diff --git a/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/README.md b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/README.md
index 3f317c5e..a1ed014e 100644
--- a/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/README.md
+++ b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ make build
 ## Known issues
 
 1. This package is using github.com/go-yaml/yaml which unfortunately doesn't allow
-   to maintain `yaml` comments and order when using user defined structutres.
+   to maintain `yaml` comments and order when using user defined structures.
 
    This could be done when we'd use [`yaml.Node`][yaml_node] instead of customized structs
    which reflect the schema of `values.yaml` used in `sumologic-kubernetes-collection`
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/main.go b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/main.go
index d942e5a6..b3894c94 100644
--- a/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/main.go
+++ b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/main.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func reorderYaml(input string, original string) (string, error) {
 
 	sortByBlueprint(outputMapSlice, originalMapSlice)
 
-	outputBytes, err := yaml.MarshalWithOptions(outputMapSlice, yaml.Indent(2))
+	outputBytes, err := yaml.MarshalWithOptions(outputMapSlice, yaml.Indent(2), yaml.UseLiteralStyleIfMultiline(true))
 
 	return string(outputBytes), err
 }
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/containerd-multiline.input.yaml b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/containerd-multiline.input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1371ea12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/containerd-multiline.input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+sumologic:
+  accessId: xxx
+  accessKey: yyy
+  clusterName: containerd-multiline
+
+fluent-bit:
+  config:
+    customParsers: |
+      [PARSER]
+          Name         containerd_multiline_pattern
+          Format       regex
+          Regex        (?<time>^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}[.]\d+Z) (?<stream>stdout|stderr) (?<logtag>[P|F]) (?<log>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.* .*)
+          Time_Key     time
+          Time_Format  %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%LZ
+    filters: |
+      [FILTER]
+          Name    lua
+          Match   containers.*
+          script  /fluent-bit/scripts/parse_logs.lua
+          call    parse_log
+    inputs: |
+      [INPUT]
+          Name                tail
+          Path                /var/log/containers/*.log
+          Read_from_head      true
+          Multiline           On
+          Parser_Firstline    containerd_multiline_pattern
+          Multiline_Flush     60
+          Tag                 containers.*
+          Refresh_Interval    1
+          Rotate_Wait         60
+          Mem_Buf_Limit       30MB
+          Skip_Long_Lines     On
+          DB                  /tail-db/tail-containers-state-sumo.db
+          DB.Sync             Normal
+      [INPUT]
+          Name            systemd
+          Tag             host.*
+          DB              /tail-db/systemd-state-sumo.db
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=addon-config.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=addon-run.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=cfn-etcd-environment.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=cfn-signal.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=clean-ca-certificates.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=containerd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=coreos-metadata.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=coreos-setup-environment.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=coreos-tmpfiles.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=dbus.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=docker.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=efs.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcd-member.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcd2.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcd3.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcdadm-check.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcdadm-reconfigure.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcdadm-save.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcdadm-update-status.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=flanneld.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=format-etcd2-volume.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=kube-node-taint-and-uncordon.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=kubelet.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=ldconfig.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=locksmithd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=logrotate.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=lvm2-monitor.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=mdmon.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=nfs-idmapd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=nfs-mountd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=nfs-server.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=nfs-utils.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=node-problem-detector.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=ntp.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=oem-cloudinit.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rkt-gc.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rkt-metadata.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rpc-idmapd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rpc-mountd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rpc-statd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rpcbind.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=set-aws-environment.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=system-cloudinit.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=systemd-timesyncd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=update-ca-certificates.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=user-cloudinit.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=var-lib-etcd2.service
