diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b9e0217..8c17b9a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -616,6 +616,17 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b05b61dc5112cbb17e4b6cd61790d9845d13888356391624cbe7e41efeac1e75"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "colored_json"
+version = "5.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e35980a1b846f8e3e359fd18099172a0857140ba9230affc4f71348081e039b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "yansi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -995,6 +1006,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
  "clap 4.5.41",
+ "colored_json",
  "dirs",
  "fire-config",
  "fire-server",
@@ -4007,6 +4019,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winreg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yansi"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cfe53a6657fd280eaa890a3bc59152892ffa3e30101319d168b781ed6529b049"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yoke"
 version = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/crates/firecracker-up/Cargo.toml b/crates/firecracker-up/Cargo.toml
index 30fbd6b..66c3093 100644
--- a/crates/firecracker-up/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/firecracker-up/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8.6", features = [
 ] }
 chrono = "0.4.42"
 serde_json = "1.0.145"
+colored_json = "5.0.0"
diff --git a/crates/firecracker-up/src/cmd/inspect.rs b/crates/firecracker-up/src/cmd/inspect.rs
index 1b2b73f..d55cf96 100644
--- a/crates/firecracker-up/src/cmd/inspect.rs
+++ b/crates/firecracker-up/src/cmd/inspect.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::process;
 
 use anyhow::Error;
+use colored_json::ToColoredJson;
 use firecracker_state::repo;
 use serde_json::json;
 
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ pub async fn inspect_microvm(id: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
     });
 
     let vm_json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&vm)?;
-    println!("{}", vm_json);
+    println!("{}", vm_json.to_colored_json_auto()?);
 
     Ok(())
 }