diff --git a/dist/query.js b/dist/query.js
index a9eb9784..23a6c41f 100644
--- a/dist/query.js
+++ b/dist/query.js
@@ -68274,7 +68274,7 @@ ${indent}`) + "'";
     }
     function blockString({ comment, type, value }, ctx, onComment, onChompKeep) {
       const { blockQuote, commentString, lineWidth } = ctx.options;
-      if (!blockQuote || /\n[\t ]+$/.test(value) || /^\s*$/.test(value)) {
+      if (!blockQuote || /\n[\t ]+$/.test(value)) {
         return quotedString(value, ctx);
       }
       const indent = ctx.indent || (ctx.forceBlockIndent || containsDocumentMarker(value) ? "  " : "");
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index db886e49..cb78ce5a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         "jszip": "3.10.1",
         "semver": "^7.7.2",
         "uuid": "^11.1.0",
-        "yaml": "^2.8.0"
+        "yaml": "^2.8.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@babel/core": "^7.28.3",
@@ -11294,9 +11294,10 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/yaml": {
-      "version": "2.8.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.8.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-4lLa/EcQCB0cJkyts+FpIRx5G/llPxfP6VQU5KByHEhLxY3IJCH0f0Hy1MHI8sClTvsIb8qwRJ6R/ZdlDJ/leQ==",
+      "version": "2.8.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.8.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-lcYcMxX2PO9XMGvAJkJ3OsNMw+/7FKes7/hgerGUYWIoWu5j/+YQqcZr5JnPZWzOsEBgMbSbiSTn/dv/69Mkpw==",
+      "license": "ISC",
       "bin": {
         "yaml": "bin.mjs"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa83c509..e0390c52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "jszip": "3.10.1",
     "semver": "^7.7.2",
     "uuid": "^11.1.0",
-    "yaml": "^2.8.0"
+    "yaml": "^2.8.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.28.3",