diff --git a/cypress/components/JsonParserReproduction.cy.tsx b/cypress/components/JsonParserReproduction.cy.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7dafb1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cypress/components/JsonParserReproduction.cy.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import getPartsOfJson from '../../lib/getPartsOfJson';
+
+describe('JsonParserReproduction', () => {
+  it('should correctly parse JSON with escaped backslash at the end of a string', () => {
+    const problemJson =
+      '{ "bad_string": "backslash: \\\\", "next_key": "this should be found" }';
+
+    const parts = getPartsOfJson(problemJson);
+
+    // Check if 'next_key' is identified as an object property
+    const nextKeyPart = parts.find(
+      (p) => p.match === 'next_key' && p.type === 'objectProperty',
+    );
+
+    // Log parts for debugging if it fails
+    if (!nextKeyPart) {
+      console.log('Parsed parts:', JSON.stringify(parts, null, 2));
+    }
+
+    expect(nextKeyPart).to.not.be.undefined;
+  });
+});
diff --git a/lib/getPartsOfJson.ts b/lib/getPartsOfJson.ts
index d8b741ccb..6d9ef7991 100644
--- a/lib/getPartsOfJson.ts
+++ b/lib/getPartsOfJson.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ const regexObject =
 const regexArray =
   /^\s*(?<arrayStartBracket>\[)(?<arrayContent>.*)(?<arrayEndBracket>\])\s*$/g;
 const regexNumber = /^\s*(?<number>-?\d+(\.\d+)?([Ee][+-]?\d+)?)\s*$/g;
-const regexString = /^\s*(?<string>"(\\"|[^"])*")\s*$/g;
+const regexString = /^\s*(?<string>"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*")\s*$/g;
 const regexBoolean = /^\s*(?<boolean>true|false)\s*$/g;
 const regexNull = /^\s*(?<null>null)\s*$/g;
-const regexDoubleQuote = /(?<!\\)"/g;
+const regexDoubleQuote = /(?<=(?:^|[^\\])(?:\\\\)*)"/g;
 const regexCommaOrEndOfLine = /,/g;
 
 export type SyntaxPart = {