diff --git a/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/SourceCodeSanitizer.scala b/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/SourceCodeSanitizer.scala
index 18b7b99e356..9e13562688f 100644
--- a/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/SourceCodeSanitizer.scala
+++ b/mtags-shared/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/SourceCodeSanitizer.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class SourceCodeSanitizer[ParserCtx, ParserAST](
 
   private final val MarkdownCodeSnippet = java.util.regex.Pattern
     .compile(
-      raw"^`{3}(\w+\s*)?\n([\s\S]*?)`{3}",
+      raw"```(\w+)?\s*\R([\s\S]*?)```",
       Pattern.MULTILINE | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE
     )
   private final val StackTraceLine =