diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/text/MessageTranslator.java b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/text/MessageTranslator.java
index 93095c193..c8288a2ca 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/text/MessageTranslator.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/geysermc/geyser/translator/text/MessageTranslator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2022 GeyserMC. http://geysermc.org
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2025 GeyserMC. http://geysermc.org
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -253,6 +253,12 @@ public class MessageTranslator {
                     output.append(c);
 
                     if (c == ChatColor.ESCAPE) {
+                        // If the string ends with a formatting character, remove and skip
+                        if (i >= finalLegacyString.length() - 1) {
+                            output = output.deleteCharAt(output.length() - 1);
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
                         char newColor = finalLegacyString.charAt(i + 1);
                         if (newColor == 'r') {
                             lastColors = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/geysermc/geyser/network/translators/chat/MessageTranslatorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/geysermc/geyser/network/translators/chat/MessageTranslatorTest.java
index be7747266..50a9fb334 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/geysermc/geyser/network/translators/chat/MessageTranslatorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/geysermc/geyser/network/translators/chat/MessageTranslatorTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2022 GeyserMC. http://geysermc.org
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2025 GeyserMC. http://geysermc.org
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ public class MessageTranslatorTest {
         messages.put("{\"translate\":\"tt{''{tt\"}", "tt{''{tt");
         messages.put("{\"translate\":\"tt{{''}}tt\"}", "tt{{''}}tt");
 
+        messages.put("{\"text\":\"\",\"extra\":[{\"text\":\"Testing end of string\n formatting character§\",\"color\":\"yellow\"}]}",
+            "§r§eTesting end of string\n§e formatting character");
+
         MessageTranslator.init();
     }