diff --git a/internal/codegen/golang/enum_test.go b/internal/codegen/golang/enum_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a248a0d106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/codegen/golang/enum_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package golang
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestEnumValueGoEscaping is a regression test for issue #4448.
+//
+// PostgreSQL enum values containing special characters (backslashes, double
+// quotes, newlines, etc.) were previously interpolated raw into the Go
+// template as "{{.Value}}", causing the generated constants to have different
+// runtime values than the corresponding database values.
+//
+// The fix uses {{printf "%q" .Value}} in the template, which produces a
+// correctly Go-escaped string literal. This test verifies the escaping
+// behaviour by directly checking what %q produces for the affected cases.
+func TestEnumValueGoEscaping(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		dbValue  string // raw value stored in PostgreSQL
+		wantQuoted string // expected Go quoted literal produced by %q
+	}{
+		{
+			name:       "plain value is unchanged",
+			dbValue:    "admin",
+			wantQuoted: `"admin"`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "backslash-n must become literal backslash + n, not newline",
+			dbValue:    `user\nadmin`, // 11 bytes: backslash, n
+			wantQuoted: `"user\\nadmin"`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "embedded newline character is escaped",
+			dbValue:    "user\nadmin", // 10 bytes: actual newline
+			wantQuoted: `"user\nadmin"`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "double quote in value is escaped",
+			dbValue:    `say "hello"`,
+			wantQuoted: `"say \"hello\""`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "backslash is doubled",
+			dbValue:    `back\slash`,
+			wantQuoted: `"back\\slash"`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "tab character is escaped",
+			dbValue:    "col\tval",
+			wantQuoted: `"col\tval"`,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "string concatenation injection is neutralised",
+			dbValue:    `injected" + "arbitrary_go_code" + "`,
+			wantQuoted: `"injected\" + \"arbitrary_go_code\" + \""`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := fmt.Sprintf("%q", tc.dbValue)
+			if got != tc.wantQuoted {
+				t.Errorf("%%q escaping mismatch for DB value %q:\n  got:  %s\n  want: %s",
+					tc.dbValue, got, tc.wantQuoted)
+			}
+
+			// Also verify the Go compiler would interpret the quoted literal
+			// back to exactly the original DB value — i.e. no silent corruption.
+			// We do this by unquoting and comparing lengths and content.
+			if len(got) < 2 || got[0] != '"' || got[len(got)-1] != '"' {
+				t.Errorf("%%q result %s is not a quoted string", got)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// TestEnumReplace verifies that EnumReplace produces valid Go identifier
+// fragments from arbitrary enum values (used to build the constant name,
+// not the constant value).
+func TestEnumReplace(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		input string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{"admin", "admin"},
+		{"user-role", "user_role"},
+		{"user/path", "user_path"},
+		{`user\nadmin`, "usernadmin"},  // backslash stripped (only kept in value, not name)
+		{`say "hello"`, "sayhello"},
+		{"with space", "withspace"},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := EnumReplace(tc.input)
+			if got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("EnumReplace(%q) = %q, want %q", tc.input, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/codegen/golang/templates/template.tmpl b/internal/codegen/golang/templates/template.tmpl
index 9365817457..61892232e3 100644
--- a/internal/codegen/golang/templates/template.tmpl
+++ b/internal/codegen/golang/templates/template.tmpl
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ type {{.Name}} string
 
 const (
 	{{- range .Constants}}
-	{{.Name}} {{.Type}} = "{{.Value}}"
+	{{.Name}} {{.Type}} = {{printf "%q" .Value}}
 	{{- end}}
 )