diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9eeb26f..bce3fda 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespaces = true
 # ----------------------------------------- Project Metadata -------------------------------------
 #
 [project]
-version = "0.0.0.dev55"
+version = "0.0.0.dev56"
 name = "PySerials"
 dependencies = [
     "jsonschema >= 4.21.0, < 5",
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "ruamel.yaml >= 0.18", # https://yaml.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
     "ruamel.yaml.string >= 0.1.1, < 1",
     "tomlkit >= 0.11.8, < 0.12", # https://tomlkit.readthedocs.io/en/stable/,
-    "MDit == 0.0.0.dev52",
-    "ExceptionMan == 0.0.0.dev52",
+    "MDit == 0.0.0.dev53",
+    "ExceptionMan == 0.0.0.dev53",
     "ProtocolMan == 0.0.0.dev2",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 544d842..9e0d480 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ jsonpath-ng >= 1.6.1, < 2
 ruamel.yaml >= 0.18
 ruamel.yaml.string >= 0.1.1, < 1
 tomlkit >= 0.11.8, < 0.12
-MDit == 0.0.0.dev52
-ExceptionMan == 0.0.0.dev52
+MDit == 0.0.0.dev53
+ExceptionMan == 0.0.0.dev53
 ProtocolMan == 0.0.0.dev2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pyserials/write.py b/src/pyserials/write.py
index 78b0f7c..bef4f4f 100644
--- a/src/pyserials/write.py
+++ b/src/pyserials/write.py
@@ -31,12 +31,18 @@ def to_yaml_string(
     indent_sequence: int = 4,
     indent_sequence_offset: int = 2,
     multiline_string_to_block: bool = True,
+    remove_top_level_indent: bool = True
 ) -> str:
     yaml = _yaml.YAML(typ=["rt", "string"])
     yaml.indent(mapping=indent_mapping, sequence=indent_sequence, offset=indent_sequence_offset)
     if multiline_string_to_block:
         _yaml_scalar_string.walk_tree(data)
     yaml_syntax = yaml.dumps(data, add_final_eol=False).removesuffix("\n...")
+    if remove_top_level_indent:
+        yaml_lines = yaml_syntax.splitlines()
+        count_leading_spaces = len(yaml_lines[0]) - len(yaml_lines[0].lstrip(" "))
+        if count_leading_spaces:
+            yaml_syntax = "\n".join(yaml_line.removeprefix(" " * count_leading_spaces) for yaml_line in yaml_lines)
     return f"{yaml_syntax}\n" if end_of_file_newline else yaml_syntax