diff --git a/scene/resources/resource_format_text.cpp b/scene/resources/resource_format_text.cpp
index 93db8b725f6..c7aa2c2ddc6 100644
--- a/scene/resources/resource_format_text.cpp
+++ b/scene/resources/resource_format_text.cpp
@@ -838,6 +838,11 @@ Error ResourceLoaderText::rename_dependencies(FileAccess *p_f, const String &p_p
 	f->seek(tag_end);
 
 	uint8_t c = f->get_8();
+	if (c == '\n' && !f->eof_reached()) {
+		// Skip first newline character since we added one
+		c = f->get_8();
+	}
+
 	while (!f->eof_reached()) {
 		fw->store_8(c);
 		c = f->get_8();