diff --git a/src/poetry/core/json/schemas/poetry-schema.json b/src/poetry/core/json/schemas/poetry-schema.json
index 8ff976f5b..a3a09738c 100644
--- a/src/poetry/core/json/schemas/poetry-schema.json
+++ b/src/poetry/core/json/schemas/poetry-schema.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "description": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Short package description.",
-      "pattern": "^[^\n]*$"
+      "pattern": "\\A[^\n]*\\Z"
     },
     "keywords": {
       "type": "array",
diff --git a/tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py b/tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py
index 06f5e343e..bb6399abb 100644
--- a/tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py
+++ b/tests/json/test_poetry_schema.py
@@ -50,10 +50,18 @@ def test_multi_url_dependencies(multi_url_object: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     assert len(validate_object(multi_url_object, "poetry-schema")) == 0
 
 
-def test_multiline_description(base_object: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
-    bad_description = "Some multi-\nline string"
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "bad_description",
+    ["Some multi-\nline string", "Some multiline string\n", "\nSome multi-line string"],
+)
+def test_multiline_description(
+    base_object: dict[str, Any], bad_description: str
+) -> None:
     base_object["description"] = bad_description
 
     errors = validate_object(base_object, "poetry-schema")
+
     assert len(errors) == 1
-    assert errors[0] == f"[description] {bad_description!r} does not match '^[^\\n]*$'"
+
+    regex = r"\\A[^\n]*\\Z"
+    assert errors[0] == f"[description] {bad_description!r} does not match '{regex}'"