diff --git a/src/main/webapp/app/config/constants/regex.spec.ts b/src/main/webapp/app/config/constants/regex.spec.ts
index 45841fbd4..7f511593a 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/app/config/constants/regex.spec.ts
+++ b/src/main/webapp/app/config/constants/regex.spec.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ describe('Regex constants test', () => {
       'Test ÿ',
       "Test !@#$%^&*()_+[]{}|;:',.<>?",
       '1234567890',
+      'test\ntest',
+      'test\rtest',
+      'test\r\ntest',
     ])('Truthy text: %s', text => {
       expect(VALID_LATIN_TEXT.test(text)).toBeTruthy();
     });
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/app/config/constants/regex.ts b/src/main/webapp/app/config/constants/regex.ts
index e5c1b3154..06b2481c7 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/app/config/constants/regex.ts
+++ b/src/main/webapp/app/config/constants/regex.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 //     (PMID: 11753428, 16007150, 21467160)
 //     (NCT1234567)
 export const REF_CAPTURE = /(\(\s*(?:PMID|NCT|Abstract):?.*?(?:\([^()]*\).*?)*\))/i;
-export const VALID_LATIN_TEXT = /^[\p{Script=Latin}\p{M}\p{N}\p{Z}\p{P}\p{Sm}\p{Sc}\p{Sk}]+$/u;
+export const VALID_LATIN_TEXT = /^[\p{Script=Latin}\p{M}\p{N}\p{Z}\p{P}\p{Sm}\p{Sc}\p{Sk}\r\n]+$/u;
 
 export const ALTERNATIVE_ALLELES_REGEX = /([A-Z]+[0-9]+)([A-Z]+(\/[A-Z]+)*)/i;