diff --git a/notifications_utils/formatters.py b/notifications_utils/formatters.py
index 0d5b70d3..ee5019e3 100644
--- a/notifications_utils/formatters.py
+++ b/notifications_utils/formatters.py
@@ -610,16 +610,16 @@ def add_language_divs(_content: str) -> str:
     because the mistune parser has already run and put our [[lang]] tags inside
     paragraphs.
     """
-    select_anything = r"([\s\S]*)"
+    select_anything = r"([\s\S]*?)"
     fr_regex = re.compile(
-        f"{EMAIL_P_OPEN_TAG}{FR_OPEN}{EMAIL_P_CLOSE_TAG}{select_anything}{EMAIL_P_OPEN_TAG}{FR_CLOSE}{EMAIL_P_CLOSE_TAG}"
+        f"({EMAIL_P_OPEN_TAG})?{FR_OPEN}({EMAIL_P_CLOSE_TAG})?{select_anything}({EMAIL_P_OPEN_TAG})?{FR_CLOSE}({EMAIL_P_CLOSE_TAG})?"  # noqa
     )  # matches <p ...>[[fr]]</p>anything<p ...>[[/fr]]</p>
-    content = fr_regex.sub(r'<div lang="fr-ca">\1</div>', _content)  # \1 returns the "anything" content above
+    content = fr_regex.sub(r'<div lang="fr-ca">\3</div>', _content)  # \3 returns the "anything" content above (3rd group)
 
     en_regex = re.compile(
-        f"{EMAIL_P_OPEN_TAG}{EN_OPEN}{EMAIL_P_CLOSE_TAG}{select_anything}{EMAIL_P_OPEN_TAG}{EN_CLOSE}{EMAIL_P_CLOSE_TAG}"
+        f"({EMAIL_P_OPEN_TAG})?{EN_OPEN}({EMAIL_P_CLOSE_TAG})?{select_anything}({EMAIL_P_OPEN_TAG})?{EN_CLOSE}({EMAIL_P_CLOSE_TAG})?"  # noqa
     )  # matches <p ...>[[en]]</p>anything<p ...>[[/en]]</p>
-    content = en_regex.sub(r'<div lang="en-ca">\1</div>', content)  # \1 returns the "anything" content above
+    content = en_regex.sub(r'<div lang="en-ca">\3</div>', content)  # \3 returns the "anything" content above (3rd group)
     return content
 
 
diff --git a/notifications_utils/template.py b/notifications_utils/template.py
index 5bdb0236..cb8e3899 100644
--- a/notifications_utils/template.py
+++ b/notifications_utils/template.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
     add_ircc_gc_seal,
     add_language_divs,
     add_prefix,
-    add_newlines_around_lang_tags,
     autolink_sms,
     notify_email_markdown,
     notify_email_preheader_markdown,
@@ -753,7 +752,6 @@ def get_html_email_body(template_content, template_values, redact_missing_person
         )
         .then(unlink_govuk_escaped)
         .then(strip_unsupported_characters)
-        .then(add_newlines_around_lang_tags)
         .then(add_trailing_newline)
         .then(notify_email_markdown)
         .then(add_language_divs)
diff --git a/notifications_utils/version.py b/notifications_utils/version.py
index b462b3e0..427bffcb 100644
--- a/notifications_utils/version.py
+++ b/notifications_utils/version.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "48.1.1"
+__version__ = "48.2.0"
 # GDS version '34.0.1'
diff --git a/tests/test_formatters.py b/tests/test_formatters.py
index 1e83b22b..2efd665a 100644
--- a/tests/test_formatters.py
+++ b/tests/test_formatters.py
@@ -956,43 +956,88 @@ def test_normalise_whitespace():
     assert normalise_whitespace("\u200C Your tax   is\ndue\n\n") == "Your tax is due"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("lang", ("en", "fr"))
-def test_add_language_divs_fr_replaces(lang: str):
-    _content = (
-        f'<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[{lang}]]</p>'
-        '<h2 style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; font-weight: bold; color: #0B0C0C;">'
-        "title</h2>"
-        '<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">'
-        "Comment vas-tu aujourd'hui?</p>"
-        f'<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[/{lang}]]</p>'
-    )
-    content = (
-        f'<div lang="{lang}-ca">'
-        '<h2 style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; font-weight: bold; color: #0B0C0C;">'
-        "title</h2>"
-        '<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">'
-        "Comment vas-tu aujourd'hui?</p></div>"
-    )
-    assert add_language_divs(_content) == content
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("lang", ("en", "fr"))
-def test_add_language_divs_fr_does_not_replace(lang: str):
-    _content = f"[[{lang}]] asdf [[/{lang}]]"
-    assert add_language_divs(_content) == _content
-
+class TestAddLanguageDivs:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("lang", ("en", "fr"))
+    def test_add_language_divs_fr_replaces(self, lang: str):
+        _content = (
+            f'<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[{lang}]]</p>'
+            '<h2 style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; font-weight: bold; color: #0B0C0C;">'
+            "title</h2>"
+            '<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">'
+            "Comment vas-tu aujourd'hui?</p>"
+            f'<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[/{lang}]]</p>'
+        )
+        content = (
+            f'<div lang="{lang}-ca">'
+            '<h2 style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 27px; line-height: 35px; font-weight: bold; color: #0B0C0C;">'
+            "title</h2>"
+            '<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">'