+          Max_Entries     1000
+          Read_From_Tail  true
+    outputs: |
+      [OUTPUT]
+          Name          forward
+          Match         *
+          Host          ${FLUENTD_LOGS_SVC}.${NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local.
+          Port          24321
+          Retry_Limit   False
+          tls           off
+          tls.verify    on
+          tls.debug     1
+          # Disable keepalive for better load balancing
+          net.keepalive off
+    service: |
+      [SERVICE]
+          Flush        1
+          Daemon       Off
+          Log_Level    info
+          Parsers_File parsers.conf
+          Parsers_File custom_parsers.conf
+          HTTP_Server  On
+          HTTP_Listen  0.0.0.0
+          HTTP_Port    2020
+  luaScripts:
+    parse_logs.lua: |
+      local function split(s, delimiter)
+        result = {};
+        for match in (s..delimiter):gmatch('(.-)'..delimiter) do
+            table.insert(result, match);
+        end
+        return result;
+      end
+
+      function get_log_content(line)
+        -- remove elements specific containerd log format and get log as single string
+        table.remove(line, 1) -- remove date
+        table.remove(line, 1) -- remove stream
+        table.remove(line, 1) -- remove log tag
+        return table.concat(line, " ")
+      end
+
+      function adjust_first_line(record, first_line)
+        -- adjust the first line to containerd format, it comes without date, stream and logtag
+        -- 'fake-date' string at the beginning is used only to have proper log format
+        first_line = 'fake-date' .. ' ' .. record['stream'] .. ' ' .. record['logtag'] .. ' ' .. first_line
+        return first_line
+      end
+
+      function parse_log(tag, timestamp, record)
+        if record['log'] == nil or record['stream'] == nil or record['logtag'] == nil then
+          -- log does not contain required attributes ('log', 'stream', 'logtag') to be processed by parse_log function
+          -- the record will not be modified
+          return 0, timestamp, record
+        end
+
+        log_lines = split(record['log'], '\n')
+        log_lines[1] = adjust_first_line(record, log_lines[1])
+
+        new_lines = {}
+        buffer = ''
+
+        for k, v in pairs(log_lines) do
+          line = split(v, ' ')
+          log_tag = line[3]
+          buffer = buffer .. get_log_content(line)
+
+          if log_tag == 'F' then
+              table.insert(new_lines, buffer)
+              buffer = ""
+          end
+        end
+
+        new_log = table.concat(new_lines, "\n")
+        record['log'] = new_log
+        return 2, timestamp, record
+      end
+
+fluentd:
+  logs:
+    containers:
+      multiline:
+        enabled: false
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/containerd-multiline.output.yaml b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/containerd-multiline.output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..334f08a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/containerd-multiline.output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+sumologic:
+  accessId: xxx
+  accessKey: yyy
+  clusterName: containerd-multiline
+fluent-bit:
+  config:
+    customParsers: |
+      [PARSER]
+          Name         containerd_multiline_pattern
+          Format       regex
+          Regex        (?<time>^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}[.]\d+Z) (?<stream>stdout|stderr) (?<logtag>[P|F]) (?<log>\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}.* .*)
+          Time_Key     time
+          Time_Format  %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%LZ
+    filters: |
+      [FILTER]
+          Name    lua
+          Match   containers.*
+          script  /fluent-bit/scripts/parse_logs.lua
+          call    parse_log
+    inputs: |
+      [INPUT]
+          Name                tail
+          Path                /var/log/containers/*.log
+          Read_from_head      true
+          Multiline           On
+          Parser_Firstline    containerd_multiline_pattern
+          Multiline_Flush     60
+          Tag                 containers.*
+          Refresh_Interval    1
+          Rotate_Wait         60
+          Mem_Buf_Limit       30MB
+          Skip_Long_Lines     On
+          DB                  /tail-db/tail-containers-state-sumo.db
+          DB.Sync             Normal
+      [INPUT]
+          Name            systemd
+          Tag             host.*
+          DB              /tail-db/systemd-state-sumo.db
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=addon-config.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=addon-run.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=cfn-etcd-environment.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=cfn-signal.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=clean-ca-certificates.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=containerd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=coreos-metadata.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=coreos-setup-environment.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=coreos-tmpfiles.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=dbus.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=docker.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=efs.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcd-member.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcd2.