diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/__tests__/nodeTypesUtils.spec.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/__tests__/nodeTypesUtils.spec.ts
index 7f3cac9447f36..18b4061330003 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/__tests__/nodeTypesUtils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/__tests__/nodeTypesUtils.spec.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const referencedNodesTestCases: Array<{ caseName: string; node: INode; expected:
 		expected: ['Edit Fields 2'],
 	},
 	{
-		caseName: 'Should handle expressions with single and double quotes',
+		caseName: 'Should handle expressions with single quotes, double quotes and backticks',
 		node: {
 			parameters: {
 				authentication: 'oAuth2',
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ const referencedNodesTestCases: Array<{ caseName: string; node: INode; expected:
 					value: '={{ $("Edit Fields 2").item.json.sheet }}',
 					mode: 'id',
 				},
+				rowName: {
+					__rl: true,
+					value: '={{ $(`Edit Fields 3`).item.json.row }}',
+					mode: 'id',
+				},
 				filtersUI: {},
 				combineFilters: 'AND',
 				options: {},
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ const referencedNodesTestCases: Array<{ caseName: string; node: INode; expected:
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		expected: ['Edit Fields', 'Edit Fields 2'],
+		expected: ['Edit Fields', 'Edit Fields 2', 'Edit Fields 3'],
 	},
 	{
 		caseName: 'Should only add one reference for each referenced node',
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ const referencedNodesTestCases: Array<{ caseName: string; node: INode; expected:
 		expected: ['Edit Fields', 'Edit Fields 2'],
 	},
 	{
-		caseName: 'Should ignore spaces around node references',
+		caseName: 'Should respect whitespace around node references',
 		node: {
 			parameters: {
 				curlImport: '',
@@ -202,15 +207,15 @@ const referencedNodesTestCases: Array<{ caseName: string; node: INode; expected:
 			id: 'edc36001-aee7-4052-b66e-cf127f4b6ea5',
 			name: 'HTTP Request',
 		},
-		expected: ['Edit Fields'],
+		expected: ['   Edit Fields     '],
 	},
 	{
-		caseName: 'Should ignore non-existing nodes',
+		caseName: 'Should ignore whitespace inside expressions',
 		node: {
 			parameters: {
 				curlImport: '',
 				method: 'GET',
-				url: "={{ $('   Edit Fields     ').item.json.one }}",
+				url: "={{ $(    'Edit Fields'     ).item.json.one }}",
 				authentication: 'none',
 				provideSslCertificates: false,
 				sendQuery: false,
@@ -251,12 +256,13 @@ const referencedNodesTestCases: Array<{ caseName: string; node: INode; expected:
 		expected: [],
 	},
 	{
-		caseName: 'Should handle node names with quotes',
+		caseName: 'Should correctly detect node names that contain single quotes',
 		node: {
 			parameters: {
 				curlImport: '',
 				method: 'GET',
-				url: "={{ $('Edit 'Fields' 2').item.json.name }}",
+				// In order to carry over backslashes to test function, the string needs to be double escaped
+				url: "={{ $('Edit \\'Fields\\' 2').item.json.name }}",
 				authentication: 'none',
 				provideSslCertificates: false,
 				sendQuery: false,
@@ -273,6 +279,101 @@ const referencedNodesTestCases: Array<{ caseName: string; node: INode; expected:
 		},
 		expected: ["Edit 'Fields' 2"],
 	},
+	{
+		caseName: 'Should correctly detect node names with inner backticks',
+		node: {
+			parameters: {
+				curlImport: '',
+				method: 'GET',
+				url: "={{ $('Edit `Fields` 2').item.json.name }}",
+				authentication: 'none',
+				provideSslCertificates: false,
+				sendQuery: false,
+				sendHeaders: false,
+				sendBody: false,
+				options: {},
+				infoMessage: '',
+			},
+			type: 'n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest',
+			typeVersion: 4.2,
+			position: [220, 220],
+			id: 'edc36001-aee7-4052-b66e-cf127f4b6ea5',
+			name: 'HTTP Request',
+		},
+		expected: ['Edit `Fields` 2'],
+	},
+	{
+		caseName: 'Should correctly detect node names with inner escaped backticks',
+		node: {
+			parameters: {
+				curlImport: '',
+				method: 'GET',
+				// eslint-disable-next-line prettier/prettier
+				url: "={{ $(`Edit \\`Fields\\` 2`).item.json.name }}",
+				authentication: 'none',
+				provideSslCertificates: false,
+				sendQuery: false,
+				sendHeaders: false,
+				sendBody: false,
+				options: {},
+				infoMessage: '',
+			},
+			type: 'n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest',
+			typeVersion: 4.2,
+			position: [220, 220],
+			id: 'edc36001-aee7-4052-b66e-cf127f4b6ea5',
+			name: 'HTTP Request',
+		},
+		expected: ['Edit `Fields` 2'],
+	},
+	{
+		caseName: 'Should correctly detect node names with inner escaped double quotes',
+		node: {
+			parameters: {
+				curlImport: '',
+				method: 'GET',
+				// In order to carry over backslashes to test function, the string needs to be double escaped
+				url: '={{ $("Edit \\"Fields\\" 2").item.json.name }}',
+				authentication: 'none',
+				provideSslCertificates: false,
+				sendQuery: false,
+				sendHeaders: false,
+				sendBody: false,
+				options: {},
+				infoMessage: '',
+			},
+			type: 'n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest',
+			typeVersion: 4.2,
+			position: [220, 220],
+			id: 'edc36001-aee7-4052-b66e-cf127f4b6ea5',
+			name: 'HTTP Request',
+		},
+		expected: ['Edit "Fields" 2'],
+	},
+	{
+		caseName: 'Should not detect invalid expressions',
+		node: {
+			parameters: {
+				curlImport: '',
+				method: 'GET',
+				// String not closed properly
+				url: "={{ $('Edit ' fields').item.json.document }",
+				// Mixed quotes
+				url2: '{{ $("Edit \'Fields" 2").item.json.name }}',
+				url3: '{{ $("Edit `Fields" 2").item.json.name }}',
+				// Quotes not escaped
+				url4: '{{ $("Edit "Fields" 2").item.json.name }}',
+				url5: "{{ $('Edit 'Fields' 2').item.json.name }}",
+				url6: '{{ $(`Edit `Fields` 2`).item.json.name }}',
+			},
+			type: 'n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest',
+			typeVersion: 4.2,
+			position: [220, 220],
+			id: 'edc36001-aee7-4052-b66e-cf127f4b6ea5',
+			name: 'HTTP Request',
+		},
+		expected: [],
+	},
 ];
 
