diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03655ae..5b3a432 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # main ([unreleased](https://github.com/fastruby/rails_stats/compare/v1.0.2...main))
 
 * [CHORE: Improve the GH Test Workflow](https://github.com/fastruby/rails_stats/pull/35)
+* [BUGFIX: Explicitly set format as text for `Bundler::Stats::CLI` on `ConsoleFormatter`](https://github.com/fastruby/rails_stats/pull/43)
 * [BUGFIX: Fix JSON output missing Code and Tests total count](https://github.com/fastruby/rails_stats/pull/40)
 * Update README examples
 * [FEATURE: Output number of tables created from schema.rb or structure.sql, add polymorphic models count](https://github.com/fastruby/rails_stats/pull/37)
diff --git a/lib/rails_stats/console_formatter.rb b/lib/rails_stats/console_formatter.rb
index e12fae1..83b56d0 100644
--- a/lib/rails_stats/console_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/rails_stats/console_formatter.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module RailsStats
   class ConsoleFormatter < StatsFormatter
     def to_s
-      Bundler::Stats::CLI.start
+      Bundler::Stats::CLI.start(['--format', 'text'])
 
       print_header
       sorted_keys = @statistics.keys.sort
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ def print_schema_stats
         end
       end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/test/lib/rails_stats/console_formatter_test.rb b/test/lib/rails_stats/console_formatter_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60f318a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/rails_stats/console_formatter_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'test_helper'
+
+describe RailsStats::ConsoleFormatter do
+  describe '#to_s' do
+    it 'invokes Bundler::Stats::CLI with text format' do
+      root_directory = File.absolute_path('./test/dummy')
+      calculator = RailsStats::StatsCalculator.new(root_directory)
+      formatter  = RailsStats::ConsoleFormatter.new(calculator)
+
+      received_args = nil
+      original = Bundler::Stats::CLI.method(:start)
+      Bundler::Stats::CLI.define_singleton_method(:start) { |args = []| received_args = args }
+
+      begin
+        capture_io { formatter.to_s }
+      ensure
+        Bundler::Stats::CLI.singleton_class.remove_method(:start)
+        Bundler::Stats::CLI.define_singleton_method(:start, original)
+      end
+
+      assert_equal ['--format', 'text'], received_args
+    end
+  end
+end