diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 891a970..8861223 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 0.4.3 (2024-07-15)
+
+- Keep any trailing whitespace passed into SyntaxHighlighter
+
 ## 0.4.2 (2024-07-15)
 
 - Fix typing import unavailable on 3.8
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b7c73ba..fdb4d65 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="structlog-pretty",
-    version="0.4.2",
+    version="0.4.3",
     url="https://github.com/underyx/structlog-pretty",
     author="Bence Nagy",
     author_email="bence@underyx.me",
diff --git a/structlog_pretty/processors.py b/structlog_pretty/processors.py
index 706ae2e..697bab3 100644
--- a/structlog_pretty/processors.py
+++ b/structlog_pretty/processors.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function
 
 from pathlib import Path
+import re
 import sys
 import json
 
@@ -178,9 +179,19 @@ def __call__(self, _, __, event_dict):
                 code = event_dict[field]
             except KeyError:
                 continue
+
             if not code:
                 continue
-            event_dict[field] = highlight(code, lexer, TerminalFormatter()).rstrip()
+
+            trailing_whitespace_match = re.search(r"\s*$", code)
+            trailing_whitespace = (
+                trailing_whitespace_match.group(0) if trailing_whitespace_match else ""
+            )
+
+            event_dict[field] = (
+                highlight(code, lexer, TerminalFormatter()).rstrip()
+                + trailing_whitespace
+            )
 
         return event_dict
 
diff --git a/test/test_SyntaxHighlighter.py b/test/test_SyntaxHighlighter.py
index 71a7bef..5af3272 100644
--- a/test/test_SyntaxHighlighter.py
+++ b/test/test_SyntaxHighlighter.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import re
 from structlog_pretty.processors import SyntaxHighlighter as uut
 
 
@@ -10,6 +11,14 @@ def test_json():
     ), "should not have trailing newline added"
 
 
+def test_retain_whitespace():
+    processor = uut(field_map={"body": "json"})
+    event_dict = processor(None, None, {"body": '{"ping": true}\n\n'})
+    match = re.search(r"\s*$", event_dict["body"])
+    assert match is not None
+    assert match.group() == "\n\n"
+
+
 def test_missing_json():
     processor = uut(field_map={"body": "json"})
     event_dict = processor(None, None, {"not_body": '{"ping": true}'})