diff --git a/packages/next/server/render.tsx b/packages/next/server/render.tsx
index f88987ef45108..77fc96a954537 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/render.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/server/render.tsx
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
   }
 
   const [renderTargetPrefix, renderTargetSuffix] = documentHTML.split(
-    /<next-js-internal-body-render-target><\/next-js-internal-body-render-target>/
+    '<next-js-internal-body-render-target></next-js-internal-body-render-target>'
   )
 
   const prefix: Array<string> = []