diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 52ad2371..0edaedf5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
         "php": ">=5.4.0",
         "illuminate/console": "5.*|^6.0|^7.0|^8.0",
         "illuminate/support": "5.*|^6.0|^7.0|^8.0",
-        "symfony/finder": "*"
+        "symfony/finder": "*",
+        "symfony/var-exporter": "*"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/src/Manager.php b/src/Manager.php
index 61f035eb..cbe6bc06 100644
--- a/src/Manager.php
+++ b/src/Manager.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\File;
 use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
 use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Symfony\Component\VarExporter\VarExporter;
 
 class Manager
 {
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ public function exportTranslations($group)
             ksort($translations);
 
             $path = $this->app->langPath() . '/' . $locale . '/' . $group . '.php';
-            $output = "<?php\n\nreturn ".var_export($translations, true).";\n";
+            $output = "<?php\n\nreturn ".VarExporter::export($translations).";\n";
 
             $this->files->put($path, preg_replace("/ \R/", "\n", $output)); // get rid of trailing spaces before line breaks and store in file
         }