diff --git a/src/resources/filters/crossref/meta.lua b/src/resources/filters/crossref/meta.lua
index c049d531171..207f850e911 100644
--- a/src/resources/filters/crossref/meta.lua
+++ b/src/resources/filters/crossref/meta.lua
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function crossrefMetaInject()
   return {
     Meta = function(meta)
       local function as_latex(inlines)
-        return trim(pandoc.write(pandoc.Pandoc(inlines), "latex"))
+        return trim(pandoc.write(pandoc.Pandoc(quarto.utils.as_blocks(inlines)), "latex"))
       end
       metaInjectLatex(meta, function(inject)
         
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/crossrefs/float/latex/latex-fig-title.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/crossrefs/float/latex/latex-fig-title.qmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef74d90826f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/crossrefs/float/latex/latex-fig-title.qmd
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+title: Multi word fig title should be one line
+format: latex
+crossref: 
+  fig-title: 'Supplementary Figure'
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    latex:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        - ['\\figurename\{Supplementary Figure\}']
+        - []
+---
+
+## Unresolved Crossref Figure
+
+![Elephant](img/surus.jpg){#fig-elephant}
+
+See @fig-elephant for examples. 
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