diff --git a/insights/client/apps/ansible/playbook_verifier/serializer.py b/insights/client/apps/ansible/playbook_verifier/serializer.py
index 12daafe5a0..9bf8751c71 100644
--- a/insights/client/apps/ansible/playbook_verifier/serializer.py
+++ b/insights/client/apps/ansible/playbook_verifier/serializer.py
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ def _str(cls, value):
             "\\": "\\\\",
             "\n": "\\n",
             "\t": "\\t",
+            "\u200b": "\\u200b",  # Zero-width space
+            "\u200c": "\\u200c",  # Zero-width non-joiner
+            "\u200d": "\\u200d",  # Zero-width joiner
         }
         escaped_string = ""
         for char in value:
diff --git a/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.digest.bin b/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.digest.bin
index 74969d2570..dff74670da 100644
Binary files a/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.digest.bin and b/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.digest.bin differ
diff --git a/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.serialized.bin b/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.serialized.bin
index f6cd5e1842..c3b971759f 100644
--- a/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.serialized.bin
+++ b/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.serialized.bin
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ordereddict([('name', 'The legend says one day Unicode will just work'), ('become', 'yes'), ('vars', ordereddict([('insights_signature_exclude', '/hosts,/vars/insights_signature')])), ('tasks', [ordereddict([('name', 'Not all languages are as boring as English /s'), ('ansible.builtin.find', ordereddict([('paths', ['/tříštivá/hrušeň', '/ご飯が熱い。/彼は変だ。', '/电脑/汉堡包', '/אני פה/הוא אכל את העוגה/', '/تَكَاتَبْنَا/كيف حالك؟/'])]))]), ordereddict([('name', 'Linux supports emojis in paths. Now you know.'), ('ansible.builtin.find', ordereddict([('paths', ['/🍏/👨🏼\u200d🚀/', '/usr/bin/🙀', '/var/lib/ඞ/'])]))])])])
\ No newline at end of file
+ordereddict([('name', 'Playbook with various Unicode characters'), ('become', 'yes'), ('vars', ordereddict([('insights_signature_exclude', '/hosts,/vars/insights_signature')])), ('tasks', [ordereddict([('name', 'Not all languages are as boring as English /s'), ('ansible.builtin.find', ordereddict([('paths', ['/tříštivá/hrušeň', '/ご飯が熱い。/彼は変だ。', '/电脑/汉堡包', '/אני פה/הוא אכל את העוגה/', '/تَكَاتَبْنَا/كيف حالك؟/', '/რამდენიმე/ქართული/', '/κάποιο/ελληνικό/'])]))]), ordereddict([('name', 'Linux supports emojis in paths. Now you know.'), ('ansible.builtin.find', ordereddict([('paths', ['/🍏/👨🏼\u200d🚀/', '/usr/bin/🙀', '/var/lib/ඞ/'])]))]), ordereddict([('name', 'Various special characters'), ('ansible.builtin.find', ordereddict([('paths', ['/👨\u200d👩\u200d👦/👨\u200d🌾/👨\u200d🦰/', '/ണ്\u200d/ශ්\u200dර/क्\u200dष/', '/text\u200cjoined\u200cby\u200czero\u200cwidth\u200cnon\u200cjoiner/', '/text\u200bjoined\u200bby\u200bzero\u200bwidth\u200bspace/'])]))])])])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.yml b/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.yml
index ccb67aaef5..f483b410f9 100644
--- a/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.yml
+++ b/insights/tests/client/apps/playbooks/unicode.yml
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
----
-- name: The legend says one day Unicode will just work
+- name: Playbook with various Unicode characters
   hosts: localhost
   become: yes
   vars:
     insights_signature_exclude: /hosts,/vars/insights_signature
     insights_signature: !!binary |
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   tasks:
     - name: Not all languages are as boring as English /s
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@
           - /电脑/汉堡包
           - /אני פה/הוא אכל את העוגה/
           - /تَكَاتَبْنَا/كيف حالك؟/
+          - /რამდენიმე/ქართული/
+          - /κάποιο/ελληνικό/
 
     - name: Linux supports emojis in paths. Now you know.
       ansible.builtin.find:
@@ -42,3 +43,16 @@
           - /🍏/👨🏼‍🚀/
           - /usr/bin/🙀
           - /var/lib/ඞ/
+
+    - name: Various special characters
+      ansible.builtin.find:
+        paths:
+          # Zero-width joiner
+          - /👨‍👩‍👦/👨‍🌾/👨‍🦰/
+          - /ണ്‍/ශ්‍ර/क्‍ष/
+
+          # Zero-width non-joiner
+          - /text‌joined‌by‌zero‌width‌non‌joiner/
+
+          # Zero-width space
+          - /text​joined​by​zero​width​space/
diff --git a/insights/tests/client/apps/test_playbook_verifier.py b/insights/tests/client/apps/test_playbook_verifier.py
index 2a30883772..a7037fd732 100644
--- a/insights/tests/client/apps/test_playbook_verifier.py
+++ b/insights/tests/client/apps/test_playbook_verifier.py
@@ -379,6 +379,21 @@ def test_strings(self, source, expected):
         result = playbook_verifier.PlaybookSerializer.serialize(source)
         assert result == expected
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "source,expected",
+        [
+            pytest.param("zw​space", "'zw\\u200bspace'", id="zero-width space"),
+            pytest.param("zw‌nonjoiner", "'zw\\u200cnonjoiner'", id="zero-width non-joiner"),
+            pytest.param("👨🏼‍🚀", "'👨🏼\\u200d🚀'", id="zero-width joiner"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_strings_unicode(self, source, expected):
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
+            raise pytest.skip("Unicode characters are not supported on Python 2 systems")
+
+        result = playbook_verifier.PlaybookSerializer.serialize(source)
+        assert result == expected
+
 
 class TestSerializePlaybookSnippet:
     def test_serialize_dictionary(self):
@@ -427,10 +442,8 @@ def test_small(self):
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename", ("insights_setup", "insights_remove", "document-from-hell", "unicode"))
     def test_real(self, filename):
-        if filename == "unicode" and sys.version_info < (3, 0):
-            raise pytest.skip("Playbooks containing unicode are not supported in Python 2 systems")
-        if filename == "unicode" and sys.version_info >= (3, 12):
-            raise pytest.xfail("Known RFE in Unicode serialization.")
+        if filename == "unicode" and sys.version_info < (3, 7):
+            raise pytest.skip("Python 3.7 or later is required to test playbooks containing unicode")
 
         parent = os.path.dirname(__file__)  # type: str
         with open("{parent}/playbooks/{filename}.yml".format(parent=parent, filename=filename), "r") as f: