diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common/FileWritingService.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common/FileWritingService.cs
index 9539bb9e6..bd46e2f18 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common/FileWritingService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common/FileWritingService.cs
@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
 namespace Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common;
+
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Exceptions;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
+/// <inheritdoc />
 public sealed class FileWritingService : IFileWritingService
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The format string used to generate the timestamp for the manifest file.
+    /// </summary>
     public const string TimestampFormatString = "yyyyMMddHHmmssfff";
-
-    private readonly object lockObject = new object();
-    private readonly string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString(TimestampFormatString);
     private readonly ConcurrentDictionary<string, StreamWriter> bufferedStreams = new();
 
+    private readonly object lockObject = new();
+    private readonly string timestamp = DateTime.Now.ToString(TimestampFormatString, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The base path to write files to.
+    /// If null or empty, the temp path will be used.
+    /// </summary>
     public string BasePath { get; private set; }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
     public void Init(string basePath)
     {
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(basePath) && !Directory.Exists(basePath))
@@ -25,19 +37,25 @@ public void Init(string basePath)
         this.BasePath = string.IsNullOrEmpty(basePath) ? Path.GetTempPath() : basePath;
     }
 
-    public void AppendToFile(string relativeFilePath, string text)
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void AppendToFile<T>(string relativeFilePath, T obj)
     {
         relativeFilePath = this.ResolveFilePath(relativeFilePath);
 
         if (!this.bufferedStreams.TryGetValue(relativeFilePath, out var streamWriter))
         {
             streamWriter = new StreamWriter(relativeFilePath, true);
-            this.bufferedStreams.TryAdd(relativeFilePath, streamWriter);
+            _ = this.bufferedStreams.TryAdd(relativeFilePath, streamWriter);
         }
 
-        streamWriter.Write(text);
+        var serializer = new JsonSerializer
+        {
+            Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
+        };
+        serializer.Serialize(streamWriter, obj);
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
     public void WriteFile(string relativeFilePath, string text)
     {
         relativeFilePath = this.ResolveFilePath(relativeFilePath);
@@ -48,6 +66,7 @@ public void WriteFile(string relativeFilePath, string text)
         }
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
     public async Task WriteFileAsync(string relativeFilePath, string text)
     {
         relativeFilePath = this.ResolveFilePath(relativeFilePath);
@@ -55,23 +74,44 @@ public async Task WriteFileAsync(string relativeFilePath, string text)
         await File.WriteAllTextAsync(relativeFilePath, text);
     }
 
-    public void WriteFile(FileInfo relativeFilePath, string text)
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void WriteFile<T>(FileInfo relativeFilePath, T obj)
     {
-        File.WriteAllText(relativeFilePath.FullName, text);
+        using var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(relativeFilePath.FullName);
+        using var jsonWriter = new JsonTextWriter(streamWriter);
+        var serializer = new JsonSerializer
+        {
+            Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
+        };
+        serializer.Serialize(jsonWriter, obj);
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
     public string ResolveFilePath(string relativeFilePath)
     {
         this.EnsureInit();
-        if (relativeFilePath.Contains("{timestamp}"))
+        if (relativeFilePath.Contains("{timestamp}", StringComparison.Ordinal))
         {
-            relativeFilePath = relativeFilePath.Replace("{timestamp}", this.timestamp);
+            relativeFilePath = relativeFilePath.Replace("{timestamp}", this.timestamp, StringComparison.Ordinal);
         }
 
         relativeFilePath = Path.Combine(this.BasePath, relativeFilePath);
         return relativeFilePath;
     }
 
