diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
index 798400ade85f1d..090a73e45a381e 100644
--- a/doc/api/cli.md
+++ b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -1512,6 +1512,8 @@ loading phase, it will always raise it as an uncaught exception.
 added: v18.8.0
 -->
 
+> Stability: 1 - Experimental
+
 Force updating snapshot files for [`assert.snapshot()`][]
 
 ### `--use-bundled-ca`, `--use-openssl-ca`
diff --git a/lib/internal/assert/snapshot.js b/lib/internal/assert/snapshot.js
index 70af1fd4e63ca7..e331f7d9fcde0e 100644
--- a/lib/internal/assert/snapshot.js
+++ b/lib/internal/assert/snapshot.js
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ function getTarget() {
 }
 
 function serializeName(name) {
-  validateString(name, 'name');
   return StringPrototypeReplace(`${name}`, kKeyDelimiter, '_');
 }
 
@@ -109,12 +108,13 @@ async function getSnapshot() {
 }
 
 
-async function snapshot(input, name) {
+async function snapshot(value, name) {
+  validateString(name, 'name');
+  validateString(value, 'value');
   const snapshot = await getSnapshot();
   counter = counter + 1;
   name = serializeName(name);
 
-  const value = inspect(input);
   if (snapshot === kInitialSnapshot) {
     await writeSnapshot({ name, value });
   } else if (snapshot.has(name)) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/non-existing-name.snapshot b/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/non-existing-name.snapshot
index b01e434d6d2e8b..68d95b431dd919 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/non-existing-name.snapshot
+++ b/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/non-existing-name.snapshot
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 another name:
-'test'
+test
 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
 name:
-'test'
\ No newline at end of file
+test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/random.snapshot b/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/random.snapshot
index d0912a53246cd9..552a3bce44afb3 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/random.snapshot
+++ b/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/random.snapshot
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 random1:
-'Random Value: *'
+Random Value: *
 #*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
 random2:
-'Random Value: *'
\ No newline at end of file
+Random Value: *
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/serialize.mjs b/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/serialize.mjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6f33a7a398ad9a..00000000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/serialize.mjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-
-function fn() {
-  this.should.be.a.fn();
-  return false;
-}
-
-await assert.snapshot(fn, 'function');
-await assert.snapshot({ foo: "bar" }, 'object');
-await assert.snapshot(new Set([1, 2, 3]), 'set');
-await assert.snapshot(new Map([['one', 1], ['two', 2]]), 'map');
diff --git a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/serialize.snapshot b/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/serialize.snapshot
deleted file mode 100644
index e70541d9b17ef5..00000000000000
--- a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/serialize.snapshot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-function:
-[Function: fn]
-#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
-object:
-{ foo: 'bar' }
-#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
-set:
-Set(3) { 1, 2, 3 }
-#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#*#
-map:
-Map(2) { 'one' => 1, 'two' => 2 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/value-changed.snapshot b/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/value-changed.snapshot
index 2f574435b93709..c971f873ae12b7 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/value-changed.snapshot
+++ b/test/fixtures/assert-snapshot/value-changed.snapshot
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 snapshot:
-'original'
\ No newline at end of file
+original
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-assert-snapshot.mjs b/test/parallel/test-assert-snapshot.mjs
index 7382a0fa3633ad..8e27070730d89a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-assert-snapshot.mjs
+++ b/test/parallel/test-assert-snapshot.mjs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('assert.snapshot', { concurrency: true }, () => {
     await unlink(snapshotPath);
     assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
     assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
-    assert.match(snapshot, /^name:\r?\n'test'$/);
+    assert.match(snapshot, /^name:\r?\ntest$/);
   });
 
   it('should write multiple snapshots', async () => {
@@ -52,20 +52,20 @@ describe('assert.snapshot', { concurrency: true }, () => {
     await unlink(snapshotPath);
     assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
     assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
-    assert.match(snapshot, /^name:\n'test'\r?\n#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\r?\nanother name:\r?\n'test'$/);
+    assert.match(snapshot, /^name:\ntest\r?\n#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\r?\nanother name:\r?\ntest$/);
   });
 
   it('should succeed running multiple times', async () => {
     let result = await spawnFixture(fixtures.path('assert-snapshot/single.mjs'), false);
     assert.strictEqual(result.stderr, '');
     assert.strictEqual(result.code, 0);
-    assert.match(result.snapshot, /^snapshot:\r?\n'test'$/);
+    assert.match(result.snapshot, /^snapshot:\r?\ntest$/);
 
     result = await spawnFixture(fixtures.path('assert-snapshot/single.mjs'));
     await unlink(result.snapshotPath);
     assert.strictEqual(result.stderr, '');
     assert.strictEqual(result.code, 0);
-    assert.match(result.snapshot, /^snapshot:\r?\n'test'$/);
+    assert.match(result.snapshot, /^snapshot:\r?\ntest$/);
   });
 
   it('should fail when name is not provided', async () => {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ describe('assert.snapshot', { concurrency: true }, () => {
     const { code, stderr, snapshot } = await spawnFixture(fixtures.path('assert-snapshot/value-changed.mjs'));
     assert.match(stderr, /AssertionError \[ERR_ASSERTION\]/);
     assert.strictEqual(code, 1);
-    assert.match(snapshot, /^snapshot:\r?\n'original'$/);
+    assert.match(snapshot, /^snapshot:\r?\noriginal$/);
   });
 
   it('should fail when snapshot does not contain a named snapshot', async () => {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe('assert.snapshot', { concurrency: true }, () => {
     assert.match(stderr, /AssertionError \[ERR_ASSERTION\]/);
     assert.match(stderr, /Snapshot "non existing" does not exist/);
     assert.strictEqual(code, 1);
-    assert.match(snapshot, /^another name:\r?\n'test'\r?\n#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\r?\nname:\r?\n'test'$/);
+    assert.match(snapshot, /^another name:\r?\ntest\r?\n#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\*#\r?\nname:\r?\ntest$/);
   });
 
   it('should snapshot a random replaced value', async () => {
@@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ describe('assert.snapshot', { concurrency: true }, () => {
     assert.strictEqual(snapshot, originalSnapshot);
   });
 
-  it('should serialize values', async () => {
-    const originalSnapshot = await readFile(fixtures.path('assert-snapshot/serialize.snapshot'), 'utf8');
-    const { stderr, code, snapshot } = await spawnFixture(fixtures.path('assert-snapshot/serialize.mjs'));
-    assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
-    assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
-    assert.strictEqual(snapshot, originalSnapshot);
-  });
-
   it('should override snapshot when passing --update-assert-snapshot', async () => {
     const filename = 'updated.mjs';
     await writeFile(getSnapshotPath(filename), 'snapshot:\n\'test\'');
@@ -116,7 +108,7 @@ describe('assert.snapshot', { concurrency: true }, () => {
                                                           filename, ['--update-assert-snapshot']);
     assert.strictEqual(stderr, '');
     assert.strictEqual(code, 0);
-    assert.match(snapshot, /^snapshot:\r?\n'changed'$/);
+    assert.match(snapshot, /^snapshot:\r?\nchanged$/);
   });
 
   it('snapshot file should have the name of the module - esm', async () => {