diff --git a/src/vss_tools/exporters/franca.py b/src/vss_tools/exporters/franca.py
index 4b6d9e3c..5f18c15e 100644
--- a/src/vss_tools/exporters/franca.py
+++ b/src/vss_tools/exporters/franca.py
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ def print_franca_content(file: TextIOWrapper, root: VSSNode) -> None:
                 output += f",\n\tmax: {max}"
             allowed = getattr(data, "allowed", None)
             if allowed:
-                output += f",\n\tallowed: {allowed}"
+                formatted = ", ".join(f'"{v}"' if isinstance(v, str) else str(v) for v in allowed)
+                output += f",\n\tallowed: [{formatted}]"
             output += "\n}"
     file.write(output)
 
diff --git a/tests/vspec/test_allowed/expected.franca b/tests/vspec/test_allowed/expected.franca
index 90887e90..24d58bc0 100644
--- a/tests/vspec/test_allowed/expected.franca
+++ b/tests/vspec/test_allowed/expected.franca
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ const SignalSpec[] signal_spec = [
 	type: "sensor",
 	description: "A string",
 	datatype: "string",
-	allowed: ['January', 'February']
+	allowed: ["January", "February"]
 },
 {	name: "A.StringArray",
 	type: "sensor",
 	description: "A string array",
 	datatype: "string[]",
-	allowed: ['January', 'February', 'March']
+	allowed: ["January", "February", "March"]
 },
 {	name: "A.Int",
 	type: "sensor",