 describe.each(referencedNodesTestCases)('getReferencedNodes', (testCase) => {
diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/nodeTypesUtils.ts b/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/nodeTypesUtils.ts
index b0a8cffc87035..03f930c740bea 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/nodeTypesUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/utils/nodeTypesUtils.ts
@@ -505,10 +505,9 @@ export const getNodeIconColor = (
 
 /**
 	Regular expression to extract the node names from the expressions in the template.
-	Example: $('expression') => expression
-	Or: $("expression") => expression
+	Supports single quotes, double quotes, and backticks.
 */
-const entityRegex = /\$\((\\?['"])(.*?)\1\)/g;
+const entityRegex = /\$\(\s*(\\?["'`])((?:\\.|(?!\1)[^\\])*)\1\s*\)/g;
 
 /**
  * Extract the node names from the expressions in the template.
@@ -522,6 +521,13 @@ function extractNodeNames(template: string): string[] {
 	return nodeNames;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Unescape quotes in the string. Supports single quotes, double quotes, and backticks.
+ */
+export function unescapeQuotes(str: string): string {
+	return str.replace(/\\(['"`])/g, '$1');
+}
+
 /**
  * Extract the node names from the expressions in the node parameters.
  */
@@ -533,15 +539,21 @@ export function getReferencedNodes(node: INode): string[] {
 	// Go through all parameters and check if they contain expressions on any level
 	for (const key in node.parameters) {
 		let names: string[] = [];
-		if (node.parameters[key] && typeof node.parameters[key] === 'object') {
+		if (
+			node.parameters[key] &&
+			typeof node.parameters[key] === 'object' &&
+			Object.keys(node.parameters[key]).length
+		) {
 			names = extractNodeNames(JSON.stringify(node.parameters[key]));
-		} else if (typeof node.parameters[key] === 'string') {
+		} else if (typeof node.parameters[key] === 'string' && node.parameters[key]) {
 			names = extractNodeNames(node.parameters[key]);
 		}
 		if (names.length) {
-			names.forEach((name) => {
-				referencedNodes.add(name.trim());
-			});
+			names
+				.map((name) => unescapeQuotes(name))
+				.forEach((name) => {
+					referencedNodes.add(name);
+				});
 		}
 	}
 	return referencedNodes.size ? Array.from(referencedNodes) : [];