diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/commands/profile/ResolveSubcommand.java b/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/commands/profile/ResolveSubcommand.java
index b455e73a..8014b5b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/commands/profile/ResolveSubcommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/commands/profile/ResolveSubcommand.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.binding.io.Format;
 import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.binding.io.IBoundLoader;
 import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.binding.io.ISerializer;
+import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.binding.io.SerializationFeature;
 import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.cli.processor.CLIProcessor.CallingContext;
 import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.cli.processor.ExitCode;
 import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.cli.processor.ExitStatus;
@@ -99,11 +100,19 @@ public class ResolveSubcommand
           .desc("overwrite the destination if it exists")
           .build());
   @NonNull
+  private static final Option PRETTY_PRINT_OPTION = ObjectUtils.notNull(
+      Option.builder()
+          .longOpt("pretty-print")
+          .desc("Enable pretty-printing of the output for better readability.")
+          .build());
+
+  @NonNull
   private static final List<Option> OPTIONS = ObjectUtils.notNull(
       List.of(
           AS_OPTION,
           TO_OPTION,
-          OVERWRITE_OPTION));
+          OVERWRITE_OPTION,
+          PRETTY_PRINT_OPTION));
 
   @Override
   public String getName() {
@@ -153,8 +162,8 @@ public void validateOptions(CallingContext callingContext, CommandLine cmdLine)
         String toFormatText = cmdLine.getOptionValue(TO_OPTION);
         Format.valueOf(toFormatText.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT));
       } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
-        InvalidArgumentException newEx
-            = new InvalidArgumentException("Invalid '--to' argument. The format must be one of: "
+        InvalidArgumentException newEx = new InvalidArgumentException(
+            "Invalid '--to' argument. The format must be one of: "
                 + Arrays.asList(Format.values()).stream()
                     .map(format -> format.name())
                     .collect(CustomCollectors.joiningWithOxfordComma("and")));
@@ -197,6 +206,7 @@ protected ExitStatus executeCommand(
     loader.disableFeature(DeserializationFeature.DESERIALIZE_VALIDATE_CONSTRAINTS);
 
     Format asFormat;
+    boolean prettyPrint = cmdLine.hasOption(PRETTY_PRINT_OPTION);
     // attempt to determine the format
     if (cmdLine.hasOption(AS_OPTION)) {
       try {
@@ -292,22 +302,51 @@ protected ExitStatus executeCommand(
             .withThrowable(ex);
       }
 
-      // DefaultConstraintValidator validator = new DefaultConstraintValidator(dynamicContext);
+      // DefaultConstraintValidator validator = new
+      // DefaultConstraintValidator(dynamicContext);
       // ((IBoundXdmNodeItem)resolvedProfile).validate(validator);
       // validator.finalizeValidation();
 
