diff --git a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/hooks/useStringArray.ts b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/hooks/useStringArray.ts
index 9ace306cdc..4e9799655e 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/hooks/useStringArray.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/hooks/useStringArray.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ const getInitialItems = <T extends ArrayBasedStructuredResponseItem>(
 const fixMultilineItems = (items: TemplateBodyItem[]) => {
   return items.map((item) => {
     if (item.kind === 'variation' && /\r?\n/g.test(item.value)) {
+      // if it's an SSML tag, remove the line breaks.
+      if (/^<speak/g.test(item.value.trim())) {
+        return {
+          ...item,
+          value: item.value.replace(/[\r\n]+/g, ''),
+        };
+      }
       return {
         ...item,
         // Escape all un-escaped -
diff --git a/extensions/azurePublish/yarn-berry.lock b/extensions/azurePublish/yarn-berry.lock
index b2a6c2b587..078ef68916 100644
--- a/extensions/azurePublish/yarn-berry.lock
+++ b/extensions/azurePublish/yarn-berry.lock
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ __metadata:
 
 "@bfc/code-editor@file:../../Composer/packages/lib/code-editor::locator=azurePublish%40workspace%3A.":
   version: 0.0.0
-  resolution: "@bfc/code-editor@file:../../Composer/packages/lib/code-editor#../../Composer/packages/lib/code-editor::hash=c0b75e&locator=azurePublish%40workspace%3A."
+  resolution: "@bfc/code-editor@file:../../Composer/packages/lib/code-editor#../../Composer/packages/lib/code-editor::hash=b4c0c5&locator=azurePublish%40workspace%3A."
   dependencies:
     "@emotion/react": ^11.1.3
     "@emotion/styled": ^11.1.3
@@ -1973,7 +1973,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@bfc/ui-shared": "*"
     react: 16.13.1
     react-dom: 16.13.1
-  checksum: cac54f344ec07fd53cf666252414dc50ebc096ff6d61b4e08c1689c52a6b88d20bce28e8547ce4002f084362bdd414465e9fdd71669bfe4d41ca21a511569e34
+  checksum: a87f49bddf7cd6eef842cc1a609c7cb276b51d33ffc7a467d46d236ff4e6211fb2c6c8e44b98895901966764d741c056e8114d6f28c70dd05436828cb7958d62
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard