diff --git a/src/goods.ts b/src/goods.ts
index 511d725527..2d5789d7c1 100644
--- a/src/goods.ts
+++ b/src/goods.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   fs,
   minimist,
   nodeFetch,
+  parseDotenv,
   type RequestInfo,
   type RequestInit,
 } from './vendor.js'
@@ -224,18 +225,7 @@ export async function spinner<T>(
  * Read env files and collects it into environment variables
  */
 export const dotenv = (() => {
-  const parse = (content: string | Buffer): NodeJS.ProcessEnv =>
-    content
-      .toString()
-      .split(/\r?\n/)
-      .reduce<NodeJS.ProcessEnv>((r, line) => {
-        if (line.startsWith('export ')) line = line.slice(7)
-        const i = line.indexOf('=')
-        const k = line.slice(0, i).trim()
-        const v = line.slice(i + 1).trim()
-        if (k && v) r[k] = v
-        return r
-      }, {})
+  const parse = parseDotenv
 
   const _load = (
     read: (file: string) => string,
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index d03e243225..73fe38d93b 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@
 import os from 'node:os'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import fs from 'node:fs'
-import {
-  chalk,
-  type RequestInfo,
-  type RequestInit,
-  parseDotenv,
-} from './vendor-core.js'
+import { chalk, type RequestInfo, type RequestInit } from './vendor-core.js'
 import { inspect } from 'node:util'
 
 export { isStringLiteral, parseDotenv } from './vendor-core.js'
@@ -362,4 +357,3 @@ export const toCamelCase = (str: string) =>
 
 export const parseBool = (v: string): boolean | string =>
   ({ true: true, false: false })[v] ?? v
-
diff --git a/test/goods.test.js b/test/goods.test.js
index 18db48ebe9..e41d8e544f 100644
--- a/test/goods.test.js
+++ b/test/goods.test.js
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ describe('goods', () => {
 
   describe('dotenv', () => {
     test('parse()', () => {
+      assert.deepEqual(dotenv.parse(''), {})
       assert.deepEqual(
         dotenv.parse('ENV=v1\nENV2=v2\n\n\n  ENV3  =    v3   \nexport ENV4=v4'),
         {
@@ -185,15 +186,27 @@ describe('goods', () => {
           ENV4: 'v4',
         }
       )
-      assert.deepEqual(dotenv.parse(''), {})
 
-      // TBD: multiline
       const multiline = `SIMPLE=xyz123
-NON_INTERPOLATED='raw text without variable interpolation'
+# comment ###
+NON_INTERPOLATED='raw text without variable interpolation' 
 MULTILINE = """
-long text here,
+long text here, # not-comment
 e.g. a private SSH key
-"""`
+"""
+ENV=v1\nENV2=v2\n\n\n\t\t  ENV3  =    v3   \n   export ENV4=v4
+ENV5=v5 # comment
+`
+      assert.deepEqual(dotenv.parse(multiline), {
+        SIMPLE: 'xyz123',
+        NON_INTERPOLATED: 'raw text without variable interpolation',
+        MULTILINE: 'long text here, # not-comment\ne.g. a private SSH key',
+        ENV: 'v1',
+        ENV2: 'v2',
+        ENV3: 'v3',
+        ENV4: 'v4',
+        ENV5: 'v5',
+      })
     })
 
     describe('load()', () => {