diff --git a/crates/oxc_estree/src/serialize/formatter.rs b/crates/oxc_estree/src/serialize/formatter.rs
index e6cfa795d4b84..d0c60911a03ff 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_estree/src/serialize/formatter.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_estree/src/serialize/formatter.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::iter;
-
 use oxc_data_structures::code_buffer::CodeBuffer;
 
 /// Formatter trait.
@@ -79,7 +77,7 @@ impl Formatter for PrettyFormatter {
     }
 
     fn before_first_element(&mut self, buffer: &mut CodeBuffer) {
-        self.indent += 2;
+        self.indent += 1;
         self.push_new_line_and_indent(buffer);
     }
 
@@ -92,7 +90,7 @@ impl Formatter for PrettyFormatter {
     }
 
     fn after_last_element(&mut self, buffer: &mut CodeBuffer) {
-        self.indent -= 2;
+        self.indent -= 1;
         self.push_new_line_and_indent(buffer);
     }
 }
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ impl Formatter for PrettyFormatter {
 impl PrettyFormatter {
     fn push_new_line_and_indent(&self, buffer: &mut CodeBuffer) {
         buffer.print_ascii_byte(b'\n');
-        // SAFETY: Spaces are ASCII
-        unsafe { buffer.print_bytes_iter_unchecked(iter::repeat_n(b' ', self.indent)) };
+        buffer.print_indent(self.indent);
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxc_estree/src/serialize/mod.rs b/crates/oxc_estree/src/serialize/mod.rs
index 9d7b73beb247a..3d8f3e0de4683 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_estree/src/serialize/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_estree/src/serialize/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ use std::mem;
 
 use itoa::Buffer as ItoaBuffer;
 
-use oxc_data_structures::{code_buffer::CodeBuffer, stack::NonEmptyStack};
+use oxc_data_structures::{
+    code_buffer::{CodeBuffer, IndentChar},
+    stack::NonEmptyStack,
+};
 
 mod blanket;
 mod concat;
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ impl<C: Config, F: Formatter> ESTreeSerializer<C, F> {
     /// Create new [`ESTreeSerializer`].
     pub fn new(ranges: bool) -> Self {
         Self {
-            buffer: CodeBuffer::new(),
+            buffer: CodeBuffer::with_indent(IndentChar::Space, 2),
             formatter: F::new(),
             trace_path: NonEmptyStack::new(TracePathPart::Index(0)),
             fixes_buffer: CodeBuffer::new(),
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ impl<C: Config, F: Formatter> ESTreeSerializer<C, F> {
     /// Create new [`ESTreeSerializer`] with specified buffer capacity.
     pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize, ranges: bool) -> Self {
         Self {
-            buffer: CodeBuffer::with_capacity(capacity),
+            buffer: CodeBuffer::with_capacity_and_indent(capacity, IndentChar::Space, 2),
             formatter: F::new(),
             trace_path: NonEmptyStack::new(TracePathPart::Index(0)),
             fixes_buffer: CodeBuffer::new(),