diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/snapshot/port/inlineSnapshot.ts b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/snapshot/port/inlineSnapshot.ts
index 041a6d34cb7e..1d38234fbe8b 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/integrations/snapshot/port/inlineSnapshot.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/integrations/snapshot/port/inlineSnapshot.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function prepareSnapString(snap: string, source: string, index: number) {
: `${quote}\n${lines.map(i => indentNext + i).join('\n').replace(/`/g, '\\`')}\n${indent}${quote}`
}
-const startRegex = /(?:toMatchInlineSnapshot|toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot)\s*\(\s*(['"`\)])/m
+const startRegex = /(?:toMatchInlineSnapshot|toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot)\s*\(\s*[\w_$]*(['"`\)])/m
export function replaceInlineSnap(code: string, s: MagicString, index: number, newSnap: string) {
const startMatch = startRegex.exec(code.slice(index))
if (!startMatch)
diff --git a/test/core/test/snapshot-inline.test.ts b/test/core/test/snapshot-inline.test.ts
index 00f2a3479e0c..4bfabc8ed071 100644
--- a/test/core/test/snapshot-inline.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/test/snapshot-inline.test.ts
@@ -87,3 +87,22 @@ test('properties inline snapshot', () => {
}
`)
})
+
+test('literal tag', () => {
+ const html = String.raw
+ const text = `
+
+ My First Heading.
+ My first paragraph.
+
+`
+
+ expect(text).toMatchInlineSnapshot(html`
+ "
+
+ My First Heading.
+ My first paragraph.
+
+ "
+ `)
+})