diff --git a/pkg/task/generictaskhandler.go b/pkg/task/generictaskhandler.go
index 3454882b..287d1576 100644
--- a/pkg/task/generictaskhandler.go
+++ b/pkg/task/generictaskhandler.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	sdkfn "github.com/GoogleContainerTools/kpt-functions-sdk/go/fn"
 	api "github.com/nephio-project/porch/api/porch/v1alpha1"
 	configapi "github.com/nephio-project/porch/api/porchconfig/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/nephio-project/porch/internal/kpt/builtins"
@@ -527,6 +528,17 @@ func healConfig(old, new map[string]string) (map[string]string, error) {
 
 	healed := out.output.Contents
 
+	var kptfileKubeObject *sdkfn.KubeObject
+	if kptfileKubeObject, err = sdkfn.ParseKubeObject([]byte(healed[kptfile.KptFileName])); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	kptfileYaml, err := kptfile.ToYamlString(kptfileKubeObject)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	healed[kptfile.KptFileName] = kptfileYaml
+
 	for k, v := range extra {
 		healed[k] = v
 	}