+            "Comment vas-tu aujourd'hui?</p></div>"
+        )
+        assert add_language_divs(_content) == content
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "input,output",
-    (
-        ("abc 123", "abc 123"),
-        ("[[fr]]\n\nabc\n\n[[/fr]]", "\n\nabc\n\n"),
-        ("[[en]]\n\nabc\n\n[[/en]]", "\n\nabc\n\n"),
-        ("[[en]]\n\nabc\n\n[[/en]]\n\n[[fr]]\n\n123\n\n[[/fr]]", "\n\nabc\n\n\n\n\n\n123\n\n"),
-    ),
-)
-def test_remove_language_divs(input: str, output: str):
-    assert remove_language_divs(input) == output
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "input,output",
+        (
+            ("abc 123", "abc 123"),
+            ("[[fr]]\n\nabc\n\n[[/fr]]", "\n\nabc\n\n"),
+            ("[[en]]\n\nabc\n\n[[/en]]", "\n\nabc\n\n"),
+            ("[[en]]\n\nabc\n\n[[/en]]\n\n[[fr]]\n\n123\n\n[[/fr]]", "\n\nabc\n\n\n\n\n\n123\n\n"),
+        ),
+    )
+    def test_remove_language_divs(self, input: str, output: str):
+        assert remove_language_divs(input) == output
+
+    def test_multiple_language_div_after_mistune(self):
+        testString = '<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[fr]]</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Le français suis l\'anglais</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[/fr]]</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[en]]</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">hi</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[/en]]</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[fr]]<br />Bonjour<br />[[/fr]]</p>'  # noqa
+        testResult = '<div lang="fr-ca"><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Le français suis l\'anglais</p></div><div lang="en-ca"><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">hi</p></div><div lang="fr-ca"><br />Bonjour<br /></div>'  # noqa
+
+        assert add_language_divs(testString) == testResult
+
+    def test_multiple_language_div_without_mistune(self):
+        testString = f"""
+        [[fr]]
+        Le français suis l'anglais
+        [[/fr]]
+
+        [[en]]
+        hi
+        [[/en]]
+
+        [[fr]]
+        bonjour
+        [[/fr]]
+        """  # noqa
+
+        testResult = '\n        <div lang="fr-ca">\n        Le français suis l\'anglais\n        </div>\n\n        <div lang="en-ca">\n        hi\n        </div>\n\n        <div lang="fr-ca">\n        bonjour\n        </div>\n        '  # noqa
+        assert add_language_divs(testString) == testResult
+
+    def test_nested_language_divs_after_mistune(self):
+        testString = '<p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[fr]]</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Le français suis l\'anglais</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[en]]</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">hi</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[/en]]</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[/fr]]</p><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">[[en]]<br />hi<br />[[fr]]<br />Bonjour<br />[[/fr]]<br />[[/en]]</p>'  # noqa
+        testResult = '<div lang="fr-ca"><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">Le français suis l\'anglais</p><div lang="en-ca"><p style="Margin: 0 0 20px 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 25px; color: #0B0C0C;">hi</p></div></div><div lang="en-ca"><br />hi<br /><div lang="fr-ca"><br />Bonjour<br /></div><br /></div>'  # noqa
+
+        assert add_language_divs(testString) == testResult
+
+    def test_nested_language_divs_without_mistune(self):
+        testString = f"""
+        [[fr]]
+        Le français suis l'anglais
+        
+            [[en]]
+            English!
+            [[/en]]
+        
+        [[/fr]]
+
+        [[en]]
+        English
+            [[fr]]
+            French!
+            [[/fr]]
+        [[/en]]
+        """  # noqa
+        testResult = '\n        <div lang="fr-ca">\n        Le français suis l\'anglais\n        \n            <div lang="en-ca">\n            English!\n            </div>\n        \n        </div>\n\n        <div lang="en-ca">\n        English\n            <div lang="fr-ca">\n            French!\n            </div>\n        </div>\n        '  # noqa
+        assert add_language_divs(testString) == testResult
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/test_template.py b/tests/test_template.py
index 979610df..46b07749 100644
--- a/tests/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/test_template.py
@@ -14,13 +14,10 @@ def test_lang_tags_in_templates():
     "bad_content",
     [
         "[[en]\nEN text\n[[/en]]",  # missing bracket
-        "[[en]]EN text\n[[/en]]",  # missing \n
-        "[[en]]\nEN text[[/en]]",  # missing \n
         "[[EN]]\nEN text\n[[/EN]]",  # tags not lowercase
         "[[en]]\nEN text\n",  # tag missing
         "EN text\n[[/en]]",  # tag missing
         "((en))\nEN text\n((/en))",  # wrong brackets
-        "[[en]]EN text[[/en]]",  # tags not on their own line
     ],
 )
 def test_lang_tags_in_templates_bad_content(bad_content: str):