diff --git a/src/interchange/yaml.zig b/src/interchange/yaml.zig
index 469cd1ad77..62c3d9e7f3 100644
--- a/src/interchange/yaml.zig
+++ b/src/interchange/yaml.zig
@@ -3484,7 +3484,7 @@ pub fn Parser(comptime enc: Encoding) type {
                         ' ',
                         '\t',
                         => {
-                            if (previous_token_data == .mapping_value) {
+                            if (previous_token_data == .mapping_value and previous_token_line == self.line) {
                                 break :next try self.scanPlainScalar(opts);
                             }
 
@@ -3564,7 +3564,7 @@ pub fn Parser(comptime enc: Encoding) type {
                         '\n',
                         '\r',
                         => {
-                            if (previous_token_data == .mapping_value or previous_token_data == .sequence_entry) {
+                            if ((previous_token_data == .mapping_value or previous_token_data == .sequence_entry) and previous_token_line == self.line) {
                                 self.token.start = start;
                                 return error.UnexpectedToken;
                             }
diff --git a/test/js/bun/yaml/yaml.test.ts b/test/js/bun/yaml/yaml.test.ts
index 01837ca9cd..13f8e73907 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/yaml/yaml.test.ts
+++ b/test/js/bun/yaml/yaml.test.ts
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ null_value: null
     test("throws on invalid YAML", () => {
       expect(() => YAML.parse("[ invalid")).toThrow();
       expect(() => YAML.parse("{ key: value")).toThrow();
-      expect(() => YAML.parse(":\n :  - invalid")).toThrow();
+      expect(() => YAML.parse("@invalid")).toThrow();
     });
 
     test("handles dates and timestamps", () => {