diff --git a/components/prism-css.js b/components/prism-css.js
index cedab6e1be..6d6b110152 100644
--- a/components/prism-css.js
+++ b/components/prism-css.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Prism.languages.css = {
 	'url': /url\((["']?).*?\1\)/gi,
 	'selector': /[^\{\}\s][^\{\};]*(?=\s*\{)/g,
 	'property': /(\b|\B)[\w-]+(?=\s*:)/ig,
-	'string': /("|')(\\?.)*?\1/g,
+	'string': /("|')(\\\n|\\?.)*?\1/g,
 	'important': /\B!important\b/gi,
 	'punctuation': /[\{\};:]/g,
 	'function': /[-a-z0-9]+(?=\()/ig
diff --git a/components/prism-css.min.js b/components/prism-css.min.js
index 4d50f244d0..6baf2691f7 100644
--- a/components/prism-css.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-css.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.css={comment:/\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\//g,atrule:{pattern:/@[\w-]+?.*?(;|(?=\s*\{))/gi,inside:{punctuation:/[;:]/g}},url:/url\((["']?).*?\1\)/gi,selector:/[^\{\}\s][^\{\};]*(?=\s*\{)/g,property:/(\b|\B)[\w-]+(?=\s*:)/gi,string:/("|')(\\?.)*?\1/g,important:/\B!important\b/gi,punctuation:/[\{\};:]/g,"function":/[-a-z0-9]+(?=\()/gi},Prism.languages.markup&&(Prism.languages.insertBefore("markup","tag",{style:{pattern:/<style[\w\W]*?>[\w\W]*?<\/style>/gi,inside:{tag:{pattern:/<style[\w\W]*?>|<\/style>/gi,inside:Prism.languages.markup.tag.inside},rest:Prism.languages.css},alias:"language-css"}}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("inside","attr-value",{"style-attr":{pattern:/\s*style=("|').+?\1/gi,inside:{"attr-name":{pattern:/^\s*style/gi,inside:Prism.languages.markup.tag.inside},punctuation:/^\s*=\s*['"]|['"]\s*$/,"attr-value":{pattern:/.+/gi,inside:Prism.languages.css}},alias:"language-css"}},Prism.languages.markup.tag));
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+Prism.languages.css={comment:/\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\//g,atrule:{pattern:/@[\w-]+?.*?(;|(?=\s*\{))/gi,inside:{punctuation:/[;:]/g}},url:/url\((["']?).*?\1\)/gi,selector:/[^\{\}\s][^\{\};]*(?=\s*\{)/g,property:/(\b|\B)[\w-]+(?=\s*:)/gi,string:/("|')(\\\n|\\?.)*?\1/g,important:/\B!important\b/gi,punctuation:/[\{\};:]/g,"function":/[-a-z0-9]+(?=\()/gi},Prism.languages.markup&&(Prism.languages.insertBefore("markup","tag",{style:{pattern:/<style[\w\W]*?>[\w\W]*?<\/style>/gi,inside:{tag:{pattern:/<style[\w\W]*?>|<\/style>/gi,inside:Prism.languages.markup.tag.inside},rest:Prism.languages.css},alias:"language-css"}}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("inside","attr-value",{"style-attr":{pattern:/\s*style=("|').+?\1/gi,inside:{"attr-name":{pattern:/^\s*style/gi,inside:Prism.languages.markup.tag.inside},punctuation:/^\s*=\s*['"]|['"]\s*$/,"attr-value":{pattern:/.+/gi,inside:Prism.languages.css}},alias:"language-css"}},Prism.languages.markup.tag));
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diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index 764e23f08b..884d81c35c 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ Prism.languages.css = {
 	'url': /url\((["']?).*?\1\)/gi,
 	'selector': /[^\{\}\s][^\{\};]*(?=\s*\{)/g,
 	'property': /(\b|\B)[\w-]+(?=\s*:)/ig,
-	'string': /("|')(\\?.)*?\1/g,
+	'string': /("|')(\\\n|\\?.)*?\1/g,
 	'important': /\B!important\b/gi,
 	'punctuation': /[\{\};:]/g,
 	'function': /[-a-z0-9]+(?=\()/ig