diff --git a/docs/release_notes.rst b/docs/release_notes.rst
index 5ab5e11..ac444c6 100644
--- a/docs/release_notes.rst
+++ b/docs/release_notes.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ Release Notes
 **pydocstyle** version numbers follow the
 `Semantic Versioning <http://semver.org/>`_ specification.
 
+Current Development Version
+---------------------------
+
+Bug Fixes
+
+* Fix a crash when f-strings are used as docstrings (#653).
+
 6.3.0 - January 17th, 2023
 --------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/pydocstyle/checker.py b/src/pydocstyle/checker.py
index 9b6376b..6d25ea4 100644
--- a/src/pydocstyle/checker.py
+++ b/src/pydocstyle/checker.py
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
 
 __all__ = ('check',)
 
+FSTRING_REGEX = re(r'^([rR]?)[fF]')
+
+
+def eval_docstring(docstring):
+    """Safely evaluate docstring."""
+    if FSTRING_REGEX.match(str(docstring)):
+        return ""
+    return ast.literal_eval(docstring)
+
 
 def check_for(kind, terminal=False):
     def decorator(f):
@@ -241,7 +250,7 @@ def check_docstring_empty(self, definition, docstring):
         NOTE: This used to report as D10X errors.
 
         """
-        if docstring and is_blank(ast.literal_eval(docstring)):
+        if docstring and is_blank(eval_docstring(docstring)):
             return violations.D419()
 
     @check_for(Definition)
@@ -253,7 +262,7 @@ def check_one_liners(self, definition, docstring):
 
         """
         if docstring:
-            lines = ast.literal_eval(docstring).split('\n')
+            lines = eval_docstring(docstring).split('\n')
             if len(lines) > 1:
                 non_empty_lines = sum(1 for l in lines if not is_blank(l))
                 if non_empty_lines == 1:
@@ -329,7 +338,7 @@ def check_blank_after_summary(self, definition, docstring):
 
         """
         if docstring:
-            lines = ast.literal_eval(docstring).strip().split('\n')
+            lines = eval_docstring(docstring).strip().split('\n')
             if len(lines) > 1:
                 post_summary_blanks = list(map(is_blank, lines[1:]))
                 blanks_count = sum(takewhile(bool, post_summary_blanks))
@@ -382,7 +391,7 @@ def check_newline_after_last_paragraph(self, definition, docstring):
         if docstring:
             lines = [
                 l
-                for l in ast.literal_eval(docstring).split('\n')
+                for l in eval_docstring(docstring).split('\n')
                 if not is_blank(l)
             ]
             if len(lines) > 1:
@@ -393,7 +402,7 @@ def check_newline_after_last_paragraph(self, definition, docstring):
     def check_surrounding_whitespaces(self, definition, docstring):
         """D210: No whitespaces allowed surrounding docstring text."""
         if docstring:
-            lines = ast.literal_eval(docstring).split('\n')
+            lines = eval_docstring(docstring).split('\n')
             if (
                 lines[0].startswith(' ')
                 or len(lines) == 1
@@ -421,7 +430,7 @@ def check_multi_line_summary_start(self, definition, docstring):
                 "ur'''",
             ]
 
-            lines = ast.literal_eval(docstring).split('\n')
+            lines = eval_docstring(docstring).split('\n')
             if len(lines) > 1:
                 first = docstring.split("\n")[0].strip().lower()
                 if first in start_triple:
@@ -443,7 +452,7 @@ def check_triple_double_quotes(self, definition, docstring):
 
         '''
         if docstring:
-            if '"""' in ast.literal_eval(docstring):
+            if '"""' in eval_docstring(docstring):
                 # Allow ''' quotes if docstring contains """, because
                 # otherwise """ quotes could not be expressed inside
                 # docstring. Not in PEP 257.
@@ -487,7 +496,7 @@ def _check_ends_with(docstring, chars, violation):
 
         """
         if docstring:
-            summary_line = ast.literal_eval(docstring).strip().split('\n')[0]
+            summary_line = eval_docstring(docstring).strip().split('\n')[0]
             if not summary_line.endswith(chars):
                 return violation(summary_line[-1])
 
@@ -526,7 +535,7 @@ def check_imperative_mood(self, function, docstring):  # def context
             and not function.is_test
             and not function.is_property(self.property_decorators)
         ):
-            stripped = ast.literal_eval(docstring).strip()
+            stripped = eval_docstring(docstring).strip()
             if stripped:
                 first_word = strip_non_alphanumeric(stripped.split()[0])
                 check_word = first_word.lower()
@@ -552,7 +561,7 @@ def check_no_signature(self, function, docstring):  # def context
 
         """
         if docstring:
-            first_line = ast.literal_eval(docstring).strip().split('\n')[0]
+            first_line = eval_docstring(docstring).strip().split('\n')[0]
             if function.name + '(' in first_line.replace(' ', ''):
                 return violations.D402()
 
@@ -564,7 +573,7 @@ def check_capitalized(self, function, docstring):
 
         """
         if docstring:
-            first_word = ast.literal_eval(docstring).split()[0]
+            first_word = eval_docstring(docstring).split()[0]
             if first_word == first_word.upper():
                 return
             for char in first_word:
@@ -596,7 +605,7 @@ def check_starts_with_this(self, function, docstring):
         if not docstring:
             return
 
-        stripped = ast.literal_eval(docstring).strip()
+        stripped = eval_docstring(docstring).strip()
         if not stripped:
             return
 
diff --git a/src/tests/test_integration.py b/src/tests/test_integration.py
index b812fd6..497fe55 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -1584,4 +1584,13 @@ def test_match_considers_basenames_for_path_args(env):
     # env.invoke calls pydocstyle with full path to test_a.py
     out, _, code = env.invoke(target='test_a.py')
     assert '' == out
-    assert code == 0
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert code == 0
+
+def test_fstring(env):
+    """Test that f-strings do not cause a crash."""
+    env.write_config(select='D')
+    with env.open("test.py", 'wt') as fobj:
+        fobj.write('''f"bar {123}"''')
+    _, err, code = env.invoke(args="-v")
+    assert code == 1
+    assert "ValueError" not in err