diff --git a/.changeset/unlucky-nails-stare.md b/.changeset/unlucky-nails-stare.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1cb63a366e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/unlucky-nails-stare.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: `pre` tag with single `\n` incorrect hydration
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
index 2c2c287f12..b403eea159 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/RegularElement.js
@@ -393,13 +393,21 @@ export function RegularElement(node, context) {
 			arg = b.member(arg, 'content');
 		}
 
-		process_children(trimmed, (is_text) => b.call('$.child', arg, is_text && b.true), true, {
-			...context,
-			state: child_state
-		});
+		process_children(
+			trimmed,
+			(is_text) => b.call('$.child', arg, is_text && b.true),
+			true,
+			{
+				...context,
+				state: child_state
+			},
+			node.name === 'pre'
+		);
 
 		if (needs_reset) {
-			child_state.init.push(b.stmt(b.call('$.reset', context.state.node)));
+			child_state.init.push(
+				b.stmt(b.call('$.reset', context.state.node, node.name === 'pre' ? b.true : undefined))
+			);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
index 7674fd1eb2..c2bc6d38e8 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/shared/fragment.js
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ import { build_template_chunk, build_update } from './utils.js';
  * @param {(is_text: boolean) => Expression} initial
  * @param {boolean} is_element
  * @param {ComponentContext} context
+ * @param {boolean} [is_pre]
  */
-export function process_children(nodes, initial, is_element, { visit, state }) {
+export function process_children(nodes, initial, is_element, { visit, state }, is_pre = false) {
 	const within_bound_contenteditable = state.metadata.bound_contenteditable;
 	let prev = initial;
 	let skipped = 0;
@@ -62,7 +63,13 @@ export function process_children(nodes, initial, is_element, { visit, state }) {
 	 */
 	function flush_sequence(sequence) {
 		if (sequence.every((node) => node.type === 'Text')) {
-			skipped += 1;
+			// a pre tag for some reason skips the first text node if it's a single
+			// \n so if that's the case we need to not increase skipped or hydration
+			// will fail because `child` will return the actual child and `sibling will
+			// return a text node
+			if (!(is_pre && sequence.length === 1 && sequence[0].raw === '\n')) {
+				skipped += 1;
+			}
 			state.template.push(sequence.map((node) => node.raw).join(''));
 			return;
 		}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/hydration.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/hydration.js
index 8523ff97d5..a2cd3c0486 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/hydration.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/hydration.js
@@ -43,12 +43,24 @@ export function hydrate_next() {
 	return set_hydrate_node(/** @type {TemplateNode} */ (get_next_sibling(hydrate_node)));
 }
 
-/** @param {TemplateNode} node */
-export function reset(node) {
+/**
+ *  @param {TemplateNode} node
+ * @param {boolean} [is_pre]
+ */
+export function reset(node, is_pre = false) {
 	if (!hydrating) return;
 
+	let sibling = get_next_sibling(hydrate_node);
+	// if the first text child of a pre tag is a single \n
+	// we don't skip to the sibling (for some reason if the firstChild
+	// of a pre tag is a single \n text node it's skipped by the browser)
+	// it might happen that the at this point there's still a \n sibling
+	// in that case is fine to get the next sibling and check for that
+	if (is_pre && sibling) {
+		sibling = get_next_sibling(sibling);
+	}
 	// If the node has remaining siblings, something has gone wrong
-	if (get_next_sibling(hydrate_node) !== null) {
+	if (sibling !== null) {
 		w.hydration_mismatch();
 		throw HYDRATION_ERROR;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f47bee71df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/_expected.html b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/_expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2e8065031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/_expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<!--[--><pre><div><span></span></div>
+</pre><!--]-->
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diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/main.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/main.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..abd29eed72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/hydration/samples/pre-first-node-backslash-n/main.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<script>
+	let name = $state('');
+</script>
+
+<pre>
+<div><span>{name}</span></div>
+</pre>
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