diff --git a/grammars/json_arr.gbnf b/grammars/json_arr.gbnf
index ef53e77a0..fd5740eeb 100644
--- a/grammars/json_arr.gbnf
+++ b/grammars/json_arr.gbnf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ array  ::=
 
 string ::=
   "\"" (
-    [^"\\] |
+    [^"\\\n] |
     "\\" (["\\/bfnrt] | "u" [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F]) # escapes
   )* "\"" ws