diff --git a/e2e/assert.sh b/e2e/assert.sh
index 1b6271e657..d7e5385236 100755
--- a/e2e/assert.sh
+++ b/e2e/assert.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,72 @@ assert() {
   fi
 }
 
+assert_json() {
+  local actual
+  actual="$(quiet_assert_succeed "$1")"
+  if jq -e . >/dev/null <<<"$actual"; then
+    ok "[$1] output is valid JSON"
+  else
+    fail "[$1] output is not valid JSON"
+  fi
+
+  actual_json="$(jq . <<<"$actual")"
+  expected_json="$(jq . <<<"$2")"
+  if [[ $actual_json == "$expected_json" ]]; then
+    ok "[$1] output is equal to '$2'"
+  else
+    diff --side-by-side <(jq . <<<"$expected_json") <(jq . <<<"$actual_json") || true
+    fail "JSON output from [$1] is different from expected"
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_json_partial_array() {
+  local command="$1" fields="$2" expected="$3"
+
+  local actual
+  actual="$(quiet_assert_succeed "$command")"
+
+  local filter="map({$fields})"
+  local actual_filtered expected_filtered
+
+  actual_filtered="$(jq -S "$filter" <<<"$actual")"
+  expected_filtered="$(jq -S "$filter" <<<"$expected")"
+
+  if [[ "$actual_filtered" == "$expected_filtered" ]]; then
+    ok "[$command] partial array match successful"
+  else
+    echo "Expected:"
+    echo "$expected_filtered"
+    echo "Got:"
+    echo "$actual_filtered"
+    fail "[$command] partial array match failed"
+  fi
+}
+
+assert_json_partial_object() {
+  local command="$1" fields="$2" expected="$3"
+
+  local actual
+  actual="$(quiet_assert_succeed "$command")"
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2016
+  local filter='with_entries(select(.key as $k | ($fields | split(",")) | contains([$k])))'
+  local actual_filtered expected_filtered
+
+  actual_filtered="$(jq -S --arg fields "$fields" "$filter" <<<"$actual")"
+  expected_filtered="$(jq -S --arg fields "$fields" "$filter" <<<"$expected")"
+
+  if [[ "$actual_filtered" == "$expected_filtered" ]]; then
+    ok "[$command] partial object match successful"
+  else
+    echo "Expected:"
+    echo "$expected_filtered"
+    echo "Got:"
+    echo "$actual_filtered"
+    fail "[$command] partial object match failed"
+  fi
+}
+
 assert_not() {
   local actual
   debug "$ $1"
diff --git a/e2e/tasks/test_task_info b/e2e/tasks/test_task_info
index 2f733aaf20..ef2d58957f 100644
--- a/e2e/tasks/test_task_info
+++ b/e2e/tasks/test_task_info
@@ -11,3 +11,67 @@ Usage Spec:
   bin "build"'
 
 assert_contains "mise task info build.sh --json" '"name": "build"'
+
+assert_json_partial_object "mise task info build --json" "name,source,description" '{
+  "name": "build",
+  "source": "'"$PWD"'/mise-tasks/build.sh",
+  "description": ""
+}'
+
+mise tasks add lint --depends "build -v" -- 'echo "linting!"'
+assert_json "mise task info lint --json" "$(
+  cat <<EOF
+{
+  "name": "lint",
+  "aliases": [],
+  "description": "",
+  "source": "$(pwd)/mise.toml",
+  "depends": [
+    [
+      "build",
+      "-v"
+    ]
+  ],
+  "depends_post": [],
+  "wait_for": [],
+  "env": {},
+  "dir": null,
+  "hide": false,
+  "raw": false,
+  "sources": [],
+  "outputs": [],
+  "shell": null,
+  "quiet": false,
+  "silent": false,
+  "tools": {},
+  "run": [
+    "'echo \"linting!\"'"
+  ],
+  "file": null,
+  "usage_spec": {
+    "name": "lint",
+    "bin": "lint",
+    "cmd": {
+      "full_cmd": [],
+      "usage": "",
+      "subcommands": {},
+      "args": [],
+      "flags": [],
+      "mounts": [],
+      "hide": false,
+      "help": "",
+      "name": "lint",
+      "aliases": [],
+      "hidden_aliases": [],
+      "before_help_long": "- Depends: build -v",
+      "examples": []
+    },
+    "config": {
+      "props": {}
+    },
+    "usage": "",
+    "complete": {}
+  }
+}
+EOF
+)"
diff --git a/e2e/tasks/test_task_ls b/e2e/tasks/test_task_ls
index bd35cedf4a..7c05d97dd5 100644
--- a/e2e/tasks/test_task_ls
+++ b/e2e/tasks/test_task_ls
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ cat <<EOF >tasks.toml
 run = 'echo "testing!"'
