diff --git a/jerry-core/parser/js/js-lexer.c b/jerry-core/parser/js/js-lexer.c
index efcf9238a..557331a25 100644
--- a/jerry-core/parser/js/js-lexer.c
+++ b/jerry-core/parser/js/js-lexer.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,13 @@ lexer_parse_string (parser_context_t *context_p, /**< context */
        * converted to a character which has the same byte length. */
       if (*source_p >= LIT_CHAR_0 && *source_p <= LIT_CHAR_3)
       {
+#if ENABLED (JERRY_ESNEXT)
+        if (str_end_character == LIT_CHAR_GRAVE_ACCENT)
+        {
+          parser_raise_error (context_p, PARSER_ERR_TEMPLATE_STR_OCTAL_ESCAPE);
+        }
+#endif
+
         if (context_p->status_flags & PARSER_IS_STRICT)
         {
           parser_raise_error (context_p, PARSER_ERR_OCTAL_ESCAPE_NOT_ALLOWED);
diff --git a/jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser-util.c b/jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser-util.c
index eea911caf..02b9a0dd7 100644
--- a/jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser-util.c
+++ b/jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser-util.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,12 @@ parser_error_to_string (parser_error_t error) /**< error code */
     {
       return "Octal escape sequences are not allowed in strict mode.";
     }
+#if ENABLED (JERRY_ESNEXT)
+    case PARSER_ERR_TEMPLATE_STR_OCTAL_ESCAPE:
+    {
+      return "Octal escape sequences are not allowed in template strings.";
+    }
+#endif /* ENABLED (JERRY_ESNEXT) */
     case PARSER_ERR_STRICT_IDENT_NOT_ALLOWED:
     {
       return "Identifier name is reserved in strict mode.";
diff --git a/jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser.h b/jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser.h
index ad29469cd..c9a8ec8b0 100644
--- a/jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser.h
+++ b/jerry-core/parser/js/js-parser.h
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ typedef enum
   PARSER_ERR_NEWLINE_NOT_ALLOWED,                     /**< newline is not allowed */
   PARSER_ERR_OCTAL_NUMBER_NOT_ALLOWED,                /**< octal numbers are not allowed in strict mode */
   PARSER_ERR_OCTAL_ESCAPE_NOT_ALLOWED,                /**< octal escape sequences are not allowed in strict mode */
+#if ENABLED (JERRY_ESNEXT)
+  PARSER_ERR_TEMPLATE_STR_OCTAL_ESCAPE,               /**< octal escape sequences are not allowed in template strings */
+#endif /* ENABLED (JERRY_ESNEXT) */
   PARSER_ERR_STRICT_IDENT_NOT_ALLOWED,                /**< identifier name is reserved in strict mode */
   PARSER_ERR_EVAL_NOT_ALLOWED,                        /**< eval is not allowed here in strict mode */
   PARSER_ERR_ARGUMENTS_NOT_ALLOWED,                   /**< arguments is not allowed here in strict mode */
diff --git a/tests/test262-es6-excludelist.xml b/tests/test262-es6-excludelist.xml
index cab7a9572..cc9a56ad4 100644
--- a/tests/test262-es6-excludelist.xml
+++ b/tests/test262-es6-excludelist.xml
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@
   <test id="language/expressions/tagged-template/cache-identical-source-eval.js"><reason></reason></test>
   <test id="language/expressions/tagged-template/cache-identical-source.js"><reason></reason></test>
   <test id="language/expressions/tagged-template/cache-identical-source-new-function.js"><reason></reason></test>
-  <test id="language/expressions/template-literal/invalid-legacy-octal-escape-sequence.js"><reason></reason></test>
   <test id="language/line-terminators/S7.3_A2.3.js"><reason>No longer a SyntaxError in ES11</reason></test>
   <test id="language/line-terminators/S7.3_A2.4.js"><reason>No longer a SyntaxError in ES11</reason></test>
   <test id="language/literals/string/7.8.4-1-s.js"><reason></reason></test>
diff --git a/tests/test262-esnext-excludelist.xml b/tests/test262-esnext-excludelist.xml
index 5d2d8f721..90f51df6f 100644
--- a/tests/test262-esnext-excludelist.xml
+++ b/tests/test262-esnext-excludelist.xml
@@ -3789,7 +3789,6 @@
   <test id="language/expressions/super/realm.js"><reason></reason></test>
   <test id="language/expressions/tagged-template/cache-realm.js"><reason></reason></test>
   <test id="language/expressions/tagged-template/invalid-escape-sequences.js"><reason></reason></test>
-  <test id="language/expressions/template-literal/invalid-legacy-octal-escape-sequence.js"><reason></reason></test>
   <test id="language/expressions/typeof/proxy.js"><reason></reason></test>
   <test id="language/expressions/yield/star-return-is-null.js"><reason></reason></test>
   <test id="language/expressions/yield/star-throw-is-null.js"><reason></reason></test>