diff --git a/app/client/src/utils/getQueryParamsObject.test.ts b/app/client/src/utils/getQueryParamsObject.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d75c49c3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/client/src/utils/getQueryParamsObject.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { getQueryParamsFromString } from "./getQueryParamsObject";
+
+describe("getQueryParamsObject test", () => {
+  it("Check whether getQueryParamsFromString returns object with input string containing new lines", () => {
+    const output = getQueryParamsFromString(
+      "branch=new&text=%3Cp%3EHello%3C%2Fp%3E%0A%3Cp%3EWorld!%3C%2Fp%3E",
+    );
+
+    expect(output.text).toEqual("<p>Hello</p>\n<p>World!</p>");
+    expect(output.branch).toEqual("new");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/client/src/utils/getQueryParamsObject.ts b/app/client/src/utils/getQueryParamsObject.ts
index a52dba1624..76413de9d8 100644
--- a/app/client/src/utils/getQueryParamsObject.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/utils/getQueryParamsObject.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,7 @@ export const getQueryParamsFromString = (search: string | undefined) => {
   if (!search) return {};
 
   try {
-    return JSON.parse(
-      '{"' +
-        decodeURI(search)
-          .replace(/"/g, '\\"')
-          .replace(/&/g, '","')
-          .replace(/=/g, '":"') +
-        '"}',
-    );
+    return Object.fromEntries(new URLSearchParams(search).entries());
   } catch (e) {
     log.error(e, "error parsing search string");