diff --git a/app/cli/cmd/output.go b/app/cli/cmd/output.go
index 622e55eac..2a391c72a 100644
--- a/app/cli/cmd/output.go
+++ b/app/cli/cmd/output.go
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ type tabulatedData interface {
 		[]*action.APITokenItem |
 		*action.AttestationStatusMaterial |
 		*action.ListMembershipResult |
-		*action.PolicyEvalResult
+		*action.PolicyEvalResult |
+		*action.PolicyLintResult
 }
 
 var ErrOutputFormatNotImplemented = errors.New("format not implemented")
diff --git a/app/cli/cmd/policy_develop_lint.go b/app/cli/cmd/policy_develop_lint.go
index 1c597608f..8d5237d96 100644
--- a/app/cli/cmd/policy_develop_lint.go
+++ b/app/cli/cmd/policy_develop_lint.go
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/app/cli/internal/action"
+	"github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6/table"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ func newPolicyDevelopLintCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				RegalConfig: regalConfig,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("linting failed: %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("linting policy: %w", err)
 			}
 
 			if result.Valid {
@@ -55,7 +57,10 @@ func newPolicyDevelopLintCmd() *cobra.Command {
 				return nil
 			}
 
-			return encodeResult(result)
+			if err := encodeOutput(result, policyLintTable); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode output: %w", err)
+			}
+			return fmt.Errorf("%d issues found", len(result.Errors))
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -65,18 +70,16 @@ func newPolicyDevelopLintCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	return cmd
 }
 
-func encodeResult(result *action.PolicyLintResult) error {
-	if result == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	output := fmt.Sprintf("Found %d issues:\n", len(result.Errors))
+// Table rendering function for policy lint results
+func policyLintTable(result *action.PolicyLintResult) error {
+	tw := table.NewWriter()
+	tw.SetOutputMirror(os.Stdout)
+	tw.AppendHeader(table.Row{"#", "Issue"})
 
 	for i, err := range result.Errors {
-		output += fmt.Sprintf("  %d. %s\n", i+1, err)
+		tw.AppendRow(table.Row{i + 1, err})
 	}
 
-	fmt.Print(output)
-
-	return fmt.Errorf("policy validation failed with %d issues", len(result.Errors))
+	tw.Render()
+	return nil
 }
diff --git a/app/cli/internal/policydevel/lint.go b/app/cli/internal/policydevel/lint.go
index 3e55e9a2e..8165ea65a 100644
--- a/app/cli/internal/policydevel/lint.go
+++ b/app/cli/internal/policydevel/lint.go
@@ -19,16 +19,17 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"embed"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	v1 "github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/app/controlplane/api/workflowcontract/v1"
 	"github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/app/controlplane/pkg/unmarshal"
 	"github.com/chainloop-dev/chainloop/pkg/resourceloader"
+	opaAst "github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/v1/ast"
 	"github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/v1/format"
 	"github.com/styrainc/regal/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/styrainc/regal/pkg/linter"
@@ -229,7 +230,11 @@ func (p *PolicyToLint) validateYAMLFile(file *File) {
 		if err := os.WriteFile(file.Path, outYAML, 0600); err != nil {
 			p.AddError(file.Path, fmt.Sprintf("failed to write updated file: %v", err), 0)
 		} else {
-			file.Content = outYAML
+			if err := os.WriteFile(file.Path, outYAML, 0600); err != nil {
+				p.AddError(file.Path, fmt.Sprintf("failed to save updated file: %v", err), 0)
+			} else {
+				file.Content = outYAML
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -315,7 +320,21 @@ func (p *PolicyToLint) checkResultStructure(content, path string, keys []string)
 func (p *PolicyToLint) runRegalLinter(filePath, content string) {
 	inputModules, err := rules.InputFromText(filePath, content)
 	if err != nil {
-		p.AddError(filePath, fmt.Sprintf("failed to prepare for linting: %v", err), 0)
+		// Cast to OPA AST errors for better formatting
+		var astErrs opaAst.Errors
+		if errors.As(err, &astErrs) {
+			for _, e := range astErrs {
+				line := 0
+				if e.Location != nil {
+					line = e.Location.Row
+				}
+
+				p.AddError(filePath, e.Message, line)
+			}
+			return
+		}
+		// Fallback if it's not an ast.Errors type
+		p.AddError(filePath, err.Error(), 0)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -337,9 +356,10 @@ func (p *PolicyToLint) runRegalLinter(filePath, content string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Handle Regal violations by formatting
+	// Add any violations to the policy errors
 	for _, v := range report.Violations {
-		p.processRegalViolation(fmt.Errorf("%s:%d: %s", filePath, v.Location.Row, v.Description), filePath)
+		errorStr := strings.ReplaceAll(v.Description, "`opa fmt`", "`--format`")
+		p.AddError(filePath, errorStr, v.Location.Row)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -388,42 +408,6 @@ func (p *PolicyToLint) loadDefaultConfig() (*config.Config, error) {
 	return &cfg, nil
 }
 
-// Splits grouped errors into individual errors
-func (p *PolicyToLint) processRegalViolation(rawErr error, path string) {
-	if rawErr == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	errorStr := rawErr.Error()
-	// Regex matches file path, line number and error message like: /path/file:line: message
-	errorRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`^` + regexp.QuoteMeta(path) + `:(\d+):\s*(.+)$`)
-
-	// Split by newlines to handle both single and multi-line errors
-	lines := strings.Split(errorStr, "\n")
-	for _, line := range lines {
-		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
-		if line == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Skip the "N errors occurred" header
-		if strings.Contains(line, "errors occurred:") {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		// Try to match the standard error format
-		if matches := errorRegex.FindStringSubmatch(line); len(matches) == 3 {
-			if lineNum, convErr := strconv.Atoi(matches[1]); convErr == nil {
-				p.AddError(path, matches[2], lineNum)
-				continue
-			}
-		}
-
-		// If we didn't match the standard format, preserve the original error
-		p.AddError(path, line, 0)
-	}
-}
-
 // Updates the embedded rego policies in a YAML file
 // Manual update required due to yaml.marshal limitations
 func (p *PolicyToLint) updateEmbeddedRegoInYAML(file *File, rootNode *yaml.Node) error {