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public void Dispose() => this.Dispose(true);
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
+    {
+        foreach (var (filename, streamWriter) in this.bufferedStreams)
+        {
+            await streamWriter.DisposeAsync();
+            _ = this.bufferedStreams.TryRemove(filename, out _);
+        }
+    }
+
     private void EnsureInit()
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(this.BasePath))
@@ -90,22 +130,7 @@ private void Dispose(bool disposing)
         foreach (var (filename, streamWriter) in this.bufferedStreams)
         {
             streamWriter.Dispose();
-            this.bufferedStreams.TryRemove(filename, out _);
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void Dispose()
-    {
-        this.Dispose(true);
-        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
-    }
-
-    public async ValueTask DisposeAsync()
-    {
-        foreach (var (filename, streamWriter) in this.bufferedStreams)
-        {
-            await streamWriter.DisposeAsync();
-            this.bufferedStreams.TryRemove(filename, out _);
+            _ = this.bufferedStreams.TryRemove(filename, out _);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common/IFileWritingService.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common/IFileWritingService.cs
index 8ef32b030..ea0c7c9aa 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common/IFileWritingService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common/IFileWritingService.cs
@@ -4,18 +4,53 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
-// All file paths are relative and will replace occurrences of {timestamp} with the shared file timestamp.
+/// <summary>
+/// Provides methods for writing files.
+/// </summary>
 public interface IFileWritingService : IDisposable, IAsyncDisposable
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes the file writing service with the given base path.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="basePath">The base path to use for all file operations.</param>
     void Init(string basePath);
 
-    void AppendToFile(string relativeFilePath, string text);
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Appends the object to the file as JSON.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="relativeFilePath">The relative path to the file.</param>
+    /// <param name="obj">The object to append.</param>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to append.</typeparam>
+    void AppendToFile<T>(string relativeFilePath, T obj);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the text to the file.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="relativeFilePath">The relative path to the file.</param>
+    /// <param name="text">The text to write.</param>
     void WriteFile(string relativeFilePath, string text);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the text to the file.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="relativeFilePath">The relative path to the file.</param>
+    /// <param name="text">The text to write.</param>
+    /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous operation.</returns>
     Task WriteFileAsync(string relativeFilePath, string text);
 
-    void WriteFile(FileInfo relativeFilePath, string text);
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Writes the object to the file as JSON.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="relativeFilePath">The relative path to the file.</param>
+    /// <param name="obj">The object to write.</param>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the object to write.</typeparam>
+    void WriteFile<T>(FileInfo relativeFilePath, T obj);
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Resolves the complete file path from the given relative file path.
+    /// Replaces occurrences of {timestamp} with the shared file timestamp.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="relativeFilePath">The relative path to the file.</param>
+    /// <returns>The complete file path.</returns>
     string ResolveFilePath(string relativeFilePath);
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator/Services/BcdeScanCommandService.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator/Services/BcdeScanCommandService.cs
index 6b10e3fe5..d2b754b96 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator/Services/BcdeScanCommandService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Orchestrator/Services/BcdeScanCommandService.cs
@@ -54,20 +54,23 @@ private void WriteComponentManifest(IDetectionArguments detectionArguments, Scan
             this.logger.LogInformation("Scan Manifest file: {ManifestFile}", this.fileWritingService.ResolveFilePath(ManifestRelativePath));
         }
 
-        var manifestJson = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(scanResult, Formatting.Indented);
-
         if (userRequestedManifestPath == null)
         {
-            this.fileWritingService.AppendToFile(ManifestRelativePath, manifestJson);
+            this.fileWritingService.AppendToFile(ManifestRelativePath, scanResult);
         }
         else
         {
-            this.fileWritingService.WriteFile(userRequestedManifestPath, manifestJson);
+            this.fileWritingService.WriteFile(userRequestedManifestPath, scanResult);
         }
 
         if (detectionArguments.PrintManifest)
         {
-            Console.WriteLine(manifestJson);
+            using var jsonWriter = new JsonTextWriter(Console.Out);
+            var serializer = new JsonSerializer
+            {
+                Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
+            };
+            serializer.Serialize(jsonWriter, scanResult);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/FileWritingServiceTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/FileWritingServiceTests.cs
index db9f085f9..dcc1014ad 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/FileWritingServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests/FileWritingServiceTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 namespace Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Common.Tests;
+
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO;
 using FluentAssertions;
@@ -11,6 +13,17 @@
 [TestCategory("Governance/ComponentDetection")]
 public class FileWritingServiceTests
 {
+    private const string SampleObjectJson = @"{
+  ""key1"": ""value1"",
+  ""key2"": ""value2""
+}";
+
+    private static readonly IDictionary<string, string> SampleObject = new Dictionary<string, string>
+    {
+        { "key1", "value1" },
+        { "key2", "value2" },
+    };
+
     private FileWritingService serviceUnderTest;
     private string tempFolder;
 
