diff --git a/.changeset/curly-doors-type.md b/.changeset/curly-doors-type.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6aba711fcfa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/curly-doors-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-svelte": patch
+---
+
+correct default package.json format
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/index.js b/packages/create-svelte/index.js
index 716c036618c3..849b9ba07479 100755
--- a/packages/create-svelte/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/index.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ function write_common_files(cwd, options, name) {
 	pkg.devDependencies = sort_keys(pkg.devDependencies);
 	pkg.name = to_valid_package_name(name);
 
-	fs.writeFileSync(pkg_file, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, '  '));
+	fs.writeFileSync(pkg_file, JSON.stringify(pkg, null, '\t'));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+eslint/.eslintignore b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+eslint/.eslintignore
index 616120a2fd7a..38972655faff 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+eslint/.eslintignore
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+eslint/.eslintignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ node_modules
 !.env.example
 
 # Ignore files for PNPM, NPM and YARN
-package.json
 pnpm-lock.yaml
 package-lock.json
 yarn.lock
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+prettier/.prettierignore b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+prettier/.prettierignore
index 616120a2fd7a..38972655faff 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+prettier/.prettierignore
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+prettier/.prettierignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ node_modules
 !.env.example
 
 # Ignore files for PNPM, NPM and YARN
-package.json
 pnpm-lock.yaml
 package-lock.json
 yarn.lock