diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5069bb2d3..f145262aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 ## 0.7.7dev
+* [Fix] Fix CTE generation when the snippets have trailing semicolons
 
 ## 0.7.6 (2023-05-29)
 
diff --git a/src/sql/store.py b/src/sql/store.py
index 2f3a35b93..f0aa7303f 100644
--- a/src/sql/store.py
+++ b/src/sql/store.py
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         ` (backtick)
         """
         with_clause_template = Template(
-            """WITH{% for name in with_ %} {{name}} AS ({{saved[name]._query}})\
+            """WITH{% for name in with_ %} {{name}} AS ({{rts(saved[name]._query)}})\
 {{ "," if not loop.last }}{% endfor %}{{query}}"""
         )
         with_clause_template_backtick = Template(
-            """WITH{% for name in with_ %} `{{name}}` AS ({{saved[name]._query}})\
+            """WITH{% for name in with_ %} `{{name}}` AS ({{rts(saved[name]._query)}})\
 {{ "," if not loop.last }}{% endfor %}{{query}}"""
         )
         is_use_backtick = sql.connection.Connection.current.is_use_backtick_template()
@@ -118,10 +118,18 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
             with_clause_template_backtick if is_use_backtick else with_clause_template
         )
         return template.render(
-            query=self._query, saved=self._store._data, with_=with_all
+            query=self._query,
+            saved=self._store._data,
+            with_=with_all,
+            rts=_remove_trailing_semicolon,
         )
 
 
+def _remove_trailing_semicolon(query):
+    query_ = query.rstrip()
+    return query_[:-1] if query_[-1] == ";" else query
+
+
 def _get_dependencies(store, keys):
     """Get a list of all dependencies to reconstruct the CTEs in keys"""
     # get the dependencies for each key
diff --git a/src/tests/test_magic_cte.py b/src/tests/test_magic_cte.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95e96c0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/test_magic_cte.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+def test_trailing_semicolons_removed_from_cte(ip):
+    ip.run_cell(
+        """%%sql --save positive_x
+SELECT * FROM number_table WHERE x > 0;
+
+
+"""
+    )
+
+    ip.run_cell(
+        """%%sql --save positive_y
+SELECT * FROM number_table WHERE y > 0;
+"""
+    )
+
+    cell_execution = ip.run_cell(
+        """%%sql --save final --with positive_x --with positive_y
+SELECT * FROM positive_x
+UNION
+SELECT * FROM positive_y;
+"""
+    )
+
+    cell_final_query = ip.run_cell(
+        "%sqlrender final --with positive_x --with positive_y"
+    )
+
+    assert cell_execution.success
+    assert cell_final_query.result == (
+        "WITH `positive_x` AS (\nSELECT * "
+        "FROM number_table WHERE x > 0), `positive_y` AS (\nSELECT * "
+        "FROM number_table WHERE y > 0)\nSELECT * FROM positive_x\n"
+        "UNION\nSELECT * FROM positive_y;"
+    )