diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index eb1d8494..09499b80 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Red Panda C++ Version 2.23
   - fix: GNU assembly files (.s) are not shown in the files view.
   - fix: "typedef struct" that don't have definition of the struct is not correctly parsed.
   - enhancement: correctly highlight multiline raw string literals.
+  - enhancement: correctly highlight multiline string literals.
   - change: remove "Assembly" color scheme item (it's not used anymore).
   - fix: crash when parsing files containing inline assembly code.
   - fix: crash when source files contains macro definitions like "#define cfun (cfun + 0)"
diff --git a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/syntaxer/cpp.cpp b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/syntaxer/cpp.cpp
index 9881fae8..8c82f8f0 100644
--- a/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/syntaxer/cpp.cpp
+++ b/libs/qsynedit/qsynedit/syntaxer/cpp.cpp
@@ -1530,6 +1530,8 @@ int CppSyntaxer::getTokenPos()
 void CppSyntaxer::next()
 {
     mTokenPos = mRun;
+    if (mLineSize == 0 && mRange.state == RangeState::rsString)
+        mRange.state=RangeState::rsUnknown;
     do {
         if (mRun>=mLineSize) {
             procNull();