diff --git a/lib/yaml/representer.py b/lib/yaml/representer.py
index 808ca06df..601ed6304 100644
--- a/lib/yaml/representer.py
+++ b/lib/yaml/representer.py
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 from .error import *
 from .nodes import *
 
-import datetime, copyreg, types, base64, collections
+import datetime, copyreg, types, base64, collections, sys
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    from enum import IntEnum, StrEnum
+
 
 class RepresenterError(YAMLError):
     pass
@@ -33,6 +37,9 @@ def represent(self, data):
     def represent_data(self, data):
         if self.ignore_aliases(data):
             self.alias_key = None
+            if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+                if isinstance(data, (IntEnum, StrEnum)):
+                    data = data.value
         else:
             self.alias_key = id(data)
         if self.alias_key is not None:
diff --git a/tests/test_dump_load.py b/tests/test_dump_load.py
index 8c4352bd1..1cbcc9d6f 100644
--- a/tests/test_dump_load.py
+++ b/tests/test_dump_load.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+
 import pytest
 import yaml
 
@@ -13,3 +15,13 @@ def test_load_no_loader():
 
 def test_load_safeloader():
     assert yaml.load("- foo\n", Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 11), reason="Requires Python 3.11 or higher")
+def test_dump_str_enum():
+    from enum import StrEnum
+
+    class ContentType(StrEnum):
+        YAML = "YAML"
+
+    assert yaml.safe_load(yaml.safe_dump(ContentType.YAML)) == ContentType.YAML