},
+				{Key: "KEY3", Value: "VALUE3"},
+			},
+			expected: "KEY1: VALUE1\nKEY2: VALUE2\nKEY3: VALUE3\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Overwriting duplicate keys",
+			input: []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable{
+				{Key: "KEY1", Value: "VALUE1"},
+				{Key: "KEY1", Value: "VALUE2"},
+			},
+			expected: "KEY1: VALUE2\n",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Special characters in values",
+			input: []models.SingleEnvironmentVariable{
+				{Key: "KEY1", Value: "Value with spaces"},
+				{Key: "KEY2", Value: "Value:with:colons"},
+				{Key: "KEY3", Value: "Value\nwith\nnewlines"},
+			},
+			expected: "KEY1: Value with spaces\nKEY2: Value:with:colons\nKEY3: |-\n  Value\n  with\n  newlines\n",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			result, err := formatAsYaml(tt.input)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// Compare the result with the expected output
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, result)
+
+			// Additionally, parse the result back into a map to ensure it's valid YAML
+			var resultMap map[string]string
+			err = yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(result), &resultMap)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			// Create an expected map from the input
+			expectedMap := make(map[string]string)
+			for _, env := range tt.input {
+				expectedMap[env.Key] = env.Value
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, expectedMap, resultMap)
+		})
+	}
+}