diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 2469c26f..6cd64e4e 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -11933,19 +11933,19 @@ function foldNewline(source, offset) {
     return { fold, offset };
 }
 const escapeCodes = {
-    '0': '\0',
-    a: '\x07',
-    b: '\b',
-    e: '\x1b',
-    f: '\f',
-    n: '\n',
-    r: '\r',
-    t: '\t',
-    v: '\v',
-    N: '\u0085',
-    _: '\u00a0',
-    L: '\u2028',
-    P: '\u2029',
+    '0': '\0', // null character
+    a: '\x07', // bell character
+    b: '\b', // backspace
+    e: '\x1b', // escape character
+    f: '\f', // form feed
+    n: '\n', // line feed
+    r: '\r', // carriage return
+    t: '\t', // horizontal tab
+    v: '\v', // vertical tab
+    N: '\u0085', // Unicode next line
+    _: '\u00a0', // Unicode non-breaking space
+    L: '\u2028', // Unicode line separator
+    P: '\u2029', // Unicode paragraph separator
     ' ': ' ',
     '"': '"',
     '/': '/',
@@ -12962,12 +12962,19 @@ class Directives {
                 onError('Verbatim tags must end with a >');
             return verbatim;
         }
-        const [, handle, suffix] = source.match(/^(.*!)([^!]*)$/);
+        const [, handle, suffix] = source.match(/^(.*!)([^!]*)$/s);
         if (!suffix)
             onError(`The ${source} tag has no suffix`);
         const prefix = this.tags[handle];
-        if (prefix)
-            return prefix + decodeURIComponent(suffix);
+        if (prefix) {
+            try {
+                return prefix + decodeURIComponent(suffix);
+            }
+            catch (error) {
+                onError(String(error));
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
         if (handle === '!')
             return source; // local tag
         onError(`Could not resolve tag: ${source}`);
@@ -16925,7 +16932,7 @@ var Scalar = __nccwpck_require__(9338);
 var stringifyString = __nccwpck_require__(6226);
 
 const binary = {
-    identify: value => value instanceof Uint8Array,
+    identify: value => value instanceof Uint8Array, // Buffer inherits from Uint8Array
     default: false,
     tag: 'tag:yaml.org,2002:binary',
     /**
@@ -17898,7 +17905,6 @@ exports.stringify = stringify;
 "use strict";
 
 
-var Collection = __nccwpck_require__(3466);
 var identity = __nccwpck_require__(5589);
 var stringify = __nccwpck_require__(8409);
 var stringifyComment = __nccwpck_require__(5182);
@@ -18020,7 +18026,7 @@ function stringifyFlowCollection({ comment, items }, ctx, { flowChars, itemInden
     else {
         if (!reqNewline) {
             const len = lines.reduce((sum, line) => sum + line.length + 2, 2);
-            reqNewline = len > Collection.Collection.maxFlowStringSingleLineLength;
+            reqNewline = ctx.options.lineWidth > 0 && len > ctx.options.lineWidth;
         }
         if (reqNewline) {
             str = start;