diff --git a/tests/unit/semantic_release/commit_parser/test_util.py b/tests/unit/semantic_release/commit_parser/test_util.py
index 68bc65193..130a25581 100644
--- a/tests/unit/semantic_release/commit_parser/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/unit/semantic_release/commit_parser/test_util.py
@@ -7,11 +7,19 @@
     "text, expected",
     [
         ("", []),
-        ("\n\n \n\n \n", [" ", "  "]),
+        ("\n\n \n\n \n", []),                  # Unix (LF) - empty lines
+        ("\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \n", []),          # Windows (CRLF) - empty lines
+        ("\n\nA\n\nB\n", ["A", "B"]),          # Unix (LF)
+        ("\r\n\r\nA\r\n\r\nB\n", ["A", "B"]),  # Windows (CRLF)
         (
             "Long\nexplanation\n\nfull of interesting\ndetails",
             ["Long explanation", "full of interesting details"],
         ),
+        (
+            # Windows (CRLF)
+            "Long\r\nexplanation\r\n\r\nfull of interesting\r\ndetails",
+            ["Long explanation", "full of interesting details"],
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_parse_paragraphs(text, expected):