@@ -29,22 +42,20 @@ public void TestInitialize()
     }
 
     [TestCleanup]
-    public void TestCleanup()
-    {
-        Directory.Delete(this.tempFolder, true);
-    }
+    public void TestCleanup() => Directory.Delete(this.tempFolder, true);
 
     [TestMethod]
     public void AppendToFile_AppendsToFiles()
     {
-        var relativeDir = "someOtherFileName.txt";
+        var relativeDir = "someOtherFileName.json";
         var fileLocation = Path.Combine(this.tempFolder, relativeDir);
         File.Create(fileLocation).Dispose();
-        this.serviceUnderTest.AppendToFile(relativeDir, "someSampleText");
+
+        this.serviceUnderTest.AppendToFile(relativeDir, SampleObject);
         this.serviceUnderTest.Dispose();
+
         var text = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(this.tempFolder, relativeDir));
-        text
-            .Should().Be("someSampleText");
+        text.Should().Be(SampleObjectJson);
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
@@ -53,22 +64,33 @@ public void WriteFile_CreatesAFile()
         var relativeDir = "someFileName.txt";
         this.serviceUnderTest.WriteFile(relativeDir, "sampleText");
         var text = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(this.tempFolder, relativeDir));
-        text
-            .Should().Be("sampleText");
+        text.Should().Be("sampleText");
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void WriteFile_WritesJson()
+    {
+        var relativeDir = "someFileName.txt";
+        var fileInfo = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(this.tempFolder, relativeDir));
+
+        this.serviceUnderTest.WriteFile(fileInfo, SampleObject);
+
+        var text = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(this.tempFolder, relativeDir));
+        text.Should().Be(SampleObjectJson);
     }
 
     [TestMethod]
     public void WriteFile_AppendToFile_WorkWithTemplatizedPaths()
     {
         var relativeDir = "somefile_{timestamp}.txt";
+
         this.serviceUnderTest.WriteFile(relativeDir, "sampleText");
-        this.serviceUnderTest.AppendToFile(relativeDir, "sampleText2");
+        this.serviceUnderTest.AppendToFile(relativeDir, SampleObject);
         this.serviceUnderTest.Dispose();
+
         var files = Directory.GetFiles(this.tempFolder);
-        files
-            .Should().NotBeEmpty();
-        File.ReadAllText(files[0])
-            .Should().Contain($"sampleTextsampleText2");
+        files.Should().NotBeEmpty();
+        File.ReadAllText(files[0]).Should().Contain($"sampleText{SampleObjectJson}");
         this.VerifyTimestamp(files[0], "somefile_", ".txt");
     }
 
@@ -76,7 +98,9 @@ public void WriteFile_AppendToFile_WorkWithTemplatizedPaths()
     public void ResolveFilePath_ResolvedTemplatizedPaths()
     {
         var relativeDir = "someOtherFile_{timestamp}.txt";
+
         this.serviceUnderTest.WriteFile(relativeDir, string.Empty);
+
         var fullPath = this.serviceUnderTest.ResolveFilePath(relativeDir);
         this.VerifyTimestamp(fullPath, "someOtherFile_", ".txt");
     }
@@ -86,7 +110,8 @@ public void InitLogger_FailsOnDirectoryThatDoesNotExist()
     {
         var relativeDir = Guid.NewGuid();
         var actualServiceUnderTest = new FileWritingService();
-        Action action = () => actualServiceUnderTest.Init(Path.Combine(this.serviceUnderTest.BasePath, relativeDir.ToString()));
+
+        var action = () => actualServiceUnderTest.Init(Path.Combine(this.serviceUnderTest.BasePath, relativeDir.ToString()));
 
         action.Should().Throw<InvalidUserInputException>();
     }