diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/RequestBody/RequestBodyMode/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/RequestBody/RequestBodyMode/index.js
index 1d33d9b70..a378e65e8 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/RequestBody/RequestBodyMode/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/components/RequestPane/RequestBody/RequestBodyMode/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { humanizeRequestBodyMode } from 'utils/collections';
 import StyledWrapper from './StyledWrapper';
 import { updateRequestBody } from 'providers/ReduxStore/slices/collections/index';
 import { toastError } from 'utils/common/error';
-import { format, applyEdits } from 'jsonc-parser';
+import { prettifyJSON } from 'utils/common';
 import xmlFormat from 'xml-formatter';
 
 const RequestBodyMode = ({ item, collection }) => {
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ const RequestBodyMode = ({ item, collection }) => {
   const onPrettify = () => {
     if (body?.json && bodyMode === 'json') {
       try {
-        const edits = format(body.json, undefined, { tabSize: 2, insertSpaces: true });
-        const prettyBodyJson = applyEdits(body.json, edits);
+        const prettyBodyJson = prettifyJSON(body.json);
         dispatch(
           updateRequestBody({
             content: prettyBodyJson,
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
index 1c647ae28..6f00eca02 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.js
@@ -54,10 +54,27 @@ export const safeStringifyJSON = (obj, indent = false) => {
 
 export const prettifyJSON = (obj, spaces = 2) => {
   try {
-    const formatted = obj.replace(/\\"/g, '"').replace(/\\'/g, "'");
-    const edits = format(formatted, undefined, { tabSize: spaces, insertSpaces: true });
+    const text = obj.replace(/\\"/g, '"').replace(/\\'/g, "'");
 
-    return applyEdits(formatted, edits);
+    const placeholders = [];
+    const modifiedJson = text.replace(/"[^"]*?"|{{[^{}]+}}/g, (match) => {
+      if (match.startsWith('{{')) {
+        const placeholder = `__BRUNO_VAR_PLACEHOLDER_${placeholders.length}__`;
+        placeholders.push(match);
+        return `"${placeholder}"`; // Wrap bare variable in quotes to make it a valid JSON string
+      }
+      return match;
+    });
+
+    const edits = format(modifiedJson, undefined, { tabSize: spaces, insertSpaces: true });
+    let result = applyEdits(modifiedJson, edits);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < placeholders.length; i++) {
+      const placeholder = `__BRUNO_VAR_PLACEHOLDER_${i}__`;
+      result = result.replace(`"${placeholder}"`, placeholders[i]);
+    }
+
+    return result;
   } catch (e) {
     return obj;
   }
diff --git a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.spec.js b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.spec.js
index 89eeebf2e..0b56d89f1 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.spec.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-app/src/utils/common/index.spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 const { describe, it, expect } = require('@jest/globals');
 
-import { normalizeFileName, startsWith, humanizeDate, relativeDate, getContentType, formatSize } from './index';
+import {
+  normalizeFileName,
+  startsWith,
+  humanizeDate,
+  relativeDate,
+  getContentType,
+  formatSize,
+  prettifyJSON
+} from './index';
 
 describe('common utils', () => {
   describe('normalizeFileName', () => {
@@ -184,4 +192,30 @@ describe('common utils', () => {
       expect(formatSize(NaN)).toBe('0B');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('prettifyJSON', () => {
+    it('should prettify a standard JSON string', () => {
+      const input = '{"key":"value","number":123}';
+      const expected = '{\n  "key": "value",\n  "number": 123\n}';
+      expect(prettifyJSON(input)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle JSON with a Bruno variable as a value', () => {
+      const input = '{"id":{{request_id}}}';
+      const expected = '{\n  "id": {{request_id}}\n}';
+      expect(prettifyJSON(input)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle JSON with a Bruno variable inside a string value', () => {
+      const input = '{"url":"https://example.com/{{path}}"}';
+      const expected = '{\n  "url": "https://example.com/{{path}}"\n}';
+      expect(prettifyJSON(input)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should return the original string for invalid JSON', () => {
+      const input = '{"key":"value",';
+      const expected = '{\n  "key": "value",';
+      expect(prettifyJSON(input)).toBe(expected);
+    });
+  });
 });