diff --git a/dotenv/stringify.ts b/dotenv/stringify.ts
index 9d33df93c..34a9ef704 100644
--- a/dotenv/stringify.ts
+++ b/dotenv/stringify.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function stringify(object: Record<string, string>): string {
         `key starts with a '#' indicates a comment and is ignored: '${key}'`,
       );
       continue;
-    } else if (escapedValue.includes("\n")) {
+    } else if (escapedValue.includes("\n") || escapedValue.includes("'")) {
       // escape inner new lines
       escapedValue = escapedValue.replaceAll("\n", "\\n");
       quote = `"`;
diff --git a/dotenv/stringify_test.ts b/dotenv/stringify_test.ts
index fd6c46d85..a472e5250 100644
--- a/dotenv/stringify_test.ts
+++ b/dotenv/stringify_test.ts
@@ -78,4 +78,9 @@ Deno.test("stringify()", async (t) => {
         `NULL=`,
       ),
   );
+  await t.step("handles single-quote characters", () =>
+    assertEquals(
+      stringify({ PARSE: "par'se" }),
+      `PARSE="par'se"`,
+    ));
 });