diff --git a/jrnl/output.py b/jrnl/output.py
index f11f2382..2d7064cb 100644
--- a/jrnl/output.py
+++ b/jrnl/output.py
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ def journal_list_to_yaml(journal_list: dict) -> str:
     from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
     output = StringIO()
-    YAML().dump(journal_list, output)
+    dumper = YAML()
+    dumper.width = 1000
+    dumper.dump(journal_list, output)
+
     return output.getvalue()
 
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 9c32a7f2..5d19e586 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1613,18 +1613,18 @@ jupyter = ["ipywidgets (>=7.5.1,<9)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ruamel-yaml"
-version = "0.17.21"
+version = "0.17.24"
 description = "ruamel.yaml is a YAML parser/emitter that supports roundtrip preservation of comments, seq/map flow style, and map key order"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3"
 files = [
-    {file = "ruamel.yaml-0.17.21-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:742b35d3d665023981bd6d16b3d24248ce5df75fdb4e2924e93a05c1f8b61ca7"},
-    {file = "ruamel.yaml-0.17.21.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8b7ce697a2f212752a35c1ac414471dc16c424c9573be4926b56ff3f5d23b7af"},
+    {file = "ruamel.yaml-0.17.24-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f251bd9096207af604af69d6495c3c650a3338d0493d27b04bc55477d7a884ed"},
+    {file = "ruamel.yaml-0.17.24.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:90e398ee24524ebe20fc48cd1861cedd25520457b9a36cfb548613e57fde30a0"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-"ruamel.yaml.clib" = {version = ">=0.2.6", markers = "platform_python_implementation == \"CPython\" and python_version < \"3.11\""}
+"ruamel.yaml.clib" = {version = ">=0.2.7", markers = "platform_python_implementation == \"CPython\" and python_version < \"3.12\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 docs = ["ryd"]
@@ -1969,4 +1969,4 @@ testing = ["flake8 (<5)", "func-timeout", "jaraco.functools", "jaraco.itertools"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.10.0, <3.13"
-content-hash = "1306520c524e8cf20ca672e3b77eb0aa1fcc67e5994c86bd99a293415a0795b8"
+content-hash = "037329f79e6d33799cf05f4c71e15ea17368143eeb5e31adf59325c44e46fb45"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9eb55038..f7339ecb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ keyring = ">=21.0"       # https://github.com/jaraco/keyring#integration
 parsedatetime = ">=2.6"
 python-dateutil = "^2.8" # https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/blob/master/RELEASING
 pyxdg = ">=0.27.0"
-"ruamel.yaml" = "0.17.21" # locked to this version until bug is resolved: https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/issues/1736
+"ruamel.yaml" = ">=0.17.22"
 rich = ">=12.2.0, <14.0.0"
 
 # dayone-only deps