diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7383c103d..128fb0e1b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Imports:
     R6 (>= 2.2.0),
     rlang (>= 1.1.0),
     utils,
-    waldo (>= 0.4.0),
+    waldo (>= 0.5.0),
     withr (>= 2.4.3)
 Suggests: 
     covr,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4d49a9c39..6254d30f2 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # testthat (development version)
 
+* `expect_snapshot()` differences no longer use quotes.
+
 * `expect_error()`, `expect_warning()`, and `expect_message()` now correctly
   enforce that the condition is of the expected base class (e.g. error, 
   warning, messsage) even when the `class` argument is used (#1168).
diff --git a/R/snapshot-reporter.R b/R/snapshot-reporter.R
index ba547458a..66a757510 100644
--- a/R/snapshot-reporter.R
+++ b/R/snapshot-reporter.R
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ SnapshotReporter <- R6::R6Class("SnapshotReporter",
           x = old,   x_arg = "old",
           y = value, y_arg = "new",
           ...,
-          tolerance = tolerance
+          tolerance = tolerance,
+          quote_strings = FALSE
         )
 
         if (length(comp) > 0L) {