diff --git a/sbom/formatted_reader.go b/sbom/formatted_reader.go
index 59219181..ba648d98 100644
--- a/sbom/formatted_reader.go
+++ b/sbom/formatted_reader.go
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ func (f *FormattedReader) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 
 			delete(cycloneDXOutput, "serialNumber")
 
-			output, err = json.Marshal(cycloneDXOutput)
+			// Indent with a two spaces, as they do in CycloneDX:
+			// https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go/blob/429d353cfcdbfedf367f597cbdde2a840ebf29df/encode.go#L44
+			output, err = json.MarshalIndent(cycloneDXOutput, "", "  ")
 			if err != nil {
 				return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to modify CycloneDX SBOM for reproducibility: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -133,7 +135,9 @@ func (f *FormattedReader) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 				spdxOutput["documentNamespace"] = uri.String()
 			}
 
-			output, err = json.Marshal(spdxOutput)
+			// Indent with a single space, as they do in SPDX:
+			// https://github.com/anchore/syft/blob/1344889766743beb736aafdfb29266910b738fbb/internal/formats/spdx22json/encoder.go#L16
+			output, err = json.MarshalIndent(spdxOutput, "", " ")
 			if err != nil {
 				return 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to modify SPDX SBOM for reproducibility: %w", err)
 			}
diff --git a/sbom/formatted_reader_test.go b/sbom/formatted_reader_test.go
index 3589e100..7901a38f 100644
--- a/sbom/formatted_reader_test.go
+++ b/sbom/formatted_reader_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ func testFormattedReader(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 		format := syft.IdentifyFormat(buffer.Bytes())
 		Expect(format.ID()).To(Equal(syft.CycloneDxJSONFormatID))
 
+		// Ensures pretty printing
+		Expect(buffer.String()).To(ContainSubstring(`{
+  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "components": [
+    {`))
+
 		var cdxOutput cdxOutput
 
 		err = json.Unmarshal(buffer.Bytes(), &cdxOutput)
@@ -71,6 +77,12 @@ func testFormattedReader(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 		format := syft.IdentifyFormat(buffer.Bytes())
 		Expect(format.ID()).To(Equal(syft.CycloneDxJSONFormatID))
 
+		// Ensures pretty printing
+		Expect(buffer.String()).To(ContainSubstring(`{
+  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "components": [
+    {`))
+
 		var cdxOutput cdxOutput
 
 		err = json.Unmarshal(buffer.Bytes(), &cdxOutput)
@@ -105,6 +117,11 @@ func testFormattedReader(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 			format := syft.IdentifyFormat(buffer.Bytes())
 			Expect(format.ID()).To(Equal(syft.SPDXJSONFormatID))
 
+			// Ensures pretty printing
+			Expect(buffer.String()).To(ContainSubstring(`{
+ "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-DOCUMENT",
+ "creationInfo": {`))
+
 			var spdxOutput spdxOutput
 
 			err = json.Unmarshal(buffer.Bytes(), &spdxOutput)
@@ -227,6 +244,12 @@ func testFormattedReader(t *testing.T, context spec.G, it spec.S) {
 		_, err := io.Copy(buffer, sbom.NewFormattedReader(bom, sbom.Format(syft2.ID)))
 		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
 
+		// Ensures pretty printing
+		Expect(buffer.String()).To(ContainSubstring(`{
+ "artifacts": [
+  {
+   "id":`))
+
 		var syftOutput syftOutput
 
 		err = json.Unmarshal(buffer.Bytes(), &syftOutput)
diff --git a/sbom/sbom.go b/sbom/sbom.go
index 049298ef..964b5711 100644
--- a/sbom/sbom.go
+++ b/sbom/sbom.go
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ func Generate(path string) (SBOM, error) {
 // GenerateFromDependency returns a populated SBOM given a postal.Dependency
 // and the directory path where the dependency will be located within the
 // application image.
+
+//nolint Ignore SA1019, informed usage of deprecated package
 func GenerateFromDependency(dependency postal.Dependency, path string) (SBOM, error) {
 
 	//nolint Ignore SA1019, informed usage of deprecated package