diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 5db5bb7d..94b34d98 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ Version 3.0.7 -
 - Fixed bug #350, in which White expressions could fail to match due to
   unintended whitespace-skipping. Reported by Fu Hanxi, thank you!
 
+- Fixed bug #355, when a QuotedString is defined with characters in its
+  quoteChar string containing regex-significant characters such as ., *,
+  ?, [, ], etc.
+
 - Fixed bug in ParserElement.run_tests where comments would be displayed
   using with_line_numbers.
 
diff --git a/pyparsing/__init__.py b/pyparsing/__init__.py
index 4cc4f959..47b8e5cf 100644
--- a/pyparsing/__init__.py
+++ b/pyparsing/__init__.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
 
 
 __version_info__ = version_info(3, 0, 7, "final", 0)
-__version_time__ = "02 Jan 2022 22:56 UTC"
+__version_time__ = "15 Jan 2022 04:10 UTC"
 __version__ = __version_info__.__version__
 __versionTime__ = __version_time__
 __author__ = "Paul McGuire <ptmcg.gm+pyparsing@gmail.com>"
diff --git a/pyparsing/core.py b/pyparsing/core.py
index cb9ac9ac..2ab7ea70 100644
--- a/pyparsing/core.py
+++ b/pyparsing/core.py
@@ -3131,7 +3131,7 @@ def __init__(
                 + "|".join(
                     "(?:{}(?!{}))".format(
                         re.escape(self.endQuoteChar[:i]),
-                        _escape_regex_range_chars(self.endQuoteChar[i:]),
+                        re.escape(self.endQuoteChar[i:]),
                     )
                     for i in range(len(self.endQuoteChar) - 1, 0, -1)
                 )
diff --git a/tests/test_unit.py b/tests/test_unit.py
index b92cc9cc..388af38f 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit.py
@@ -1807,6 +1807,29 @@ def test(label, quoteExpr, expected):
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             pp.QuotedString("", "\\")
 
+    def testCustomQuotes2(self):
+
+        qs = pp.QuotedString(quote_char=".[", end_quote_char="].")
+        print(qs.reString)
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, ".[...].", ['...'])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, ".[].", [''])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, ".[]].", [']'])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, ".[]]].", [']]'])
+
+        qs = pp.QuotedString(quote_char="+*", end_quote_char="*+")
+        print(qs.reString)
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, "+*...*+", ['...'])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, "+**+", [''])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, "+***+", ['*'])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, "+****+", ['**'])
+
+        qs = pp.QuotedString(quote_char="*/", end_quote_char="/*")
+        print(qs.reString)
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, "*/.../*", ['...'])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, "*//*", [''])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, "*///*", ['/'])
+        self.assertParseAndCheckList(qs, "*////*", ['//'])
+
     def testRepeater(self):
         if ParserElement._packratEnabled or ParserElement._left_recursion_enabled:
             print("skipping this test, not compatible with memoization")