diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22847c76..119300e4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [5.2.3] - 2026-08-01
+
+### Fixed
+- Prevent prototype fallback when resolving tags and mapping entries, #782.
+- Resolve `!!timestamp` years 0000-0099 correctly, #775.
+- Preserve implicit null mapping values before document markers and reject
+  unpaired mapping event streams, #784.
+- Preserve folded scalar values with tab-indented lines when round-tripping a
+  parsed AST through `present()`; `dump()` and loading are unaffected, #780.
+
+
 ## [5.2.2] - 2026-07-24
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -682,6 +693,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - First public release
 
 
+[5.2.3]: https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/compare/5.2.2...5.2.3
 [5.2.2]: https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/compare/5.2.1...5.2.2
 [5.2.1]: https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/compare/5.2.0...5.2.1
 [5.2.0]: https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/compare/5.1.0...5.2.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2808f296..27493efa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "js-yaml",
-  "version": "5.2.2",
+  "version": "5.2.3",
   "description": "YAML 1.2 parser and serializer",
   "keywords": [
     "yaml",
diff --git a/src/ast/presenter.ts b/src/ast/presenter.ts
index 6a424b87..e73d7f9c 100644
--- a/src/ast/presenter.ts
+++ b/src/ast/presenter.ts
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ function chooseScalarStyle (state: PresenterState, string: string, layout: Retur
           hasFoldableLine = hasFoldableLine ||
             // Foldable line = too long, and not more-indented.
             (i - previousLineBreak - 1 > lineWidth &&
-             string[previousLineBreak + 1] !== ' ')
+             !isMoreIndented(string[previousLineBreak + 1]))
           previousLineBreak = i
         }
       } else if (!isPrintable(char)) {
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ function chooseScalarStyle (state: PresenterState, string: string, layout: Retur
     // in case the end is missing a \n
     hasFoldableLine = hasFoldableLine || (shouldTrackWidth &&
       (i - previousLineBreak - 1 > lineWidth &&
-       string[previousLineBreak + 1] !== ' '))
+       !isMoreIndented(string[previousLineBreak + 1])))
   }
   // Although every style can represent \n without escaping, prefer block styles
   // for multiline, since they're more readable and they don't add empty lines.
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ function blockHeader (string: string, indentPerLevel: number) {
 // a blank line (two breaks). Encode each run of p literal `\n` as p+1 breaks and
 // indent the following content line so the continuation isn't read as a new node
 // (a bare break would yield invalid "deficient indentation" output).
-// `foldBlockScalar` can't be reused here: it treats a leading space as a
+// `foldBlockScalar` can't be reused here: it treats a leading white space as a
 // "more-indented" line and suppresses the doubling, which a flow scalar must not.
 function encodeFlowBreaks (string: string, indent: number) {
   let nextLF = string.indexOf('\n')
@@ -552,6 +552,13 @@ function dropEndingNewline (string: string) {
   return string[string.length - 1] === '\n' ? string.slice(0, -1) : string
 }
 
+// A more-indented line is one starting with white space: YAML 1.2.2 [175]
+// s-nb-spaced-text, whose [33] s-white is a space *or a tab*. Matches the
+// parser's test in getBlockValue().
+function isMoreIndented (char: string) {
+  return char === ' ' || char === '\t'
+}
+
 // Note: a long line without a suitable break point will exceed the width limit.
 // Pre-conditions: every char in str isPrintable, str.length > 0, width > 0.
 function foldBlockScalar (string: string, width: number) {
@@ -567,7 +574,7 @@ function foldBlockScalar (string: string, width: number) {
   lineRe.lastIndex = nextLF
   let result = foldLine(string.slice(0, nextLF), width)
   // If we haven't reached the first content line yet, don't add an extra \n.
-  let prevMoreIndented = string[0] === '\n' || string[0] === ' '
+  let prevMoreIndented = string[0] === '\n' || isMoreIndented(string[0])
   let moreIndented
 
   // rest of the lines
@@ -576,7 +583,7 @@ function foldBlockScalar (string: string, width: number) {
     const prefix = match[1]
     const line = match[2]
 
-    moreIndented = (line[0] === ' ')
+    moreIndented = line !== '' && isMoreIndented(line[0])
     result += prefix +
       ((!prevMoreIndented && !moreIndented && line !== '') ? '\n' : '') +
       foldLine(line, width)
@@ -591,10 +598,10 @@ function foldBlockScalar (string: string, width: number) {
 // otherwise settles for the shortest line over the limit.
 // NB. More-indented lines *cannot* be folded, as that would add an extra \n.
 function foldLine (line: string, width: number) {
-  if (line === '' || line[0] === ' ') return line
+  if (line === '' || isMoreIndented(line[0])) return line
 
