--- a/crates/jrsonnet-parser/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/jrsonnet-parser/src/lib.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 			/ "\\\\"
 			/ "\\u" hex_char() hex_char() hex_char() hex_char()
 			/ "\\x" hex_char() hex_char()
-			/ ['\\'] (quiet! { ['b' | 'f' | 'n' | 'r' | 't'] / c() } / expected!("<escape character>"))
+			/ ['\\'] (quiet! { ['b' | 'f' | 'n' | 'r' | 't' | '"' | '\''] } / expected!("<escape character>"))
 		pub rule string() -> String
 			= ['"'] str:$(string_char(<"\"">)*) ['"'] {? unescape::unescape(str).ok_or("<escaped string>")}
 			/ ['\''] str:$(string_char(<"\'">)*) ['\''] {? unescape::unescape(str).ok_or("<escaped string>")}