diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 6ae6e7e91..22cb155c2 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Fix #3025: improve handling of matrices and error handling 
   in function `corr` (#3030). Thanks @vrushaket.
 - Fix #3074: improve error message when using function `max` in `derivative`.
+- Fix #3073: fix parsing quotes inside a string.
 
 
 # 2023-09-20, 11.11.1
diff --git a/src/expression/parse.js b/src/expression/parse.js
index 54ce64bfd..96aed7a8a 100644
--- a/src/expression/parse.js
+++ b/src/expression/parse.js
@@ -1466,7 +1466,10 @@ export const createParse = /* #__PURE__ */ factory(name, dependencies, ({
       if (currentCharacter(state) === '\\') {
         // escape character, immediately process the next
         // character to prevent stopping at a next '\"'
-        str += currentCharacter(state)
+        const cNext = nextCharacter(state)
+        if (cNext !== "'") {
+          str += currentCharacter(state)
+        }
         next(state)
       }
 
@@ -1517,7 +1520,10 @@ export const createParse = /* #__PURE__ */ factory(name, dependencies, ({
       if (currentCharacter(state) === '\\') {
         // escape character, immediately process the next
         // character to prevent stopping at a next '\''
-        str += currentCharacter(state)
+        const cNext = nextCharacter(state)
+        if (cNext !== "'" && cNext !== '"') {
+          str += currentCharacter(state)
+        }
         next(state)
       }
 
@@ -1531,7 +1537,7 @@ export const createParse = /* #__PURE__ */ factory(name, dependencies, ({
     }
     getToken(state)
 
-    return JSON.parse('"' + str + '"') // unescape escaped characters
+    return JSON.parse('"' + str.replace(/"/g, '\\"') + '"') // unescape escaped characters
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/expression/parse.test.js b/test/unit-tests/expression/parse.test.js
index fb8cca3e5..049ab0386 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/expression/parse.test.js
+++ b/test/unit-tests/expression/parse.test.js
@@ -364,6 +364,19 @@ describe('parse', function () {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('   "hi" '), 'hi')
     })
 
+    it('should parse a string containing quotes', function () {
+      // quote
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('"with\'quote"'), "with'quote")
+
+      // escaped quote -> remove escape character
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('"with\\"quote"'), 'with"quote')
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('"with\\\'quote"'), "with'quote")
+
+      // escaped escape character -> remove two escape characters
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('"with\\\\\\"quote"'), 'with\\"quote')
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('"with\\\\\'quote"'), "with\\'quote")
+    })
+
     it('should parse a with escaped characters', function () {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('"line end\\nnext"'), 'line end\nnext')
       assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('"line end\\n"'), 'line end\n')
@@ -420,7 +433,20 @@ describe('parse', function () {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('   \'hi\' '), 'hi')
     })
 
-    it('should parse a with escaped characters', function () {
+    it('should parse a string containing quotes', function () {
+      // quote
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval("'with\"quote'"), 'with"quote')
+
+      // escaped quote -> remove escape character
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval("'with\\'quote'"), "with'quote")
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval("'with\\\"quote'"), 'with"quote')
+
+      // escaped escape character -> remove two escape characters
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval("'with\\\\\\'quote'"), "with\\'quote")
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval("'with\\\\\"quote'"), 'with\\"quote')
+    })
+
+    it('should parse a string with escaped characters', function () {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('\'line end\\nnext\''), 'line end\nnext')
       assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('\'line end\\n\''), 'line end\n')
       assert.deepStrictEqual(parseAndEval('\'tab\\tnext\''), 'tab\tnext')