diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1d5bc9c..89eb1f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jsonc-parser"
-version = "0.33.2"
+version = "0.34.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9ff5a48f48971be8e762a6ff955725a0802b6e46c441057992da5a673db9fd3a"
+checksum = "0ecded084f9b9a718d39668a42657c32253663d1f6afb3fbb9134f0305f73f48"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-width",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0c28257..adf22a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ tracing = ["dprint-core/tracing"]
 [dependencies]
 dprint-core = { version = "0.69.1", features = ["formatting"] }
 dprint-core-macros = "0.1.0"
-jsonc-parser = { version = "0.33.2", features = ["cst", "error_unicode_width"] }
+jsonc-parser = { version = "0.34.0", features = ["cst", "error_unicode_width"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.144", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 text_lines = "0.6.0"
diff --git a/src/format_text.rs b/src/format_text.rs
index d10645e..4e684c0 100644
--- a/src/format_text.rs
+++ b/src/format_text.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,24 @@ mod tests {
     assert_eq!(format(&config, "\"a\\n\\\\\u{7F}\""), "\"a\\n\\\\\u{7F}\"\n");
   }
 
+  #[test]
+  fn handles_json5_escapes_in_strings() {
+    // the spec files can't reliably express these since editors change raw line breaks and tabs
+    let config = ConfigurationBuilder::new().build();
+    // line continuations mean nothing
+    assert_eq!(format(&config, "\"a \\\nb\""), "\"a b\"\n");
+    assert_eq!(format(&config, "'a \\\r\nb \\\rc'"), "\"a b c\"\n");
+    // an escaped control character is that character
+    assert_eq!(format(&config, "\"a\\\tb\""), "\"a\\tb\"\n");
+    // an escaped backslash before a control character isn't an escape of it
+    assert_eq!(format(&config, "\"a\\\\\nb\""), "\"a\\\\\\nb\"\n");
+    // single quoted strings with escaped quotes
+    assert_eq!(format(&config, r#"'\"'"#), r#""\"""#.to_string() + "\n");
+    assert_eq!(format(&config, r#"'a\\\'b"c'"#), r#""a\\'b\"c""#.to_string() + "\n");
+    // other json5 escapes are left alone
+    assert_eq!(format(&config, r#""\x41\v\0""#), r#""\x41\v\0""#.to_string() + "\n");
+  }
+
   fn format(config: &Configuration, text: &str) -> String {
     let output = format_text(Path::new("/file.json"), text, config)
       .unwrap()
diff --git a/src/generation/generate.rs b/src/generation/generate.rs
index 9f7e570..7261631 100644
--- a/src/generation/generate.rs
+++ b/src/generation/generate.rs
@@ -281,16 +281,10 @@ const COMMA_SC: &StringContainer = sc!(",");
 
 fn gen_string_lit<'a>(node: &'a StringLit, context: &mut Context<'a, '_>) -> PrintItems {
   let text = node.text(context.text);
-  let is_double_quotes = text.starts_with('"');
+  let is_single_quoted = text.starts_with('\'');
   let mut items = PrintItems::new();
-  let text = &text[1..text.len() - 1];
   items.push_sc(DOUBLE_QUOTE_SC);
-  if is_double_quotes {
-    items.push_str(&escape_control_chars(text));
-  } else {
-    let text = text.replace("\\'", "'").replace('"', "\\\"");
-    items.push_str(&escape_control_chars(&text));
-  }
+  items.push_str(&to_double_quoted_text(&text[1..text.len() - 1], is_single_quoted));
   items.push_sc(DOUBLE_QUOTE_SC);
   items
 }
@@ -817,29 +811,57 @@ fn should_break_up_single_line(ranged: &impl Ranged, context: &Context) -> bool
     && range.width() > (context.config.line_width * 2) as usize
 }
 
-/// Escapes control characters (U+0000 through U+001F), which JSON doesn't allow
-/// unescaped in strings. The parser accepts them and the printer can't handle raw newlines.
-fn escape_control_chars(text: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
+/// Gets the text between a string's quotes for writing it in double quotes with the same value.
+///
+/// Control characters (U+0000 through U+001F), which JSON doesn't allow unescaped in strings,
+/// get escaped since the parser accepts them and the printer can't handle raw newlines. That
+/// includes a control character escaped the JSON5 way (ex. a backslash then a tab), and a JSON5
+/// line continuation (a backslash then a newline) is removed since it means nothing.
+fn to_double_quoted_text(text: &str, is_single_quoted: bool) -> Cow<'_, str> {
   // checking bytes is enough since every byte of a multi-byte utf-8 char is at least 0x80
-  if !text.bytes().any(|b| b < 0x20) {
+  let needs_change = |b: u8| b < 0x20 || is_single_quoted && matches!(b, b'"' | b'\'');
+  if !text.bytes().any(needs_change) {
     return Cow::Borrowed(text);
   }
 
   let mut result = String::with_capacity(text.len() + 8);
-  for c in text.chars() {
+  let mut chars = text.chars();
+  while let Some(c) = chars.next() {
     match c {
-      '\n' => result.push_str("\\n"),
-      '\r' => result.push_str("\\r"),
-      '\t' => result.push_str("\\t"),
-      '\u{08}' => result.push_str("\\b"),
-      '\u{0C}' => result.push_str("\\f"),
-      '\u{00}'..='\u{1F}' => write!(result, "\\u{:04x}", c as u32).unwrap(),
+      '\\' => match chars.next() {
+        Some('\n') => {}
+        Some('\r') => {
+          if chars.clone().next() == Some('\n') {
+            chars.next();
+          }
+        }
+        Some(c @ '\u{00}'..='\u{1F}') => push_escaped_control_char(&mut result, c),
+        Some('\'') if is_single_quoted => result.push('\''),
+        Some(c) => {
+          result.push('\\');
+          result.push(c);
+        }
+        None => result.push('\\'),
+      },
+      '"' if is_single_quoted => result.push_str("\\\""),
+      '\u{00}'..='\u{1F}' => push_escaped_control_char(&mut result, c),
       _ => result.push(c),
     }
   }
   Cow::Owned(result)
 }
 
+fn push_escaped_control_char(result: &mut String, c: char) {
+  match c {
+    '\n' => result.push_str("\\n"),
+    '\r' => result.push_str("\\r"),
+    '\t' => result.push_str("\\t"),
+    '\u{08}' => result.push_str("\\b"),
+    '\u{0C}' => result.push_str("\\f"),
+    _ => write!(result, "\\u{:04x}", c as u32).unwrap(),
+  }
+}
+
 fn sc_items(sc: &'static StringContainer) -> PrintItems {
   let mut items = PrintItems::new();
   items.push_sc(sc);
diff --git a/tests/specs/json5/Json5_All.txt b/tests/specs/json5/Json5_All.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9d66de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/json5/Json5_All.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+== should keep json5 numbers as written ==
+{a: .5, b: +5, c: 5., d: Infinity, e: -Infinity, f: NaN, g: 0xFF, h: 5.e3}
+
+[expect]
+{ "a": .5, "b": +5, "c": 5., "d": Infinity, "e": -Infinity, "f": NaN, "g": 0xFF, "h": 5.e3 }
+
+== should quote json5 property names ==
+{$key: 1, _a$b: 2, true: 3, false: 4, null: 5, NaN: 6, Infinity: 7}
+
+[expect]
+{ "$key": 1, "_a$b": 2, "true": 3, "false": 4, "null": 5, "NaN": 6, "Infinity": 7 }
+
+== should keep json5 string escapes ==
+["\x41\v\0", 'it\'s']
+
+[expect]
+["\x41\v\0", "it's"]