-      ISerializer<Catalog> serializer
-          = OscalBindingContext.instance().newSerializer(toFormat, Catalog.class);
+      ISerializer<Catalog> serializer = OscalBindingContext.instance().newSerializer(toFormat, Catalog.class);
       try {
         if (destination == null) {
           serializer.serialize((Catalog) resolvedProfile.getValue(), ObjectUtils.notNull(System.out));
         } else {
           serializer.serialize((Catalog) resolvedProfile.getValue(), destination);
         }
+        if (prettyPrint && destination != null) {
+
+          ExitStatus prettyPrintStatus = prettyPrintOutput(destination, toFormat);
+          if (prettyPrintStatus != null) {
+            return prettyPrintStatus;
+          }
+        }
       } catch (IOException ex) {
         return ExitCode.PROCESSING_ERROR.exit().withThrowable(ex);
       }
     }
     return ExitCode.OK.exit();
   }
+
+  ExitStatus prettyPrintOutput(Path destination, Format toFormat) {
+    File outputFile = destination.toFile();
+    try {
+      switch (toFormat) {
+      case JSON:
+        gov.nist.secauto.oscal.tools.cli.core.utils.PrettyPrinter.prettyPrintJson(outputFile);
+        break;
+      case YAML:
+        gov.nist.secauto.oscal.tools.cli.core.utils.PrettyPrinter.prettyPrintYaml(outputFile);
+        break;
+      case XML:
+        gov.nist.secauto.oscal.tools.cli.core.utils.PrettyPrinter.prettyPrintXml(outputFile);
+        break;
+      default:
+        // do nothing
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      return ExitCode.PROCESSING_ERROR.exitMessage("Pretty-printing failed: " + e.getMessage()).withThrowable(e);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/utils/PrettyPrinter.java b/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/utils/PrettyPrinter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49ea7eff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/utils/PrettyPrinter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Portions of this software was developed by employees of the National Institute
+ * of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the Federal Government and is
+ * being made available as a public service. Pursuant to title 17 United States
+ * Code Section 105, works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright
+ * protection in the United States. This software may be subject to foreign
+ * copyright. Permission in the United States and in foreign countries, to the
+ * extent that NIST may hold copyright, to use, copy, modify, create derivative
+ * works, and distribute this software and its documentation without fee is hereby
+ * granted on a non-exclusive basis, provided that this notice and disclaimer
+ * of warranty appears in all copies.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER
+ * EXPRESSED, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTY
+ * THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL CONFORM TO SPECIFICATIONS, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND FREEDOM FROM
+ * INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE DOCUMENTATION WILL CONFORM TO THE
+ * SOFTWARE, OR ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR FREE.  IN NO EVENT
+ * SHALL NIST BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DIRECT,
+ * INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF, RESULTING FROM,
+ * OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER OR NOT BASED UPON WARRANTY,
+ * CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, WHETHER OR NOT INJURY WAS SUSTAINED BY PERSONS OR
+ * PROPERTY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT LOSS WAS SUSTAINED FROM, OR AROSE OUT
+ * OF THE RESULTS OF, OR USE OF, THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES PROVIDED HEREUNDER.
+ */
+
+package gov.nist.secauto.oscal.tools.cli.core.utils;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLFactory;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
+import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
+import net.sf.saxon.TransformerFactoryImpl;
+import javax.xml.transform.*;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+
+public class PrettyPrinter {
+  public static void prettyPrintJson(File file) throws IOException {
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+    Object obj = mapper.readValue(file, Object.class);
+    mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(file, obj);
+  }
+
+  public static void prettyPrintYaml(File file) throws IOException {
+    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper(new YAMLFactory());
+    Object obj = mapper.readValue(file, Object.class);
+    mapper.writerWithDefaultPrettyPrinter().writeValue(file, obj);
+  }
+
+  public static void prettyPrintXml(File file) throws Exception {
+    Document doc = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance()
+            .newDocumentBuilder().parse(file);
+
+    TransformerFactory transformerFactory = new TransformerFactoryImpl();
+    Transformer transformer = transformerFactory.newTransformer();
+    transformer.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
+
+    try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(file.toPath())) {
+      transformer.transform(new DOMSource(doc), new StreamResult(out));
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/CLITest.java b/src/test/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/CLITest.java
index 80351e4a..abc9d9e0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/CLITest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/gov/nist/secauto/oscal/tools/cli/core/CLITest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertAll;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.binding.io.Format;
 import gov.nist.secauto.metaschema.cli.processor.ExitCode;
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
 
@@ -112,6 +116,17 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> providesValues() {
           values
               .add(Arguments.of(new String[] { cmd, "resolve", "--to=" + format.name().toLowerCase(), path.toString() },
                   ExitCode.OK, null));
+
+          // Pretty-print support test
+          String prettyPrintOutput = "target/resolved_pretty_print" + format.getDefaultExtension();
+          values.add(Arguments.of(new String[] {
+              cmd, "resolve",
+              "--to=" + format.name().toLowerCase(),
+              "--pretty-print",
+              path.toString(),
+              prettyPrintOutput,
+              "--overwrite"
+          }, ExitCode.OK, null));
         }
       }
     }
@@ -119,14 +134,45 @@ private static Stream<Arguments> providesValues() {
     return values.stream();
   }
 
+  private void assertPrettyPrintedOutput(Path outputPath, Format format) throws IOException {
+    String content = Files.readString(outputPath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    assertAll(
+        () -> assertTrue(content != null && !content.isBlank()),
+        () -> {
+          // Naive pretty-print assertion: check for line breaks and indentation
+          long lineCount = content.lines().count();
+          boolean hasIndentedLines = content.lines().anyMatch(line -> line.startsWith("  ") || line.startsWith("    "));
+
+          assertTrue(lineCount > 5, "Expected multiple lines for pretty-printed output");
+          assertTrue(hasIndentedLines, "Expected indented lines in pretty-printed output");
+        });
+  }
+
   @ParameterizedTest
   @MethodSource("providesValues")
   void testAllSubCommands(@NonNull String[] args, @NonNull ExitCode expectedExitCode,
-      Class<? extends Throwable> expectedThrownClass) {
+      Class<? extends Throwable> expectedThrownClass) throws IOException {
     if (expectedThrownClass == null) {
       evaluateResult(CLI.runCli(args), expectedExitCode);
     } else {
       evaluateResult(CLI.runCli(args), expectedExitCode, expectedThrownClass);
     }
+
+    // Check pretty-print output content if applicable
+    if (expectedExitCode == ExitCode.OK
+        && List.of(args).contains("--pretty-print")
+        && args.length >= 6) { // Ensure output path exists in args
+      String outputPathStr
+          = args[args.length - 2].endsWith("--overwrite") ? args[args.length - 3] : args[args.length - 2];
+      Path outputPath = Paths.get(outputPathStr);
+      String formatStr = Arrays.stream(args)
+          .filter(arg -> arg.startsWith("--to="))
+          .findFirst()
+          .map(arg -> arg.substring("--to=".length()))
+          .orElse("json");
+      Format format = Format.valueOf(formatStr.toUpperCase());
+      assertPrettyPrintedOutput(outputPath, format);
+    }
+
   }
 }