diff --git a/src/Generator/SqlGenerator.php b/src/Generator/SqlGenerator.php
index 2a87cbee0..8738256b5 100644
--- a/src/Generator/SqlGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Generator/SqlGenerator.php
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 use function count;
 use function get_class;
 use function implode;
+use function preg_replace;
 use function sprintf;
+use function str_repeat;
 use function stripos;
 use function strlen;
-use function var_export;
 
 /**
  * The SqlGenerator class is responsible for generating the body of the up() and down() methods for a migration
@@ -61,7 +62,10 @@ public function generate(
                 }
             }
 
-            $code[] = sprintf('$this->addSql(%s);', var_export($query, true));
+            $code[] = sprintf(
+                "\$this->addSql(<<<'SQL'\n%s\nSQL);",
+                preg_replace('/^/m', str_repeat(' ', 4), $query),
+            );
         }
 
         if (count($code) !== 0 && $checkDbPlatform && $this->configuration->isDatabasePlatformChecked()) {
diff --git a/tests/Generator/SqlGeneratorTest.php b/tests/Generator/SqlGeneratorTest.php
index e84154208..422a1eb4c 100644
--- a/tests/Generator/SqlGeneratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Generator/SqlGeneratorTest.php
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 
 use function class_exists;
+use function explode;
+use function implode;
 use function sprintf;
+use function str_repeat;
 
 // DBAL 3 compatibility
 class_exists('Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\SqlitePlatform');
@@ -47,10 +50,16 @@ public function testGenerate(): void
                     !\$this->connection->getDatabasePlatform() instanceof \\$expectedPlatform,
                     "Migration can only be executed safely on '\\$expectedPlatform'."
                 );
-                
-                \$this->addSql('SELECT 1');
-                \$this->addSql('SELECT 2');
-                \$this->addSql('%s');
+
+                \$this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT 1
+                SQL);
+                \$this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT 2
+                SQL);
+                \$this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    %s
+                SQL);
                 CODE,
         );
 
@@ -65,9 +74,15 @@ public function testGenerationWithoutCheckingDatabasePlatform(): void
 
         $expectedCode = $this->prepareGeneratedCode(
             <<<'CODE'
-                $this->addSql('SELECT 1');
-                $this->addSql('SELECT 2');
-                $this->addSql('%s');
+                $this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT 1
+                SQL);
+                $this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT 2
+                SQL);
+                $this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    %s
+                SQL);
                 CODE,
         );
 
@@ -82,9 +97,15 @@ public function testGenerationWithoutCheckingDatabasePlatformWithConfiguration()
 
         $expectedCode = $this->prepareGeneratedCode(
             <<<'CODE'
-                $this->addSql('SELECT 1');
-                $this->addSql('SELECT 2');
-                $this->addSql('%s');
+                $this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT 1
+                SQL);
+                $this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    SELECT 2
+                SQL);
+                $this->addSql(<<<'SQL'
+                    %s
+                SQL);
                 CODE,
         );
 
@@ -119,7 +140,13 @@ private function prepareGeneratedCode(string $expectedCode): string
 
         return sprintf(
             $expectedCode,
-            (new SqlFormatter(new NullHighlighter()))->format($this->sql[2]),
+            implode(
+                "\n" . str_repeat(' ', 4),
+                explode(
+                    "\n",
+                    (new SqlFormatter(new NullHighlighter()))->format($this->sql[2]),
+                ),
+            ),
         );
     }
 }