diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6d38c07..600b907 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "envfill",
-    "version": "1.2.0",
+    "version": "1.2.1",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "envfill",
-            "version": "1.2.0",
+            "version": "1.2.1",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@clack/prompts": "^0.11.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97b5f46..cb238d0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "envfill",
-    "version": "1.2.0",
+    "version": "1.2.1",
     "description": "Interactive CLI to populate .env files from templates",
     "type": "module",
     "main": "./dist/index.cjs",
diff --git a/src/writer.ts b/src/writer.ts
index 859e496..24f02e1 100644
--- a/src/writer.ts
+++ b/src/writer.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ export function escapeValue(value: string): string {
         return '';
     }
 
-    if (value.includes('\n') || value.includes('"') || value.includes("'") || value.includes(' ') || value.includes('#')) {
-        const escaped = value.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/"/g, '\\"');
+    if (value.includes('\n') || value.includes('"') || value.includes("'") || value.includes(' ') || value.includes('#') || value.includes('$')) {
+        const escaped = value
+            .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')
+            .replace(/"/g, '\\"')
+            .replace(/\$/g, '\\$');
         return `"${escaped}"`;
     }
 
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@ export function read(filePath: string): Map<string, string> {
                 value = value.slice(1, -1);
             }
 
-            value = value.replace(/\\"/g, '"').replace(/\\\\/g, '\\');
+            value = value.replace(/\\"/g, '"').replace(/\\\$/g, '$').replace(/\\\\/g, '\\');
 
             values.set(name, value);
         }
diff --git a/test/e2e/cli.e2e.test.ts b/test/e2e/cli.e2e.test.ts
index 8f20659..ed4ddd6 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cli.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/cli.e2e.test.ts
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ VAR=<if:FLAG_A,if:FLAG_B>`
                     'hello world',                  // space
                     'pass"word',                    // quote
                     'value with # comment',         // hash
+                    'abc$def',                      // dollar sign
                 ]
             );
 
@@ -463,6 +464,7 @@ VAR=<if:FLAG_A,if:FLAG_B>`
             expect(content).toContain('MESSAGE="hello world"');
             expect(content).toContain('PASSWORD="pass\\"word"');
             expect(content).toContain('DESCRIPTION="value with # comment"');
+            expect(content).toContain('DOLLAR_VAR="abc\\$def"');
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/escaping.template b/test/e2e/fixtures/escaping.template
index 7075fba..daa9664 100644
--- a/test/e2e/fixtures/escaping.template
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/escaping.template
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 MESSAGE=
 PASSWORD=
 DESCRIPTION=
+DOLLAR_VAR=