diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 83b9077365c7..49a45e15ab68 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+frr (8.4.2-6-aka1~deb11u1) bullseye; urgency=low
+
+  * Applied patch: fix for CLIC-271
+
+ -- Piotr Suchy <psuchy@akamai.com>  Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:33:15 +0200
+
 frr (8.4.2-5-aka1~deb11u1) bullseye; urgency=medium
 
   * Applied patch: mdjernae, BGP12 issue fix
diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index 5fe8a7955bbe..fb547f0c7d33 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -281,6 +281,22 @@ int vty_out(struct vty *vty, const char *format, ...)
 	return len;
 }
 
+static int vty_json_helper(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json,
+			   uint32_t options)
+{
+	const char *text;
+
+	if (!json)
+		return CMD_SUCCESS;
+
+	text = json_object_to_json_string_ext(
+		json, options);
+	vty_out(vty, "%s\n", text);
+	json_object_free(json);
+
+	return CMD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 int vty_json(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json)
 {
 	const char *text;
@@ -296,6 +312,11 @@ int vty_json(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json)
 	return CMD_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+int vty_json_no_pretty(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json)
+{
+	return vty_json_helper(vty, json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
+}
+
 /* Output current time to the vty. */
 void vty_time_print(struct vty *vty, int cr)
 {
diff --git a/lib/vty.h b/lib/vty.h
index 430579c5a877..0bc99bcd1d0e 100644
--- a/lib/vty.h
+++ b/lib/vty.h
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ extern bool vty_set_include(struct vty *vty, const char *regexp);
  * NULL check and json_object_free() is included.
  */
 extern int vty_json(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json);
+extern int vty_json_no_pretty(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json);
 
 /* post fd to be passed to the vtysh client
  * fd is owned by the VTY code after this and will be closed when done
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_vty.c b/zebra/zebra_vty.c
index 47eb4d2730e9..2d63e740eb73 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_vty.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_vty.c
@@ -1295,7 +1295,7 @@ static void do_show_route_helper(struct vty *vty, struct zebra_vrf *zvrf,
 	}
 
 	if (use_json && !vrf_json) {
-		vty_json(vty, json);
+		vty_json_no_pretty(vty, json);
 		json = NULL;
 	}
 }
@@ -1952,7 +1952,7 @@ DEFPY (show_route,
 				json_object_object_add(root_json, zvrf_name(zvrf), vrf_json);
 		}
 		if (!!json) {
-			vty_json(vty, root_json);
+			vty_json_no_pretty(vty, root_json);
 			root_json = NULL;
 		}
 	} else {