diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 569fd34..a27239a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "test-case",
  "thiserror",
  "walkdir",
- "yaml-rust",
+ "yaml-rust 0.4.5 (git+https://github.com/federico-terzi/yaml-rust)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "dtoa",
  "linked-hash-map",
  "serde",
- "yaml-rust",
+ "yaml-rust 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1803,6 +1803,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yaml-rust"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "git+https://github.com/federico-terzi/yaml-rust#b1a195252fcdabf743f68d03f4d84d151a5a3f62"
+dependencies = [
+ "linked-hash-map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zip"
 version = "0.5.12"
diff --git a/espanso-migrate/Cargo.toml b/espanso-migrate/Cargo.toml
index 00e2b7e..16aaab8 100644
--- a/espanso-migrate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/espanso-migrate/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ regex = "1.4.3"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 dunce = "1.0.1"
 walkdir = "2.3.1"
-yaml-rust = "0.4.5"
+yaml-rust = { git = "https://github.com/federico-terzi/yaml-rust" }
 path-slash = "0.1.4"
 tempdir = "0.3.7"
 fs_extra = "1.2.0"
diff --git a/espanso-migrate/src/render.rs b/espanso-migrate/src/render.rs
index 8194be9..63a3629 100644
--- a/espanso-migrate/src/render.rs
+++ b/espanso-migrate/src/render.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ pub fn render(converted_files: HashMap<String, ConvertedFile>) -> Result<Vec<(St
 fn render_file(file: ConvertedFile) -> Result<String> {
   let mut dump_str = String::new();
   let mut emitter = YamlEmitter::new(&mut dump_str);
+  emitter.multiline_strings(true);
   emitter.dump(&Yaml::Hash(file.content))?;
 
   let lines: Vec<&str> = dump_str.lines().collect();