diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/EmbeddedResourceExporter.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/EmbeddedResourceExporter.java
index 48cb3886c1e3..e50ac28b9499 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/EmbeddedResourceExporter.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/EmbeddedResourceExporter.java
@@ -64,40 +64,31 @@ public static void printReport(JsonWriter writer) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private static void resourceReportElement(ResourceReportEntry p, JsonWriter w) throws IOException {
-        w.indent().newline();
-        w.appendObjectStart().newline();
+        w.appendObjectStart();
         w.appendKeyValue("name", p.resourceName()).appendSeparator();
-        w.newline();
         if (p.module() != null) {
             w.appendKeyValue("module", p.module().getName()).appendSeparator();
-            w.newline();
         }
 
         if (p.isDirectory()) {
             w.appendKeyValue("is_directory", true).appendSeparator();
-            w.newline();
         }
 
         if (p.isMissing()) {
             w.appendKeyValue("is_missing", true).appendSeparator();
-            w.newline();
         }
 
-        w.quote("entries").append(":");
+        w.quote("entries").appendFieldSeparator();
         JsonPrinter.printCollection(w, p.entries(), Comparator.comparing(SourceSizePair::source), EmbeddedResourceExporter::sourceElement);
-        w.unindent().newline().appendObjectEnd();
+        w.appendObjectEnd();
     }
 
     private static void sourceElement(SourceSizePair p, JsonWriter w) throws IOException {
-        w.indent().newline();
-        w.appendObjectStart().newline();
+        w.appendObjectStart();
         w.appendKeyValue("origin", p.source()).appendSeparator();
-        w.newline();
         w.appendKeyValue("registration_origin", p.origin()).appendSeparator();
-        w.newline();
         w.appendKeyValue("size", p.size());
-        w.newline().appendObjectEnd();
-        w.unindent();
+        w.appendObjectEnd();
     }
 
     private static List<ResourceReportEntry> getResourceReportEntryList(ConcurrentHashMap<Resources.ModuleResourceKey, List<SourceAndOrigin>> collection) {
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ResourcesFeature.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ResourcesFeature.java
index 22852a434d74..6ba8b136ecc8 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ResourcesFeature.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/ResourcesFeature.java
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 import jdk.graal.compiler.options.Option;
 import jdk.graal.compiler.options.OptionType;
 import jdk.graal.compiler.phases.util.Providers;
+import jdk.graal.compiler.util.json.JsonPrettyWriter;
 import jdk.graal.compiler.util.json.JsonWriter;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
 
@@ -638,7 +639,7 @@ public void afterAnalysis(AfterAnalysisAccess access) {
         sealed = true;
         if (Options.GenerateEmbeddedResourcesFile.getValue()) {
             Path reportLocation = NativeImageGenerator.generatedFiles(HostedOptionValues.singleton()).resolve(Options.EMBEDDED_RESOURCES_FILE_NAME);
-            try (JsonWriter writer = new JsonWriter(reportLocation)) {
+            try (JsonWriter writer = new JsonPrettyWriter(reportLocation)) {
                 EmbeddedResourceExporter.printReport(writer);
             } catch (IOException e) {
                 throw VMError.shouldNotReachHere("Json writer cannot write to: " + reportLocation, e);