-  // Since a more-indented line adds a \n, breaks can't be followed by a space.
-  const breakRe = / [^ ]/g // note: the match index will always be <= length-2.
+  // Since a more-indented line adds a \n, breaks can't be followed by white space.
+  const breakRe = / [^ \t]/g // note: the match index will always be <= length-2.
   let match
   // start is an inclusive index. end, curr, and next are exclusive.
   let start = 0
diff --git a/test/core/ast/presenter.test.mjs b/test/core/ast/presenter.test.mjs
index e151f99d..9bfd284b 100644
--- a/test/core/ast/presenter.test.mjs
+++ b/test/core/ast/presenter.test.mjs
@@ -128,6 +128,84 @@ describe('ast presenter', () => {
     assert.equal(present(documents, { schema: CORE_SCHEMA }), '[{a: [1, 2], b: "x\\ny"}]\n')
   })
 
+  // [source, value] — every source is already the canonical rendering of its
+  // value, so re-presenting it must reproduce it byte for byte.
+
+  it('keeps a tab-indented line in a folded scalar more-indented', () => {
+    const cases = [
+      // tab-indented line first, last, and between two folded lines
+      ['k: >\n  \t\n  detected\n', '\t\ndetected\n'],
+      ['k: >\n  detected\n  \tdeep\n', 'detected\n\tdeep\n'],
+      ['k: >\n  a\n  \tdeep\n  b\n', 'a\n\tdeep\nb\n'],
+      // controls: literal style and space indentation were always correct
+      ['k: |\n  a\n  \tdeep\n  b\n', 'a\n\tdeep\nb\n'],
+      ['k: >\n  a\n   deep\n  b\n', 'a\n deep\nb\n']
+    ]
+
+    for (const [source, value] of cases) {
+      assert.deepEqual(load(source, { schema: CORE_SCHEMA }), { k: value })
+      assert.equal(presentParsed(source), source)
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('never folds a tab-indented line over the width limit', () => {
+    const longTab = `\t${'word '.repeat(20).trim()}`
+    const source = `k: >\n  ${longTab}\n  tail\n`
+
+    assert.deepEqual(load(source, { schema: CORE_SCHEMA }), { k: `${longTab}\ntail\n` })
+    assert.equal(presentParsed(source), source)
+  })
+
+  it('does not fold a folded scalar at a space before a tab', () => {
+    // Folding here would start the next line with a tab, changing the value.
+    const spacedTab = `${'a'.repeat(90)} \tzzz`
+    const source = `k: >\n  ${spacedTab}\n`
+
+    assert.deepEqual(load(source, { schema: CORE_SCHEMA }), { k: `${spacedTab}\n` })
+    assert.equal(presentParsed(source), source)
+  })
+
+  // The presenter re-derives the block header and the fold points from the value,
+  // so a slip there silently changes the value instead of the formatting.
+  // Bytes aren't asserted — a source may legitimately use a form the presenter
+  // wouldn't pick (`>2` vs `>`); values have no such exceptions.
+  // Alphabet = one char per branch of getBlockValue(); the stretched copy is what
+  // pushes lines over the width limit, the only place folding happens.
+  it('preserves block scalar values through an AST round-trip', () => {
+    let bodies = ['']
+    let sweep = []
+
+    for (let length = 0; length < 4; length++) {
+      bodies = bodies.flatMap(body => ['a', ' ', '\t', '\n'].map(char => body + char))
+      sweep = sweep.concat(bodies)
+    }
+
+    sweep = sweep.concat(sweep.map(body => body.replaceAll('a', 'a'.repeat(90))))
+
+    let checked = 0
+
+    for (const body of sweep) {
+      for (const header of ['|', '|-', '|+', '>', '>-', '>+']) {
+        const indented = body.split('\n').map(line => line === '' ? '' : `  ${line}`).join('\n')
+        const source = `k: ${header}\n${indented}\n`
+        let value
+
+        // Not every generated body makes a valid scalar.
+        try {
+          value = load(source, { schema: CORE_SCHEMA })
+        } catch {
+          continue
+        }
+
+        checked++
+        assert.deepEqual(load(presentParsed(source), { schema: CORE_SCHEMA }), value, JSON.stringify(source))
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Guards against the sweep quietly emptying out and passing on nothing.
+    assert.ok(checked > 1000, `only ${checked} sources parsed`)
+  })
+
   it('propagates seqNoIndent to nested sequences', () => {
     const documents = jsToAst([{ items: [{ a: 1 }] }], CORE_SCHEMA)