diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4472f0759..a37fc3066 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-errors/v2 v2.2.0
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-fastcopy v1.1.2
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-iotools v0.0.0-20230601182242-d933b07dcbef
-	codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv v1.6.3
+	codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv v1.6.4
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-logger/v2 v2.2.1
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-mutexes v1.1.5
 	codeberg.org/gruf/go-runners v1.6.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a875c504b..bffac9d10 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ codeberg.org/gruf/go-hashenc v1.0.2 h1:U3jH6zMXZiL96czD/qaJd8OR2h7LlBzGv/2WxnMHI
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-hashenc v1.0.2/go.mod h1:eK+A8clLcEN/m1nftNsRId0kfYDQnETnuIfBGZ8Gvsg=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-iotools v0.0.0-20230601182242-d933b07dcbef h1:3Ydviw47TFEk27FRCOXkRxU3MfgyNzoicLzq8J3NbtI=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-iotools v0.0.0-20230601182242-d933b07dcbef/go.mod h1:B8uq4yHtIcKXhBZT9C/SYisz25lldLHMVpwZPz4ADLQ=
-codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv v1.6.3 h1:RrAhVGzAq+kU3WPR0gl1gqKnYks+prpUpa8+xDzoQXA=
-codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv v1.6.3/go.mod h1:O/YkSvKiS9XsRolM3rqCd9YJmND7dAXu9z+PrlYO4bc=
+codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv v1.6.4 h1:3NZiW8HVdBM3kpOiLb7XfRiihnzZWMAixdCznguhILk=
+codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv v1.6.4/go.mod h1:O/YkSvKiS9XsRolM3rqCd9YJmND7dAXu9z+PrlYO4bc=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-logger/v2 v2.2.1 h1:RP2u059EQKTBFV3cN8X6xDxNk2RkzqdgXGKflKqB7Oc=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-logger/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:m/vBfG5jNUmYXI8Hg9aVSk7Pn8YgEBITQB/B/CzdRss=
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-mangler v1.2.3 h1:sj0dey2lF5GRQL7fXmCY0wPNaI5JrROiThb0VDbzF8A=
diff --git a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/format/util.go b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/format/util.go
index f36727679..79cb30981 100644
--- a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/format/util.go
+++ b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/format/util.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func Byte2Str(c byte) string {
 		return `\t`
 	case '\v':
 		return `\v`
-	case '\'':
+	case '\\':
 		return `\\`
 	default:
 		if c < ' ' {
diff --git a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/util.go b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/util.go
index ebcd3e304..c0c8ccdab 100644
--- a/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/util.go
+++ b/vendor/codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/util.go
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ func AppendQuoteString(buf *byteutil.Buffer, str string) {
 
 	case len(str) == 1:
 		// Append quote single byte.
-		appendQuoteByte(buf, str[0])
+		buf.B = append(buf.B, '\'')
+		buf.B = append(buf.B, format.Byte2Str(str[0])...)
+		buf.B = append(buf.B, '\'')
 		return
 
 	case len(str) > format.SingleTermLine || !format.IsSafeASCII(str):
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ func AppendQuoteValue(buf *byteutil.Buffer, str string) {
 
 	case len(str) == 1:
 		// Append quote single byte.
-		appendQuoteByte(buf, str[0])
+		buf.B = append(buf.B, '\'')
+		buf.B = append(buf.B, format.Byte2Str(str[0])...)
+		buf.B = append(buf.B, '\'')
 		return
 
 	case len(str) > format.SingleTermLine || !format.IsSafeASCII(str):
@@ -115,35 +119,6 @@ func AppendQuoteValue(buf *byteutil.Buffer, str string) {
 	return
 }
 
-// appendEscapeByte will append byte to buffer, quoting and escaping where necessary.
-func appendQuoteByte(buf *byteutil.Buffer, c byte) {
-	switch c {
-	// Double quote space.
-	case ' ':
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, '"', c, '"')
-
-	// Escape + double quote.
-	case '\a':
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, '"', '\\', 'a', '"')
-	case '\b':
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, '"', '\\', 'b', '"')
-	case '\f':
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, '"', '\\', 'f', '"')
-	case '\n':
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, '"', '\\', 'n', '"')
-	case '\r':
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, '"', '\\', 'r', '"')
-	case '\t':
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, '"', '\\', 't', '"')
-	case '\v':
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, '"', '\\', 'v', '"')
-
-	// Append as-is.
-	default:
-		buf.B = append(buf.B, c)
-	}
-}
-
 // isQuoted checks if string is single or double quoted.
 func isQuoted(str string) bool {
 	return (str[0] == '"' && str[len(str)-1] == '"') ||
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 0cff8e5f8..7bb20f6a5 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ codeberg.org/gruf/go-hashenc
 # codeberg.org/gruf/go-iotools v0.0.0-20230601182242-d933b07dcbef
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-iotools
-# codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv v1.6.3
+# codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv v1.6.4
 ## explicit; go 1.19
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv
 codeberg.org/gruf/go-kv/format