diff --git a/core/actions/assertion_test.ts b/core/actions/assertion_test.ts
index 9deeedad8..54cc5d943 100644
--- a/core/actions/assertion_test.ts
+++ b/core/actions/assertion_test.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,38 @@ actions:
     );
   });
 
+  test(`multiline rowConditions compile to single-line failing_row_condition literals`, () => {
+    // Regression test for #2201: a multiline rowConditions entry must not produce a
+    // multiline single-quoted string literal, which BigQuery rejects.
+    const projectDir = tmpDirFixture.createNewTmpDir();
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(projectDir, "workflow_settings.yaml"), VALID_WORKFLOW_SETTINGS_YAML);
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(projectDir, "definitions"));
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(projectDir, "definitions/test.sqlx"),
+      `config {
+        type: "table",
+        assertions: {
+          rowConditions: ["a > 0\n  AND b > 0"]
+        }
+      }
+      SELECT 1 AS a, 1 AS b`
+    );
+
+    const result = runMainInVm(coreExecutionRequestFromPath(projectDir));
+
+    expect(result.compile.compiledGraph.graphErrors.compilationErrors).deep.equals([]);
+    const rowConditionsAssertion = result.compile.compiledGraph.assertions.find(
+      assertion => assertion.target.name === "defaultDataset_test_assertions_rowConditions"
+    );
+    // The failing_row_condition string literal has its newline escaped, so the
+    // single-quoted literal stays on one line...
+    expect(rowConditionsAssertion.query).contains(
+      "'a > 0\\n  AND b > 0' AS failing_row_condition"
+    );
+    // ...while the WHERE NOT (...) clause keeps the raw, multiline expression.
+    expect(rowConditionsAssertion.query).contains("WHERE NOT (a > 0\n  AND b > 0)");
+  });
+
   suite("Assertions as dependencies", ({ beforeEach }) => {
     [
       WorkflowSettingsTemplates.bigquery,
diff --git a/core/compilation_sql/index.ts b/core/compilation_sql/index.ts
index 4639a5453..37c2bd851 100644
--- a/core/compilation_sql/index.ts
+++ b/core/compilation_sql/index.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,17 @@ export class CompilationSql {
   }
 
   public sqlString(stringContents: string) {
-    // Escape escape characters, then escape single quotes, then wrap the string in single quotes.
-    return `'${stringContents.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/'/g, "\\'")}'`;
+    // Escape escape characters, then single quotes, then newlines/carriage-returns,
+    // and wrap the string in single quotes. BigQuery single-quoted string literals
+    // cannot span multiple lines, so a raw newline becomes the two-char \n escape
+    // (which parses back to a newline, keeping the literal single-line). Backslash
+    // escaping runs first so the escape sequences introduced here are not themselves
+    // doubled.
+    return `'${stringContents
+      .replace(/\\/g, "\\\\")
+      .replace(/'/g, "\\'")
+      .replace(/\n/g, "\\n")
+      .replace(/\r/g, "\\r")}'`;
   }
 
   public indexAssertion(dataset: string, indexCols: string[]) {