diff --git a/github-merge-flow.jsonc b/github-merge-flow.jsonc
index 4c2a54aac5fe..4580635708c2 100644
--- a/github-merge-flow.jsonc
+++ b/github-merge-flow.jsonc
@@ -4,37 +4,86 @@
         // Automate opening PRs to merge cli release/8.0.1xx to 8.0.4xx
         "release/8.0.1xx":{
             "MergeToBranch": "release/8.0.4xx",
-            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments -ResetToTargetPaths global.json;NuGet.config;eng/Version.Details.xml;eng/Versions.props;eng/common/*"
+            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments",
+            "ResetToTargetPaths": [
+                "global.json",
+                "NuGet.config",
+                "eng/Version.Details.xml",
+                "eng/Versions.props",
+                "eng/common/*"
+            ]
         },
         // Automate opening PRs to merge sdk repos from release/8.0.4xx to 9.0.1xx
         "release/8.0.4xx":{
             "MergeToBranch": "release/9.0.1xx",
-            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments -ResetToTargetPaths global.json;NuGet.config;eng/Version.Details.xml;eng/Versions.props;eng/common/*"
+            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments",
+            "ResetToTargetPaths": [
+                "global.json",
+                "NuGet.config",
+                "eng/Version.Details.xml",
+                "eng/Versions.props",
+                "eng/common/*"
+            ]
         },        
         // Automate opening PRs to merge sdk repos from release/9.0.1xx to release/9.0.3xx
         "release/9.0.1xx":{
             "MergeToBranch": "release/9.0.3xx",
-            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments -ResetToTargetPaths global.json;NuGet.config;eng/Version.Details.xml;eng/Versions.props;eng/common/*"
+            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments",
+            "ResetToTargetPaths": [
+                "global.json",
+                "NuGet.config",
+                "eng/Version.Details.xml",
+                "eng/Versions.props",
+                "eng/common/*"
+            ]
         },
         // Automate opening PRs to merge sdk repos from release/9.0.3xx to release/10.0.1xx
         "release/9.0.3xx":{
             "MergeToBranch": "release/10.0.1xx",
-            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments -ResetToTargetPaths global.json;NuGet.config;eng/Version.Details.xml;eng/Version.Details.props;eng/common/*"
+            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments",
+            "ResetToTargetPaths": [
+                "global.json",
+                "NuGet.config",
+                "eng/Version.Details.xml",
+                "eng/Version.Details.props",
+                "eng/common/*"
+            ]
         },
         // Automate opening PRs to merge sdk repos from release/10.0.1xx to release/10.0.2xx
         "release/10.0.1xx":{
             "MergeToBranch": "release/10.0.2xx",
-            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments -ResetToTargetPaths global.json;NuGet.config;eng/Version.Details.xml;eng/Version.Details.props;eng/common/*"
+            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments",
+            "ResetToTargetPaths": [
+                "global.json",
+                "NuGet.config",
+                "eng/Version.Details.xml",
+                "eng/Version.Details.props",
+                "eng/common/*"
+            ]
         },
         // Automate opening PRs to merge sdk repos from release/10.0.2xx to main
         "release/10.0.2xx":{
             "MergeToBranch": "main",
-            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments -ResetToTargetPaths global.json;NuGet.config;eng/Version.Details.xml;eng/Version.Details.props;eng/common/*"
+            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments",
+            "ResetToTargetPaths": [
+                "global.json",
+                "NuGet.config",
+                "eng/Version.Details.xml",
+                "eng/Version.Details.props",
+                "eng/common/*"
+            ]
         },
         // Automate opening PRs to merge sdk repos from dnup to release/dnup
         "dnup":{
             "MergeToBranch": "release/dnup",
-            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments -ResetToTargetPaths global.json;NuGet.config;eng/Version.Details.xml;eng/Versions.props;eng/common/*"
+            "ExtraSwitches": "-QuietComments",
+            "ResetToTargetPaths": [
+                "global.json",
+                "NuGet.config",
+                "eng/Version.Details.xml",
+                "eng/Versions.props",
+                "eng/common/*"
+            ]
         }
     }
 }