diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-type-builder/controllers/ContentTypeBuilder.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-type-builder/controllers/ContentTypeBuilder.js
index a50369e386..0dd53a6a83 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-type-builder/controllers/ContentTypeBuilder.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-type-builder/controllers/ContentTypeBuilder.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ module.exports = {
       return ctx.badRequest(null, [{ messages: attributesErrors }]);
     }
 
-    const _description = escapeNewlines(description);
+    const _description = escapeNewlines(description, '\\n');
 
     strapi.reload.isWatching = false;
 
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-type-builder/utils/helpers.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-type-builder/utils/helpers.js
index a4488e0cdd..7036c1585a 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-content-type-builder/utils/helpers.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-content-type-builder/utils/helpers.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const reorderList = (manager, list) => {
 };
 
 const escapeNewlines = (content, placeholder = '\n') => {
-  return content.replace(/[\n]+/g, placeholder);
+  return content.replace(/[\r\n]+/g, placeholder);
 }
 
 module.exports = {