diff --git a/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js b/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
index f0da1504..1a137162 100644
--- a/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
+++ b/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
@@ -1040,15 +1040,15 @@ test('Test quotes markdown replacement and removing <br/> from <br/><pre> and </
     expect(parser.replace(testString)).toBe(resultString);
 });
 
-test('Test quotes markdown replacement including blank quotes', () => {
+test('Test quotes markdown replacement skipping blank quotes', () => {
     const testString = '> \n>';
-    const resultString = '<blockquote></blockquote>';
+    const resultString = '&gt; <br />&gt;';
     expect(parser.replace(testString)).toBe(resultString);
 });
 
 test('Test quotes markdown replacement with text starts with blank quote', () => {
     const testString = '> \ntest';
-    const resultString = '<blockquote></blockquote>test';
+    const resultString = '&gt; <br />test';
     expect(parser.replace(testString)).toBe(resultString);
 });
 
@@ -1078,7 +1078,7 @@ test('Test quotes markdown replacement with quotes includes multiple middle blan
 
 test('Test quotes markdown replacement with text includes blank quotes', () => {
     const testString = '> \n> quote1 line a\n> quote1 line b\ntest\n> \ntest\n> quote2 line a\n> \n> \n> quote2 line b with an empty line above';
-    const resultString = '<blockquote>quote1 line a<br />quote1 line b</blockquote>test<br /><blockquote></blockquote>test<br /><blockquote>quote2 line a<br /><br /><br />quote2 line b with an empty line above</blockquote>';
+    const resultString = '<blockquote>quote1 line a<br />quote1 line b</blockquote>test<br />&gt; <br />test<br /><blockquote>quote2 line a<br /><br /><br />quote2 line b with an empty line above</blockquote>';
     expect(parser.replace(testString)).toBe(resultString);
 });
 
diff --git a/lib/ExpensiMark.js b/lib/ExpensiMark.js
index e5a2b571..8a1e99ca 100644
--- a/lib/ExpensiMark.js
+++ b/lib/ExpensiMark.js
@@ -239,10 +239,11 @@ export default class ExpensiMark {
                 // block quotes naturally appear on their own line. Blockquotes should not appear in code fences or
                 // inline code blocks. A single prepending space should be stripped if it exists
                 process: (textToProcess, replacement, shouldKeepRawInput = false) => {
-                    const regex = /^(?:&gt;)+ +(?! )(?![^<]*(?:<\/pre>|<\/code>))([^\v\n\r]*)/gm;
+                    const regex = /^(?:&gt;)+ +(?! )(?![^<]*(?:<\/pre>|<\/code>))([^\v\n\r]+)/gm;
                     const replaceFunction = (g1) => replacement(g1, shouldKeepRawInput);
                     if (shouldKeepRawInput) {
-                        return textToProcess.replace(regex, replaceFunction);
+                        const rawInputRegex = /^(?:&gt;)+ +(?! )(?![^<]*(?:<\/pre>|<\/code>))([^\v\n\r]*)/gm;
+                        return textToProcess.replace(rawInputRegex, replaceFunction);
                     }
                     return this.modifyTextForQuote(regex, textToProcess, replacement);
                 },