 [test-with-args]
 run = 'echo "{{arg()}} {{flag(name="force")}} {{option(name="user")}}"'
+depends = ["test -v", "test"]
 EOF
 
 mkdir -p .mise/tasks
@@ -45,3 +46,124 @@ filetask3          ./mytasks/filetask3.sh
 lint               ./mise.toml
 test               ./tasks.toml
 test-with-args     ./tasks.toml"
+
+assert_json "mise task ls --json" "$(
+  cat <<EOF
+[
+  {
+   "name": "filetask2",
+   "aliases": [],
+   "description": "",
+   "source": "$(pwd)/mytasks/filetask2",
+   "depends": [],
+   "depends_post": [],
+   "wait_for": [],
+   "env": {},
+   "dir": null,
+   "hide": false,
+   "raw": false,
+   "sources": [],
+   "outputs": [],
+   "shell": null,
+   "quiet": false,
+   "silent": false,
+   "tools": {},
+   "run": [],
+   "file": "$(pwd)/mytasks/filetask2"
+ },
+ {
+   "name": "filetask3",
+   "aliases": [],
+   "description": "",
+   "source": "$(pwd)/mytasks/filetask3.sh",
+   "depends": [],
+   "depends_post": [],
+   "wait_for": [],
+   "env": {},
+   "dir": null,
+   "hide": false,
+   "raw": false,
+   "sources": [],
+   "outputs": [],
+   "shell": null,
+   "quiet": false,
+   "silent": false,
+   "tools": {},
+   "run": [],
+   "file": "$(pwd)/mytasks/filetask3.sh"
+ },
+ {
+   "name": "lint",
+   "aliases": [],
+   "description": "",
+   "source": "$(pwd)/mise.toml",
+   "depends": [],
+   "depends_post": [],
+   "wait_for": [],
+   "env": {},
+   "dir": null,
+   "hide": false,
+   "raw": false,
+   "sources": [],
+   "outputs": [],
+   "shell": null,
+   "quiet": false,
+   "silent": false,
+   "tools": {},
+   "run": [
+     "echo \"linting!\""
+   ],
+   "file": null
+ },
+ {
+   "name": "test",
+   "aliases": [],
+   "description": "",
+   "source": "$(pwd)/tasks.toml",
+   "depends": [],
+   "depends_post": [],
+   "wait_for": [],
+   "env": {},
+   "dir": null,
+   "hide": false,
+   "raw": false,
+   "sources": [],
+   "outputs": [],
+   "shell": null,
+   "quiet": false,
+   "silent": false,
+   "tools": {},
+   "run": [
+     "echo \"testing!\""
+   ],
+   "file": null
+ },
+ {
+   "name": "test-with-args",
+   "aliases": [],
+   "description": "",
+   "source": "$(pwd)/tasks.toml",
+   "depends": [
+      ["test","-v"],
+      "test"
+   ],
+   "depends_post": [],
+   "wait_for": [],
+   "env": {},
+   "dir": null,
+   "hide": false,
+   "raw": false,
+   "sources": [],
+   "outputs": [],
+   "shell": null,
+   "quiet": false,
+   "silent": false,
+   "tools": {},
+   "run": [
+     "echo \"{{arg()}} {{flag(name=\"force\")}} {{option(name=\"user\")}}\""
+   ],
+   "file": null
+ }
+]
+EOF
+)"
diff --git a/e2e/tasks/test_task_usage b/e2e/tasks/test_task_usage
index 616dd78393..44c4555bb5 100644
--- a/e2e/tasks/test_task_usage
+++ b/e2e/tasks/test_task_usage
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # tests that "test.sh" gets mapped to "test" except when an existing task is there named "test"
 assert "mise task add --file test.sh --description sh"
 assert "mise task ls" "test  sh"
-assert "mise task ls --json" "[
+assert_json_partial_array "mise task ls --json" "name,description,source" "[
   {
     \"name\": \"test\",
     \"description\": \"sh\",
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ assert "mise task ls --usage" 'cmd "test" help="sh"'
 assert "mise task add --file test --description no-sh"
 assert "mise task ls" "test     no-sh
 test.sh  sh"
-assert "mise task ls --json" "[
+assert_json_partial_array "mise task ls --json" "name,description,source" "[
   {
     \"name\": \"test\",
     \"description\": \"no-sh\",
@@ -27,5 +27,23 @@ assert "mise task ls --json" "[
     \"source\": \"$PWD/mise-tasks/test.sh\"
   }
 ]"
+
+assert_json_partial_array "mise task ls --json" "name,description,source" "$(
+  cat <<EOF
+[
+  {
+    "name": "test",
+    "description": "no-sh",
+    "source": "$PWD/mise-tasks/test"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "test.sh",
