diff --git a/grammars/json.gbnf b/grammars/json.gbnf
index 34e014d55..a9537cdf9 100644
--- a/grammars/json.gbnf
+++ b/grammars/json.gbnf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ array  ::=
 
 string ::=
   "\"" (
-    [^"\\\n] |
+    [^"\\] |
     "\\" (["\\/bfnrt] | "u" [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F] [0-9a-fA-F]) # escapes
   )* "\"" ws
 
diff --git a/grammars/json_arr.gbnf b/grammars/json_arr.gbnf
index fd5740eeb..ef53e77a0 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