diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-esql-ast/src/parser/__tests__/literal.test.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-esql-ast/src/parser/__tests__/literal.test.ts
index 71ae3603c9c20..356daf8aa43ce 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-esql-ast/src/parser/__tests__/literal.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-esql-ast/src/parser/__tests__/literal.test.ts
@@ -116,6 +116,42 @@ describe('literal expression', () => {
           ],
         });
       });
+
+      it('escape double-quote before backslash', () => {
+        const text = `ROW "a\\"\\\\b", 1`;
+        const { root } = parse(text);
+
+        expect(root.commands[0]).toMatchObject({
+          type: 'command',
+          args: [
+            {
+              type: 'literal',
+              literalType: 'keyword',
+              name: '"a\\"\\\\b"',
+              valueUnquoted: 'a"\\b',
+            },
+            {},
+          ],
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('escape backslash before double-quote', () => {
+        const text = `ROW "a\\\\\\"b", 1`;
+        const { root } = parse(text);
+
+        expect(root.commands[0]).toMatchObject({
+          type: 'command',
+          args: [
+            {
+              type: 'literal',
+              literalType: 'keyword',
+              name: '"a\\\\\\"b"',
+              valueUnquoted: 'a\\"b',
+            },
+            {},
+          ],
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     describe('triple quoted', () => {
diff --git a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-esql-ast/src/parser/factories.ts b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-esql-ast/src/parser/factories.ts
index 0db09c0f9dfa7..735c80dc26283 100644
--- a/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-esql-ast/src/parser/factories.ts
+++ b/src/platform/packages/shared/kbn-esql-ast/src/parser/factories.ts
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@ export function createLiteralString(ctx: StringContext): ESQLLiteral {
 
   if (!isTripleQuoted) {
     valueUnquoted = valueUnquoted
-      .replace(/\\\\/g, '\\')
       .replace(/\\"/g, '"')
       .replace(/\\r/g, '\r')
       .replace(/\\n/g, '\n')
-      .replace(/\\t/g, '\t');
+      .replace(/\\t/g, '\t')
+      .replace(/\\\\/g, '\\');
   }
 
   return Builder.expression.literal.string(