diff --git a/crates/oxc_codegen/src/lib.rs b/crates/oxc_codegen/src/lib.rs
index 5fb02ce4306b6..9c15e0f9fea66 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -589,9 +589,9 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
 
     fn print_quoted_utf16(&mut self, s: &str, allow_backtick: bool) {
         let quote = if self.options.minify {
-            let mut single_cost: u32 = 0;
-            let mut double_cost: u32 = 0;
-            let mut backtick_cost: u32 = 0;
+            let mut single_cost: i32 = 0;
+            let mut double_cost: i32 = 0;
+            let mut backtick_cost: i32 = 0;
             let mut bytes = s.as_bytes().iter().peekable();
             while let Some(b) = bytes.next() {
                 match b {
@@ -642,7 +642,13 @@ impl<'a> Codegen<'a> {
                 '\u{8}' => self.print_str("\\b"), // \b
                 '\u{b}' => self.print_str("\\v"), // \v
                 '\u{c}' => self.print_str("\\f"), // \f
-                '\n' => self.print_str("\\n"),
+                '\n' => {
+                    if quote == b'`' {
+                        self.print_ascii_byte(b'\n');
+                    } else {
+                        self.print_str("\\n");
+                    }
+                }
                 '\r' => self.print_str("\\r"),
                 '\x1B' => self.print_str("\\x1B"),
                 '\\' => self.print_str("\\\\"),
diff --git a/crates/oxc_codegen/tests/integration/unit.rs b/crates/oxc_codegen/tests/integration/unit.rs
index a05ef1f408bf4..007e41c80da27 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_codegen/tests/integration/unit.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_codegen/tests/integration/unit.rs
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ fn expr() {
     test("delete 2e308", "delete (0, Infinity);\n");
     test_minify("delete 2e308", "delete(1/0);");
 
-    test_minify(
-        r#";'eval("\'\\vstr\\ving\\v\'") === "\\vstr\\ving\\v"'"#,
-        r#";`eval("'\\vstr\\ving\\v'") === "\\vstr\\ving\\v"`;"#,
-    );
-
     test_minify_same(r#"({"http://a\r\" \n<'b:b@c\r\nd/e?f":{}});"#);
 }
 
@@ -438,3 +433,12 @@ fn getter_setter() {
     test_minify("({ get [foo]() {} })", "({get[foo](){}});");
     test_minify("({ set [foo]() {} })", "({set[foo](){}});");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn string() {
+    test_minify(
+        r#";'eval("\'\\vstr\\ving\\v\'") === "\\vstr\\ving\\v"'"#,
+        r#";`eval("'\\vstr\\ving\\v'") === "\\vstr\\ving\\v"`;"#,
+    );
+    test_minify(r#"foo("\n")"#, "foo(`\n`);");
+}
diff --git a/tasks/minsize/minsize.snap b/tasks/minsize/minsize.snap
index 05892fab0ea2f..fcc5fd5eb42f5 100644
--- a/tasks/minsize/minsize.snap
+++ b/tasks/minsize/minsize.snap
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
            | Oxc        | ESBuild    | Oxc        | ESBuild    |
 Original   | minified   | minified   | gzip       | gzip       | Fixture
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-72.14 kB   | 23.74 kB   | 23.70 kB   | 8.61 kB    | 8.54 kB    | react.development.js
+72.14 kB   | 23.72 kB   | 23.70 kB   | 8.62 kB    | 8.54 kB    | react.development.js
 
-173.90 kB  | 60.16 kB   | 59.82 kB   | 19.48 kB   | 19.33 kB   | moment.js 
+173.90 kB  | 60.15 kB   | 59.82 kB   | 19.50 kB   | 19.33 kB   | moment.js 
 
-287.63 kB  | 90.57 kB   | 90.07 kB   | 32.18 kB   | 31.95 kB   | jquery.js 
+287.63 kB  | 90.57 kB   | 90.07 kB   | 32.19 kB   | 31.95 kB   | jquery.js 
 
-342.15 kB  | 118.59 kB  | 118.14 kB  | 44.53 kB   | 44.37 kB   | vue.js    
+342.15 kB  | 118.54 kB  | 118.14 kB  | 44.56 kB   | 44.37 kB   | vue.js    
 
-544.10 kB  | 72.02 kB   | 72.48 kB   | 26.18 kB   | 26.20 kB   | lodash.js 
+544.10 kB  | 72.00 kB   | 72.48 kB   | 26.20 kB   | 26.20 kB   | lodash.js 
 
-555.77 kB  | 273.89 kB  | 270.13 kB  | 91.18 kB   | 90.80 kB   | d3.js     
+555.77 kB  | 273.88 kB  | 270.13 kB  | 91.19 kB   | 90.80 kB   | d3.js     
 
-1.01 MB    | 461.04 kB  | 458.89 kB  | 126.89 kB  | 126.71 kB  | bundle.min.js
+1.01 MB    | 461.00 kB  | 458.89 kB  | 126.92 kB  | 126.71 kB  | bundle.min.js
 
-1.25 MB    | 656.62 kB  | 646.76 kB  | 164.13 kB  | 163.73 kB  | three.js  
+1.25 MB    | 653.54 kB  | 646.76 kB  | 164.05 kB  | 163.73 kB  | three.js  
 
-2.14 MB    | 727.99 kB  | 724.14 kB  | 180.35 kB  | 181.07 kB  | victory.js
+2.14 MB    | 727.91 kB  | 724.14 kB  | 180.39 kB  | 181.07 kB  | victory.js
 
-3.20 MB    | 1.01 MB    | 1.01 MB    | 332.24 kB  | 331.56 kB  | echarts.js
+3.20 MB    | 1.01 MB    | 1.01 MB    | 332.27 kB  | 331.56 kB  | echarts.js
 
-6.69 MB    | 2.32 MB    | 2.31 MB    | 493.24 kB  | 488.28 kB  | antd.js   
+6.69 MB    | 2.32 MB    | 2.31 MB    | 493.25 kB  | 488.28 kB  | antd.js   
 
-10.95 MB   | 3.51 MB    | 3.49 MB    | 910.83 kB  | 915.50 kB  | typescript.js
+10.95 MB   | 3.51 MB    | 3.49 MB    | 910.90 kB  | 915.50 kB  | typescript.js