diff --git a/src/common/json/json_writer.go b/src/common/json/json_writer.go
index f580a987d..11d7babef 100644
--- a/src/common/json/json_writer.go
+++ b/src/common/json/json_writer.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package json
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ func AddTagsToResourceStr(fullOriginStr string, resourceBlock structure.IBlock,
 		firstTagIndex := strings.Index(tagsStr[1:], "{") + 2
 		firstTagStr := tagsStr[firstTagIndex : firstTagIndex+strings.Index(tagsStr[firstTagIndex+1:], "\"")]
 		tagEntryIndent := findIndent(tagsStr, '"', strings.Index(tagsStr[1:], "{")) // find the indent of the key and value entry
+		compact := false
 		if strings.Contains(firstTagStr, "\n") {
 			// If the tag string has a newline, it means the indent needs to be re-evaluated. Example for this use case:
 			// "Tags": [
@@ -100,6 +102,9 @@ func AddTagsToResourceStr(fullOriginStr string, resourceBlock structure.IBlock,
 			indentDiff := len(tagEntryIndent) - len(tagBlockIndent)
 			tagBlockIndent = tagBlockIndent[0 : len(tagBlockIndent)-indentDiff]
 			tagEntryIndent = tagEntryIndent[0 : len(tagEntryIndent)-indentDiff]
+		} else if len(tagsLinesList) == 1 {
+			// multi tags in one line
+			compact = true
 		} else {
 			// Otherwise, need to take the indent of the "{" character. This case handles:
 			// "Tags": [
@@ -110,14 +115,27 @@ func AddTagsToResourceStr(fullOriginStr string, resourceBlock structure.IBlock,
 
 		// unmarshal updated tags with the indent matching origin file. This will create the tags with the `[]` wrapping which will be discarded later
 		strAddedTags, err := json.MarshalIndent(diff.Added, tagBlockIndent, strings.TrimPrefix(tagEntryIndent, tagBlockIndent))
-		netNewTagLines := strings.Split(string(strAddedTags), "\n")
-		finalTagsStr := strings.Join(tagsLinesList[:len(tagsLinesList)-1], "\n") + ",\n" +
-			strings.Join(netNewTagLines[1:len(netNewTagLines)-1], "\n") + "\n" +
-			tagsLinesList[len(tagsLinesList)-1]
-		_ = finalTagsStr
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Warning(fmt.Sprintf("failed to unmarshal tags %s with indent '%s' because of error: %s", diff.Added, tagBlockIndent, err))
 		}
+
+		finalTagsStr := ""
+		if compact {
+			dst := &bytes.Buffer{}
+			if err := json.Compact(dst, strAddedTags); err != nil {
+				logger.Warning(fmt.Sprintf("failed to build tags %s with err: %s", strAddedTags, err))
+				return fullOriginStr
+			}
+			tagsLine := tagsLinesList[0]
+
+			finalTagsStr = tagsLine[:len(tagsLine)-1] + "," + dst.String()[1:]
+		} else {
+			netNewTagLines := strings.Split(string(strAddedTags), "\n")
+			finalTagsStr = strings.Join(tagsLinesList[:len(tagsLinesList)-1], "\n") + ",\n" +
+				strings.Join(netNewTagLines[1:len(netNewTagLines)-1], "\n") + "\n" +
+				tagsLinesList[len(tagsLinesList)-1]
+
+		}
 		tagsStartRelativeToResource := tagBrackets.Open.CharIndex - resourceBrackets.Open.CharIndex
 		tagsEndRelativeToResource := tagBrackets.Close.CharIndex - resourceBrackets.Open.CharIndex
 
diff --git a/src/common/json/json_writer_test.go b/src/common/json/json_writer_test.go
index d9fadafc3..8b072fb8e 100644
--- a/src/common/json/json_writer_test.go
+++ b/src/common/json/json_writer_test.go
@@ -503,4 +503,8 @@ func TestCFNWriting(t *testing.T) {
 		directory := "../../../tests/cloudformation/resources/single_line"
 		writeJSONTestHelper(t, directory, "cfn", []tags.Tag{{Key: "old_tag1", Value: "old_val1"}, {Key: "old_tag2", Value: "old_val2"}})
 	})
+	t.Run("test CFN writing tagged single line multi tag", func(t *testing.T) {
+		directory := "../../../tests/cloudformation/resources/single_line"
+		writeJSONTestHelper(t, directory, "multiTag", []tags.Tag{{Key: "old_tag1", Value: "old_val1"}, {Key: "old_tag2", Value: "old_val2"}})
+	})
 }
diff --git a/tests/cloudformation/resources/single_line/multiTag.json b/tests/cloudformation/resources/single_line/multiTag.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41ff9467e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cloudformation/resources/single_line/multiTag.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
+  "Description": "This Template will create VPC Peering Connection",
+  "Parameters": {
+    "EDHPrivateSubnetAAZ": {
+      "Description": "Availability Zone of the instance",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "AllowedPattern": ".+"
+    },
+    "SecurityGroupID": {
+      "Description": "Security Group ID",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "AllowedPattern": ".+"
+    },
+    "SubnetID": {
+      "Description": "Subnet ID",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "AllowedPattern": ".+"
+    }
+  },
+  "Resources": {
+    "Peer" : {
+      "Type" : "AWS::EC2::VPCPeeringConnection",
+      "Properties" : {
+        "PeerVpcId" : "vpc-6da4bb14",
+        "Tags" : [{"Key" : "Name", "Value" : "Dev-Uat-Peering-Connection"},{"Key" : "gafg:billing", "Value" : "edh"}],
+        "VpcId" : "vpc-1993c37f",
+        "PeerOwnerId" : "950826683103"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/cloudformation/resources/single_line/multiTag_expected.json b/tests/cloudformation/resources/single_line/multiTag_expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf0b5f610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cloudformation/resources/single_line/multiTag_expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
+  "Description": "This Template will create VPC Peering Connection",
+  "Parameters": {
+    "EDHPrivateSubnetAAZ": {
+      "Description": "Availability Zone of the instance",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "AllowedPattern": ".+"
+    },
+    "SecurityGroupID": {
+      "Description": "Security Group ID",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "AllowedPattern": ".+"
+    },
+    "SubnetID": {
+      "Description": "Subnet ID",
+      "Type": "String",
+      "AllowedPattern": ".+"
+    }
+  },
+  "Resources": {
+    "Peer" : {
+      "Type" : "AWS::EC2::VPCPeeringConnection",
+      "Properties" : {
+        "PeerVpcId" : "vpc-6da4bb14",
+        "Tags" : [{"Key" : "Name", "Value" : "Dev-Uat-Peering-Connection"},{"Key" : "gafg:billing", "Value" : "edh"},{"Key":"new_tag","Value":"new_value"},{"Key":"another_tag","Value":"another_val"}],
+        "VpcId" : "vpc-1993c37f",
+        "PeerOwnerId" : "950826683103"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file