diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e0f5f7f6..1e76a54d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 * Add changes here
 
+## 2.7.2 (July 6, 2023)
+
+Bugs:
+
+* Fix a regression that broke support for secrets in JSON format [GH-473](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/pull/473)
+
 ## 2.7.1 (July 3, 2023)
 
 Bugs:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 4a22e9e5..1fa24f45 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -19004,12 +19004,13 @@ async function getSecrets(secretRequests, client) {
 
 /**
  * Uses a Jsonata selector retrieve a bit of data from the result
- * @param {object} data 
- * @param {string} selector 
+ * @param {object} data
+ * @param {string} selector
  */
 async function selectData(data, selector) {
     const ata = jsonata(selector);
     let result = JSON.stringify(await ata.evaluate(data));
+
     // Compat for custom engines
     if (!result && ((ata.ast().type === "path" && ata.ast()['steps'].length === 1) || ata.ast().type === "string") && selector !== 'data' && 'data' in data) {
         result = JSON.stringify(await jsonata(`data.${selector}`).evaluate(data));
@@ -19018,7 +19019,18 @@ async function selectData(data, selector) {
     }
 
     if (result.startsWith(`"`)) {
+        // Support multi-line secrets like JSON strings and ssh keys, see https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/pull/173
+        // Deserialize the value so that newlines and special characters are
+        // not escaped in our return value.
         result = JSON.parse(result);
+    } else {
+        // Support secrets stored in Vault as pure JSON, see https://github.com/hashicorp/vault-action/issues/194
+        // Serialize the value so that any special characters in the data are
+        // properly escaped.
+        result = JSON.stringify(result);
+        // strip the surrounding quotes added by stringify because the data did
+        // not have them in the first place
+        result = result.substring(1, result.length - 1);
     }
     return result;
 }
@@ -19028,6 +19040,7 @@ module.exports = {
     selectData
 }
 
+
 /***/ }),
 
 /***/ 9491: