diff --git a/insights/client/apps/ansible/playbook_verifier/serializer.py b/insights/client/apps/ansible/playbook_verifier/serializer.py
index 10d328c019..759cba031b 100644
--- a/insights/client/apps/ansible/playbook_verifier/serializer.py
+++ b/insights/client/apps/ansible/playbook_verifier/serializer.py
@@ -49,7 +49,20 @@ def _str(cls, value):
         # single'quote  "single'quote"
         # double"quote  'double"quote'
         # both"'quotes  'both"\'quotes'
+        # \backslash    '\\backslash'
+        # new\nline     'new\\nline'
+        # tab\tchar     'tab\\tchar'
 
+        special_chars = {
+            "\\": "\\\\",
+            "\n": "\\n",
+            "\t": "\\t",
+        }
+        escaped_string = ""
+        for char in value:
+            escaped_string += special_chars.get(char, char)
+
+        value = escaped_string
         quote = "'"
         if "'" in value:
             if '"' not in value:
diff --git a/insights/tests/client/apps/test_playbook_verifier.py b/insights/tests/client/apps/test_playbook_verifier.py
index bd56240c2a..570b76afff 100644
--- a/insights/tests/client/apps/test_playbook_verifier.py
+++ b/insights/tests/client/apps/test_playbook_verifier.py
@@ -366,7 +366,10 @@ def test_numbers(self, source, expected):
             ("no quote", "'no quote'"),
             ("single'quote", '''"single'quote"'''),
             ("double\"quote", """'double"quote'"""),
-            ("both\"'quotes", r"""'both"\'quotes'""")
+            ("both\"'quotes", r"""'both"\'quotes'"""),
+            ("\\backslash", "'\\\\backslash'"),
+            ("new\nline", "'new\\nline'"),
+            ("tab\tchar", "'tab\\tchar'"),
         ]
     )
     def test_strings(self, source, expected):