diff --git a/src/next/blocks/blockPackageJson.test.ts b/src/next/blocks/blockPackageJson.test.ts
index a0b34e481..7e9bf3b24 100644
--- a/src/next/blocks/blockPackageJson.test.ts
+++ b/src/next/blocks/blockPackageJson.test.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import { blockPackageJson } from "./blockPackageJson.js";
 import { optionsBase } from "./options.fakes.js";
 
+const options = {
+	...optionsBase,
+	description: `A very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long <em><code>HTML-ish</code> description</em> ending with an emoji. 🧵`,
+};
+
 describe("blockPackageJson", () => {
 	test("without addons or mode", () => {
-		const creation = testBlock(blockPackageJson, {
-			options: optionsBase,
-		});
+		const creation = testBlock(blockPackageJson, { options });
 
 		expect(creation).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
 			{
 			  "files": {
-			    "package.json": "{"name":"test-repository","version":"0.0.0","description":"Test description","repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/test-owner/test-repository.git"},"license":"MIT","author":{"email":"npm@email.com"},"type":"module","main":"lib/index.js","files":["README.md","package.json"]}",
+			    "package.json": "{"name":"test-repository","version":"0.0.0","description":"A very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long HTML-ish description ending with an emoji. 🧵","repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/test-owner/test-repository.git"},"license":"MIT","author":{"email":"npm@email.com"},"type":"module","main":"lib/index.js","files":["README.md","package.json"]}",
 			  },
 			  "scripts": [
 			    {
@@ -30,13 +33,13 @@ describe("blockPackageJson", () => {
 	test("migration mode", () => {
 		const creation = testBlock(blockPackageJson, {
 			mode: "migrate",
-			options: optionsBase,
+			options,
 		});
 
 		expect(creation).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
 			{
 			  "files": {
-			    "package.json": "{"name":"test-repository","version":"0.0.0","description":"Test description","repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/test-owner/test-repository.git"},"license":"MIT","author":{"email":"npm@email.com"},"type":"module","main":"lib/index.js","files":["README.md","package.json"]}",
+			    "package.json": "{"name":"test-repository","version":"0.0.0","description":"A very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long HTML-ish description ending with an emoji. 🧵","repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/test-owner/test-repository.git"},"license":"MIT","author":{"email":"npm@email.com"},"type":"module","main":"lib/index.js","files":["README.md","package.json"]}",
 			  },
 			  "scripts": [
 			    {
@@ -67,13 +70,13 @@ describe("blockPackageJson", () => {
 					other: true,
 				},
 			},
-			options: optionsBase,
+			options,
 		});
 
 		expect(creation).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
 			{
 			  "files": {
-			    "package.json": "{"name":"test-repository","version":"0.0.0","description":"Test description","repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/test-owner/test-repository.git"},"license":"MIT","author":{"email":"npm@email.com"},"type":"module","main":"lib/index.js","files":["README.md","package.json"],"dependencies":{"is-odd":"1.2.3"},"other":true}",
+			    "package.json": "{"name":"test-repository","version":"0.0.0","description":"A very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long HTML-ish description ending with an emoji. 🧵","repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/test-owner/test-repository.git"},"license":"MIT","author":{"email":"npm@email.com"},"type":"module","main":"lib/index.js","files":["README.md","package.json"],"dependencies":{"is-odd":"1.2.3"},"other":true}",
 			  },
 			  "scripts": [
 			    {
@@ -102,13 +105,13 @@ describe("blockPackageJson", () => {
 					other: true,
 				},
 			},
-			options: optionsBase,
+			options,
 		});
 
 		expect(creation).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
 			{
 			  "files": {
-			    "package.json": "{"name":"test-repository","version":"0.0.0","description":"Test description","repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/test-owner/test-repository.git"},"license":"MIT","author":{"email":"npm@email.com"},"type":"module","main":"lib/index.js","files":["README.md","package.json"],"dependencies":{"is-odd":"1.2.3"},"devDependencies":{"is-even":"4.5.6"},"other":true}",
+			    "package.json": "{"name":"test-repository","version":"0.0.0","description":"A very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very long HTML-ish description ending with an emoji. 🧵","repository":{"type":"git","url":"git+https://github.com/test-owner/test-repository.git"},"license":"MIT","author":{"email":"npm@email.com"},"type":"module","main":"lib/index.js","files":["README.md","package.json"],"dependencies":{"is-odd":"1.2.3"},"devDependencies":{"is-even":"4.5.6"},"other":true}",
 			  },
 			  "scripts": [
 			    {
diff --git a/src/next/blocks/blockPackageJson.ts b/src/next/blocks/blockPackageJson.ts
index 42e74a115..3629977c7 100644
--- a/src/next/blocks/blockPackageJson.ts
+++ b/src/next/blocks/blockPackageJson.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ export const blockPackageJson = base.createBlock({
 			...options.packageData?.devDependencies,
 			...addons.properties.devDependencies,
 		};
-		const description = htmlToText.convert(options.description);
+		const description = htmlToText.convert(options.description, {
+			wordwrap: false,
+		});
 
 		return {
 			files: {