diff --git a/Analysis/src/Transpiler.cpp b/Analysis/src/Transpiler.cpp
index d0bdf4a4..cdfe6549 100644
--- a/Analysis/src/Transpiler.cpp
+++ b/Analysis/src/Transpiler.cpp
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ struct Printer
 
             for (const auto& string : a->strings)
             {
-                writer.write(escape(std::string_view(string.data, string.size)));
+                writer.write(escape(std::string_view(string.data, string.size), /* escapeForInterpString = */ true));
 
                 if (index < a->expressions.size)
                 {
diff --git a/Ast/include/Luau/StringUtils.h b/Ast/include/Luau/StringUtils.h
index 6ae9e977..dab76106 100644
--- a/Ast/include/Luau/StringUtils.h
+++ b/Ast/include/Luau/StringUtils.h
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ bool equalsLower(std::string_view lhs, std::string_view rhs);
 
 size_t hashRange(const char* data, size_t size);
 
-std::string escape(std::string_view s);
+std::string escape(std::string_view s, bool escapeForInterpString = false);
 bool isIdentifier(std::string_view s);
 } // namespace Luau
diff --git a/Ast/src/StringUtils.cpp b/Ast/src/StringUtils.cpp
index a0e6bf65..11e0076a 100644
--- a/Ast/src/StringUtils.cpp
+++ b/Ast/src/StringUtils.cpp
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ bool isIdentifier(std::string_view s)
     return (s.find_first_not_of("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890_") == std::string::npos);
 }
 
-std::string escape(std::string_view s)
+std::string escape(std::string_view s, bool escapeForInterpString)
 {
     std::string r;
     r.reserve(s.size() + 50); // arbitrary number to guess how many characters we'll be inserting
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ std::string escape(std::string_view s)
         {
             r += '\\';
 
+            if (escapeForInterpString && (c == '`' || c == '{'))
+            {
+                r += c;
+                continue;
+            }
+
             switch (c)
             {
             case '\a':
@@ -272,14 +278,6 @@ std::string escape(std::string_view s)
             case '\"':
                 r += '\"';
                 break;
-            // INTERP CODE REVIEW: This is going to apply it to all escaped strings, not just
-            // interpolated ones. Is that acceptable, or should this be split into two functions/a toggle?
-            case '`':
-                r += '`';
-                break;
-            case '{':
-                r += '{';
-                break;
             case '\\':
                 r += '\\';
                 break;