diff --git a/.github/workflows/slack-notifications.yml b/.github/workflows/slack-notifications.yml
index 41d0fc849..0e5ac3202 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slack-notifications.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slack-notifications.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ jobs:
               ]
             }')
           else
-            payload=$(jq -n --arg repository "${{ inputs.repository }}" --arg branch "${{ inputs.branch }}" --arg actor "${{ inputs.actor }}" --arg run_id "${{ inputs.run_id }}" --arg failures "${{ inputs.failures }}" '{
+            # Escape the failures input for JSON and Slack
+            escaped_failures=$(echo "${{ inputs.failures }}" | jq -sRr @json | sed 's/\\n/\\n/g')
+            payload=$(jq -n --arg repository "${{ inputs.repository }}" --arg branch "${{ inputs.branch }}" --arg actor "${{ inputs.actor }}" --arg run_id "${{ inputs.run_id }}" --arg failures "$escaped_failures" '{
               "channel": "team-gnark-build",
               "text": "GitHub Action build result: failure",
               "blocks": [
@@ -78,14 +80,14 @@ jobs:
                   "type": "section",
                   "text": {
                     "type": "mrkdwn",
-                    "text": "*Failed Step:* <https://github.com/\($repository)/actions/runs/\($run_id)|View Details>"
+                    "text": "<https://github.com/\($repository)/actions/runs/\($run_id)|View Details>"
                   }
                 },
                 {
                   "type": "section",
                   "text": {
                     "type": "mrkdwn",
-                    "text": "*Test Failure Details:* \($failures)"
+                    "text": "*Failed tests:*\n\n\($failures)"
                   }
                 },
                 {