diff --git a/tree-sitter-markdown/src/scanner.c b/tree-sitter-markdown/src/scanner.c
index e21055b..2692998 100644
--- a/tree-sitter-markdown/src/scanner.c
+++ b/tree-sitter-markdown/src/scanner.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ static bool parse_fenced_code_block(Scanner *s, const char delimiter,
     if ((delimiter == '`' ? valid_symbols[FENCED_CODE_BLOCK_END_BACKTICK]
                           : valid_symbols[FENCED_CODE_BLOCK_END_TILDE]) &&
         s->indentation < 4 && level >= s->fenced_code_block_delimiter_length &&
-        (lexer->lookahead == '\n' || lexer->lookahead == '\r')) {
+        iswspace(lexer->lookahead)) {
         s->fenced_code_block_delimiter_length = 0;
         lexer->result_symbol = delimiter == '`' ? FENCED_CODE_BLOCK_END_BACKTICK
                                                 : FENCED_CODE_BLOCK_END_TILDE;
diff --git a/tree-sitter-markdown/test/corpus/spec.txt b/tree-sitter-markdown/test/corpus/spec.txt
index 9a654ee..a087a0e 100644
--- a/tree-sitter-markdown/test/corpus/spec.txt
+++ b/tree-sitter-markdown/test/corpus/spec.txt
@@ -1988,8 +1988,10 @@ Example 117 - https://github.github.com/gfm/#example-117
     (fenced_code_block
       (fenced_code_block_delimiter)
       (block_continuation)
-      (code_fence_content
-        (block_continuation))
+      (ERROR
+        (fenced_code_block_delimiter))
+      (code_fence_content))
+    (fenced_code_block
       (fenced_code_block_delimiter))))
 
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