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcd3.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcdadm-check.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcdadm-reconfigure.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcdadm-save.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=etcdadm-update-status.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=flanneld.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=format-etcd2-volume.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=kube-node-taint-and-uncordon.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=kubelet.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=ldconfig.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=locksmithd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=logrotate.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=lvm2-monitor.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=mdmon.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=nfs-idmapd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=nfs-mountd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=nfs-server.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=nfs-utils.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=node-problem-detector.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=ntp.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=oem-cloudinit.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rkt-gc.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rkt-metadata.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rpc-idmapd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rpc-mountd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rpc-statd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=rpcbind.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=set-aws-environment.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=system-cloudinit.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=systemd-timesyncd.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=update-ca-certificates.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=user-cloudinit.service
+          Systemd_Filter  _SYSTEMD_UNIT=var-lib-etcd2.service
+          Max_Entries     1000
+          Read_From_Tail  true
+    outputs: |
+      [OUTPUT]
+          Name          forward
+          Match         *
+          Host          ${FLUENTD_LOGS_SVC}.${NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local.
+          Port          24321
+          Retry_Limit   False
+          tls           off
+          tls.verify    on
+          tls.debug     1
+          # Disable keepalive for better load balancing
+          net.keepalive off
+    service: |
+      [SERVICE]
+          Flush        1
+          Daemon       Off
+          Log_Level    info
+          Parsers_File parsers.conf
+          Parsers_File custom_parsers.conf
+          HTTP_Server  On
+          HTTP_Listen  0.0.0.0
+          HTTP_Port    2020
+  luaScripts:
+    parse_logs.lua: |
+      local function split(s, delimiter)
+        result = {};
+        for match in (s..delimiter):gmatch('(.-)'..delimiter) do
+            table.insert(result, match);
+        end
+        return result;
+      end
+      
+      function get_log_content(line)
+        -- remove elements specific containerd log format and get log as single string
+        table.remove(line, 1) -- remove date
+        table.remove(line, 1) -- remove stream
+        table.remove(line, 1) -- remove log tag
+        return table.concat(line, " ")
+      end
+      
+      function adjust_first_line(record, first_line)
+        -- adjust the first line to containerd format, it comes without date, stream and logtag
+        -- 'fake-date' string at the beginning is used only to have proper log format
+        first_line = 'fake-date' .. ' ' .. record['stream'] .. ' ' .. record['logtag'] .. ' ' .. first_line
+        return first_line
+      end
+      
+      function parse_log(tag, timestamp, record)
+        if record['log'] == nil or record['stream'] == nil or record['logtag'] == nil then
+          -- log does not contain required attributes ('log', 'stream', 'logtag') to be processed by parse_log function
+          -- the record will not be modified
+          return 0, timestamp, record
+        end
+      
+        log_lines = split(record['log'], '\n')
+        log_lines[1] = adjust_first_line(record, log_lines[1])
+      
+        new_lines = {}
+        buffer = ''
+      
+        for k, v in pairs(log_lines) do
+          line = split(v, ' ')
+          log_tag = line[3]
+          buffer = buffer .. get_log_content(line)
+      
+          if log_tag == 'F' then
+              table.insert(new_lines, buffer)
+              buffer = ""
+          end
+        end
+      
+        new_log = table.concat(new_lines, "\n")
+        record['log'] = new_log
+        return 2, timestamp, record
+      end
+fluentd:
+  logs:
+    containers:
+      multiline:
+        enabled: false
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/multiline.input.yaml b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/multiline.input.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f05fa06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/multiline.input.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+sumologic:
+  accessId: xxx
+  accessKey: yyy
+multiline_key: |-
+  line 1
+  line 2
+  
+  line 3
+another_key: yes
diff --git a/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/multiline.output.yaml b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/multiline.output.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f05fa06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go/cmd/update-collection-v3/testdata/multiline.output.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+sumologic:
+  accessId: xxx
+  accessKey: yyy
+multiline_key: |-
+  line 1
+  line 2
+  
+  line 3
+another_key: yes