diff --git a/cron/internal/format/json.go b/cron/internal/format/json.go
index 8b5a8801a17..71ff04c26b6 100644
--- a/cron/internal/format/json.go
+++ b/cron/internal/format/json.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ type jsonScorecardResultV2 struct {
 // AsJSON exports results as JSON for new detail format.
 func AsJSON(r *pkg.ScorecardResult, showDetails bool, logLevel log.Level, writer io.Writer) error {
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(writer)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
 
 	out := jsonScorecardResult{
 		Repo:     r.Repo.Name,
diff --git a/cron/internal/format/json_raw_results.go b/cron/internal/format/json_raw_results.go
index 41f69659917..d07215f8d4e 100644
--- a/cron/internal/format/json_raw_results.go
+++ b/cron/internal/format/json_raw_results.go
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ func fillJSONRawResults(r *jsonScorecardRawResult, raw *checker.RawResults) erro
 // AsRawJSON exports results as JSON for raw results.
 func AsRawJSON(r *pkg.ScorecardResult, writer io.Writer) error {
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(writer)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
 	out := jsonScorecardRawResult{
 		Repo: jsonRepoV2{
 			Name:   r.Repo.Name,
diff --git a/pkg/json.go b/pkg/json.go
index 0159ea4d024..aeb951e389f 100644
--- a/pkg/json.go
+++ b/pkg/json.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ type JSONScorecardResultV2 struct {
 // AsJSON exports results as JSON for new detail format.
 func (r *ScorecardResult) AsJSON(showDetails bool, logLevel log.Level, writer io.Writer) error {
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(writer)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
 
 	out := jsonScorecardResult{
 		Repo:     r.Repo.Name,
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ func (r *ScorecardResult) AsJSON2(showDetails bool,
 	}
 
 	encoder := json.NewEncoder(writer)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
 	out := JSONScorecardResultV2{
 		Repo: jsonRepoV2{
 			Name:   r.Repo.Name,