diff --git a/src/blocks/blockPrettier.test.ts b/src/blocks/blockPrettier.test.ts
index a00a9f37a..6f70caf9a 100644
--- a/src/blocks/blockPrettier.test.ts
+++ b/src/blocks/blockPrettier.test.ts
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ describe("blockPrettier", () => {
 			/lib
 			/pnpm-lock.yaml
 			",
-			    ".prettierrc.json": "{"$schema":"http://json.schemastore.org/prettierrc","useTabs":true}",
+			    ".prettierrc.json": "{"$schema":"http://json.schemastore.org/prettierrc","overrides":[{"files":["README.md"],"options":{"useTabs":false}}],"useTabs":true}",
 			  },
 			  "scripts": [
 			    {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ describe("blockPrettier", () => {
 			/lib
 			/pnpm-lock.yaml
 			",
-			    ".prettierrc.json": "{"$schema":"http://json.schemastore.org/prettierrc","useTabs":true}",
+			    ".prettierrc.json": "{"$schema":"http://json.schemastore.org/prettierrc","overrides":[{"files":["README.md"],"options":{"useTabs":false}}],"useTabs":true}",
 			  },
 			  "scripts": [
 			    {
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ describe("blockPrettier", () => {
 			/pnpm-lock.yaml
 			generated
 			",
-			    ".prettierrc.json": "{"$schema":"http://json.schemastore.org/prettierrc","overrides":[{"files":".nvmrc","options":{"parser":"yaml"}}],"plugins":["./lib/index.js","prettier-plugin-curly","prettier-plugin-packagejson","prettier-plugin-sh"],"useTabs":true}",
+			    ".prettierrc.json": "{"$schema":"http://json.schemastore.org/prettierrc","overrides":[{"files":".nvmrc","options":{"parser":"yaml"}},{"files":["README.md"],"options":{"useTabs":false}}],"plugins":["./lib/index.js","prettier-plugin-curly","prettier-plugin-packagejson","prettier-plugin-sh"],"useTabs":true}",
 			  },
 			  "scripts": [
 			    {
diff --git a/src/blocks/blockPrettier.ts b/src/blocks/blockPrettier.ts
index ba6e42686..190934c94 100644
--- a/src/blocks/blockPrettier.ts
+++ b/src/blocks/blockPrettier.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ pnpm format --write
 				),
 				".prettierrc.json": JSON.stringify({
 					$schema: "http://json.schemastore.org/prettierrc",
-					...(overrides.length && { overrides: overrides.sort() }),
+					overrides: [
+						...(overrides.length ? overrides.sort() : []),
+						{
+							files: ["README.md"],
+							options: { useTabs: false },
+						},
+					],
 					...(plugins.length && { plugins: plugins.sort() }),
 					useTabs: true,
 				}),