diff --git a/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js b/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
index a98e35aa..b37c5b5c 100644
--- a/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
+++ b/__tests__/ExpensiMark-HTML-test.js
@@ -1225,3 +1225,11 @@ test('Test link with code fence inside the alias text part', () => {
         + '[test <pre>code</pre> test](<a href="https://google.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">google.com</a>)';
     expect(parser.replace(testString)).toBe(resultString);
 });
+
+test('Test strikethrough with multiple tilde characters', () => {
+    let testString = '~~~hello~~~';
+    expect(parser.replace(testString)).toBe('~~<del>hello</del>~~');
+
+    testString = '~~~~';
+    expect(parser.replace(testString)).toBe('~~~~');
+});
diff --git a/lib/ExpensiMark.js b/lib/ExpensiMark.js
index 0c34246f..7769f8b2 100644
--- a/lib/ExpensiMark.js
+++ b/lib/ExpensiMark.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export default class ExpensiMark {
             },
             {
                 name: 'strikethrough',
-                regex: /\B~((?=\S)((~~(?!~)|[^\s~]|\s(?!~))+?))~\B(?![^<]*(<\/pre>|<\/code>|<\/a>))/g,
+                regex: /\B~((?=\S)(([^\s~]|\s(?!~))+?))~\B(?![^<]*(<\/pre>|<\/code>|<\/a>))/g,
                 replacement: (match, g1) => (this.containsNonPairTag(g1) ? match : `<del>${g1}</del>`),
             },
             {