diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/sttp/model/sse/ServerSentEvent.scala b/core/src/main/scala/sttp/model/sse/ServerSentEvent.scala
index 70326cd0..3919a58a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/sttp/model/sse/ServerSentEvent.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/sttp/model/sse/ServerSentEvent.scala
@@ -9,15 +9,27 @@ case class ServerSentEvent(
     retry: Option[Int] = None
 ) {
   override def toString: String = {
-    val _data = data.map(_.split("\n")).map(_.map(line => Some(s"data: $line"))).getOrElse(Array.empty[Option[String]])
-    val _event = eventType.map(event => s"event: $event")
-    val _id = id.map(id => s"id: $id")
+    val _data = data
+      .map(ServerSentEvent.splitOnLineTerminators)
+      .map(_.map(line => Some(s"data: $line")))
+      .getOrElse(Array.empty[Option[String]])
+    val _event = eventType.map(event => s"event: ${ServerSentEvent.removeLineTerminators(event)}")
+    val _id = id.map(id => s"id: ${ServerSentEvent.removeLineTerminators(id)}")
     val _retry = retry.map(retryCount => s"retry: $retryCount")
     (_data :+ _event :+ _id :+ _retry).flatten.mkString("\n")
   }
 }
 
 object ServerSentEvent {
+  private val LineTerminators = "\r\n|\r|\n"
+
+  // performance: split("\n") skips the regex engine; with no CR, LF is the only terminator, so it's equivalent
+  private def splitOnLineTerminators(s: String): Array[String] =
+    if (s.indexOf('\r') < 0) s.split("\n", -1) else s.split(LineTerminators, -1)
+
+  private def removeLineTerminators(s: String): String =
+    if (s.indexOf('\r') < 0 && s.indexOf('\n') < 0) s else s.replaceAll(LineTerminators, "")
+
   // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/server-sent-events.html
   def parse(event: List[String]): ServerSentEvent = {
     event.foldLeft(ServerSentEvent()) { (event, line) =>
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/sttp/model/sse/ServerSentEventTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/sttp/model/sse/ServerSentEventTest.scala
index 5071c641..dc36118a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/sttp/model/sse/ServerSentEventTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/sttp/model/sse/ServerSentEventTest.scala
@@ -64,4 +64,48 @@ class ServerSentEventTest extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers {
          |data: some data info 2
          |data: some data info 3""".stripMargin
   }
+
+  "composeSSE" should "split data on all line terminators" in {
+    val sse = ServerSentEvent(Some("line 1\r\nline 2\rline 3\nline 4"))
+
+    sse.toString shouldBe
+      s"""data: line 1
+         |data: line 2
+         |data: line 3
+         |data: line 4""".stripMargin
+  }
+
+  "composeSSE" should "remove line terminators from the event type" in {
+    val sse = ServerSentEvent(eventType = Some("a\ndata: injected\rb\r\nc"))
+    sse.toString shouldBe "event: adata: injectedbc"
+  }
+
+  "composeSSE" should "remove line terminators from the id" in {
+    val sse = ServerSentEvent(id = Some("a\ndata: injected\rb\r\nc"))
+    sse.toString shouldBe "id: adata: injectedbc"
+  }
+
+  "composeSSE" should "not allow injecting fields through data, the event type or the id" in {
+    val malicious = "x\r\nevent: injected\rid: injected\ndata: injected"
+    val sse = ServerSentEvent(Some(malicious), Some(malicious), Some(malicious), Some(10))
+
+    ServerSentEvent.parse(sse.toString.split("\n").toList) shouldBe ServerSentEvent(
+      Some("x\nevent: injected\nid: injected\ndata: injected"),
+      Some("xevent: injectedid: injecteddata: injected"),
+      Some("xevent: injectedid: injecteddata: injected"),
+      Some(10)
+    )
+  }
+
+  "composeSSE" should "keep a trailing line terminator in data" in {
+    ServerSentEvent(Some("a\n")).toString shouldBe "data: a\ndata: "
+    ServerSentEvent(Some("a\r")).toString shouldBe "data: a\ndata: "
+    ServerSentEvent(Some("a\r\n")).toString shouldBe "data: a\ndata: "
+    ServerSentEvent(Some("\n")).toString shouldBe "data: \ndata: "
+  }
+
+  "composeSSE" should "round-trip data with a trailing line terminator" in {
+    val sse = ServerSentEvent(Some("a\n"))
+    ServerSentEvent.parse(sse.toString.split("\n").toList) shouldBe sse
+  }
 }