diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/WordUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/WordUtils.java
index e03024a403..59ac636b89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/WordUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/text/WordUtils.java
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public static boolean containsAllWords(final CharSequence word, final CharSequen
             if (StringUtils.isBlank(w)) {
                 return false;
             }
-            final Pattern p = Pattern.compile(".*\\b" + Pattern.quote(w.toString()) + "\\b.*");
+            final Pattern p = Pattern.compile(".*\\b" + Pattern.quote(w.toString()) + "\\b.*", Pattern.DOTALL);
             if (!p.matcher(word).matches()) {
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/WordUtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/WordUtilsTest.java
index 078ab1aebc..f88483df44 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/WordUtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/text/WordUtilsTest.java
@@ -212,6 +212,14 @@ void testContainsAllWords_StringString() {
         assertTrue(WordUtils.containsAllWords("ab x", "ab", "x"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testContainsAllWordsWithNewline() {
+        assertTrue(WordUtils.containsAllWords("foo\nbar", "bar"));
+        assertTrue(WordUtils.containsAllWords("foo\nbar", "foo"));
+        assertTrue(WordUtils.containsAllWords("lorem ipsum\ndolor sit\namet", "ipsum", "amet", "lorem"));
+        assertFalse(WordUtils.containsAllWords("foo\nbar", "baz"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testContainsAllWordsWithNull() {
         assertFalse(WordUtils.containsAllWords("M", (CharSequence) null));