+    "description": "sh",
+    "source": "$PWD/mise-tasks/test.sh"
+  }
+]
+EOF
+)"
+
 assert "mise task ls --usage" 'cmd "test" help="no-sh"
 cmd "test.sh" help="sh"'
diff --git a/src/cli/tasks/info.rs b/src/cli/tasks/info.rs
index 01261c5f95..1dd4fdfa71 100644
--- a/src/cli/tasks/info.rs
+++ b/src/cli/tasks/info.rs
@@ -102,17 +102,22 @@ impl TasksInfo {
         let (spec, _) = task.parse_usage_spec(None, env)?;
         let o = json!({
             "name": task.display_name(),
-            "aliases": task.aliases.join(", "),
-            "description": task.description.to_string(),
+            "aliases": task.aliases,
+            "description": task.description,
             "source": task.config_source,
-            "depends": task.depends.iter().join(", "),
-            "depends_post": task.depends_post.iter().join(", "),
+            "depends": task.depends,
+            "depends_post": task.depends_post,
+            "wait_for": task.wait_for,
             "env": task.env,
             "dir": task.dir,
             "hide": task.hide,
             "raw": task.raw,
             "sources": task.sources,
             "outputs": task.outputs,
+            "shell": task.shell,
+            "quiet": task.quiet,
+            "silent": task.silent,
+            "tools": task.tools,
             "run": task.run(),
             "file": task.file,
             "usage_spec": spec,
diff --git a/src/cli/tasks/ls.rs b/src/cli/tasks/ls.rs
index 1ec017dc6f..dec801f52e 100644
--- a/src/cli/tasks/ls.rs
+++ b/src/cli/tasks/ls.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-use comfy_table::{Attribute, Cell, Row};
-use eyre::Result;
-use itertools::Itertools;
-
 use crate::config::Config;
 use crate::file::display_rel_path;
 use crate::task::Task;
 use crate::toolset::Toolset;
 use crate::ui::table::MiseTable;
+use comfy_table::{Attribute, Cell, Row};
+use eyre::Result;
+use itertools::Itertools;
+use serde_json::json;
 
 /// List available tasks to execute
 /// These may be included from the config file or from the project's .mise/tasks directory
@@ -133,20 +133,27 @@ impl TasksLs {
         let array_items = tasks
             .into_iter()
             .map(|task| {
-                let mut inner = serde_json::Map::new();
-                inner.insert("name".to_string(), task.display_name().into());
-                if !task.aliases.is_empty() {
-                    inner.insert("aliases".to_string(), task.aliases.join(", ").into());
-                }
-                if task.hide {
-                    inner.insert("hide".to_string(), task.hide.into());
-                }
-                inner.insert("description".to_string(), task.description.into());
-                inner.insert(
-                    "source".to_string(),
-                    task.config_source.to_string_lossy().into(),
-                );
-                inner
+                json!({
+                  "name": task.display_name(),
+                  "aliases": task.aliases,
+                  "description": task.description,
+                  "source": task.config_source,
+                  "depends": task.depends,
+                  "depends_post": task.depends_post,
+                  "wait_for": task.wait_for,
+                  "env": task.env,
+                  "dir": task.dir,
+                  "hide": task.hide,
+                  "raw": task.raw,
+                  "sources": task.sources,
+                  "outputs": task.outputs,
+                  "shell": task.shell,
+                  "quiet": task.quiet,
+                  "silent": task.silent,
+                  "tools": task.tools,
+                  "run": task.run(),
+                  "file": task.file,
+                })
             })
             .collect::<serde_json::Value>();
         miseprintln!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&array_items)?);