diff --git a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/yaml.go b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/yaml.go
index 447b7fe2b..bb6418dba 100644
--- a/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/yaml.go
+++ b/kyaml/internal/forked/github.com/go-yaml/yaml/yaml.go
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ func (e *Encoder) CompactSeqIndent() {
 	e.encoder.emitter.compact_sequence_indent = true
 }
 
+// DefaultSeqIndent makes it so that '- ' is not considered part of the indentation.
+func (e *Encoder) DefaultSeqIndent() {
+	e.encoder.emitter.compact_sequence_indent = false
+}
+
 // Close closes the encoder by writing any remaining data.
 // It does not write a stream terminating string "...".
 func (e *Encoder) Close() (err error) {