diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java
index e1e06b4719..59087313ea 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcher.java
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ public class AntPathMatcher implements PathMatcher {
 
 		private static final Pattern GLOB_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\?|\\*|\\{((?:\\{[^/]+?}|[^/{}]|\\\\[{}])+?)}");
 
-		private static final String DEFAULT_VARIABLE_PATTERN = "(.*)";
+		private static final String DEFAULT_VARIABLE_PATTERN = "((?s).*)";
 
 		private final String rawPattern;
 
diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcherTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcherTests.java
index c85550838d..8bebf5920f 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcherTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/util/AntPathMatcherTests.java
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ class AntPathMatcherTests {
 		assertThat(pathMatcher.match("", "")).isTrue();
 
 		assertThat(pathMatcher.match("/{bla}.*", "/testing.html")).isTrue();
+		assertThat(pathMatcher.match("/{bla}", "//x\ny")).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test