diff --git a/src/ThisAssembly.Constants/ConstantsGenerator.cs b/src/ThisAssembly.Constants/ConstantsGenerator.cs
index c09da1c6..107f812b 100644
--- a/src/ThisAssembly.Constants/ConstantsGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/ThisAssembly.Constants/ConstantsGenerator.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ public void Initialize(IncrementalGeneratorInitializationContext context)
                     x.Right.GetOptions(x.Left).TryGetValue("build_metadata.Constant.Value", out var value);
                     x.Right.GetOptions(x.Left).TryGetValue("build_metadata.Constant.Comment", out var comment);
                     x.Right.GetOptions(x.Left).TryGetValue("build_metadata.Constant.Root", out var root);
+
+                    // Revert auto-escaping due to https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/51692
+                    if (value != null && value.StartsWith("|") && value.EndsWith("|"))
+                        value = value[1..^1].Replace('|', ';');
+
                     return (
                         name: Path.GetFileName(x.Left.Path),
                         value: value!,
diff --git a/src/ThisAssembly.Constants/ThisAssembly.Constants.targets b/src/ThisAssembly.Constants/ThisAssembly.Constants.targets
index 91958a41..329a601e 100644
--- a/src/ThisAssembly.Constants/ThisAssembly.Constants.targets
+++ b/src/ThisAssembly.Constants/ThisAssembly.Constants.targets
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@
           BeforeTargets="GenerateMSBuildEditorConfigFileShouldRun"
           DependsOnTargets="PrepareResourceNames;PrepareConstants">
     <ItemGroup>
-      <AdditionalFiles Include="@(Constant)" SourceItemType="Constant" />
+      <!-- Automatically handle escaping of ; due to https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn/issues/51692 -->
+      <Constant Update="@(Constant)" Condition="$([MSBuild]::ValueOrdefault('%(Constant.Value)', '').Contains(';'))">
+        <Value>|$([MSBuild]::ValueOrdefault('%(Constant.Value)', '').Replace(';', '|'))|</Value>
+      </Constant>
+
+      <AdditionalFiles Include="@(Constant)" SourceItemType="Constant" />      
     </ItemGroup>
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/src/ThisAssembly.Tests/Tests.cs b/src/ThisAssembly.Tests/Tests.cs
index 91c31dc9..f2376293 100644
--- a/src/ThisAssembly.Tests/Tests.cs
+++ b/src/ThisAssembly.Tests/Tests.cs
@@ -102,4 +102,8 @@ public void CanUseGitBranchConstants()
         Assert.NotEmpty(ThisAssembly.Git.Branch);
         Output.WriteLine(ThisAssembly.Git.Branch);
     }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CanUseSemicolonsInConstant()
+        => Assert.Equal("A;B;C", ThisAssembly.Constants.WithSemiColon);
 }
diff --git a/src/ThisAssembly.Tests/ThisAssembly.Tests.csproj b/src/ThisAssembly.Tests/ThisAssembly.Tests.csproj
index b51b9cab..ef198a21 100644
--- a/src/ThisAssembly.Tests/ThisAssembly.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/ThisAssembly.Tests/ThisAssembly.Tests.csproj
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     <Constant Include="Foo.Raw" Value="$(Multiline)" Comment="$(Multiline)" />
     <Constant Include="Foo.Bar" Value="Baz" Comment="Yay!" />
     <Constant Include="Foo.Hello" Value="World" Comment="Comments make everything better 😍" />
+    <Constant Include="WithSemiColon" Value="A;B;C" />
     <FileConstant Include="@(None)" />
     <FileConstant Update="@(FileConstant -&gt; WithMetadataValue('Filename', 'Readme'))">
       <Link>Included/%(Filename)%(Extension)</Link>