diff --git a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/ByteRenderer.scala b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/ByteRenderer.scala
index 9fcb7d8a..7b1d9171 100644
--- a/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/ByteRenderer.scala
+++ b/sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/ByteRenderer.scala
@@ -26,12 +26,34 @@ class ByteRenderer(out: OutputStream = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream(), inde
   var newlineBuffered = false
 
   // Track empty state per nesting level. Bit i = 1 means level i has seen a value.
-  // Supports up to 64 levels of nesting (realistic JSON rarely exceeds ~20).
-  private var emptyBits: Long = 0L
+  // Uses BitSet (auto-growing) instead of a Long bitmask, which only supported 64 levels
+  // and caused silent corruption at depth >= 64 due to Java's shift masking (1L << 64 == 1L << 0).
+  // Growable bitmask supporting arbitrary nesting depth (each Long holds 64 bits).
+  // Replaces the previous Long-only bitmask which overflowed at depth >= 64.
+  private var emptyBits: Array[Long] = new Array[Long](2) // supports up to 128 levels initially
+
+  @inline private def ensureCapacity(d: Int): Unit = {
+    val idx = d >> 6
+    if (idx >= emptyBits.length) {
+      val newArr = new Array[Long](math.max(idx + 1, emptyBits.length * 2))
+      System.arraycopy(emptyBits, 0, newArr, 0, emptyBits.length)
+      emptyBits = newArr
+    }
+  }
 
-  @inline private def markNonEmpty(): Unit = emptyBits |= (1L << depth)
-  @inline private def isEmpty: Boolean = (emptyBits & (1L << depth)) == 0L
-  @inline private def resetEmpty(): Unit = emptyBits &= ~(1L << depth)
+  @inline private def markNonEmpty(): Unit = {
+    ensureCapacity(depth)
+    emptyBits(depth >> 6) |= (1L << (depth & 63))
+  }
+  @inline private def isEmpty: Boolean = {
+    val idx = depth >> 6
+    idx >= emptyBits.length || (emptyBits(idx) & (1L << (depth & 63))) == 0L
+  }
+  @inline private def resetEmpty(): Unit = {
+    val idx = depth >> 6
+    if (idx < emptyBits.length)
+      emptyBits(idx) &= ~(1L << (depth & 63))
+  }
 
   private var stringValueCount = 0
   private var stringValueCacheKeys: Array[String] = null
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/byterenderer_deep_nesting.jsonnet b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/byterenderer_deep_nesting.jsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a47231f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/byterenderer_deep_nesting.jsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Regression test: ByteRenderer empty-tracking bitmask overflow at depth >= 64.
+local nest(n, leaf) =
+  std.foldl(function(acc, _) { inner: acc }, std.range(1, n), leaf);
+local deep100 = nest(100, "leaf");
+local drillDown(obj, n) =
+  std.foldl(function(acc, _) acc.inner, std.range(1, n), obj);
+assert std.assertEqual(drillDown(deep100, 100), "leaf") : "depth-100 leaf reachable";
+local deep200 = nest(200, 42);
+assert std.assertEqual(drillDown(deep200, 200), 42) : "depth-200 leaf reachable";
+true
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/byterenderer_deep_nesting.jsonnet.golden b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/byterenderer_deep_nesting.jsonnet.golden
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27ba77dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/resources/new_test_suite/byterenderer_deep_nesting.jsonnet.golden
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+true
diff --git a/sjsonnet/test/src/sjsonnet/RendererTests.scala b/sjsonnet/test/src/sjsonnet/RendererTests.scala
index 508f5493..6c46820f 100644
--- a/sjsonnet/test/src/sjsonnet/RendererTests.scala
+++ b/sjsonnet/test/src/sjsonnet/RendererTests.scala
@@ -247,6 +247,36 @@ object RendererTests extends TestSuite {
       escape(sb, unicode = true) ==> "\"a\\nb\""
       escape(new java.lang.StringBuilder("plain"), unicode = true) ==> "\"plain\""
     }
+    test("byteRendererDeepNestingBeyond64") {
+      def buildNested(depth: Int): ujson.Value = {
+        var v: ujson.Value = ujson.Str("leaf")
+        for (_ <- 0 until depth) { v = ujson.Obj("k" -> v) }
+        v
+      }
+      val nested100 = buildNested(100)
+      val out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+      ujson.transform(nested100, new ByteRenderer(out, indent = 3))
+      val rendered = new String(out.toByteArray, java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+      val lines = rendered.split('\n')
+      val closingBraceLines = lines.filter(_.trim == "}")
+      assert(closingBraceLines.length >= 99)
+      assert(rendered.contains("\"leaf\""))
+      assert(!lines.exists(_.trim.contains("} }")))
+    }
+
+    test("byteRendererDeepNesting200") {
+      def buildNestedArr(depth: Int): ujson.Value = {
+        var v: ujson.Value = ujson.Num(42)
+        for (_ <- 0 until depth) { v = ujson.Arr(v) }
+        v
+      }
+      val nested200 = buildNestedArr(200)
+      val out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+      ujson.transform(nested200, new ByteRenderer(out, indent = 2))
+      val rendered = new String(out.toByteArray, java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
+      val closingBracketLines = rendered.split('\n').filter(_.trim == "]")
+      assert(closingBracketLines.length == 200)
+    }
 
   }