diff --git a/snapshots/3.3-4.0/end_block_exit.txt b/snapshots/3.3-4.0/end_block_exit.txt
index 04e2c3b668..d3252ac6e8 100644
--- a/snapshots/3.3-4.0/end_block_exit.txt
+++ b/snapshots/3.3-4.0/end_block_exit.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-@ ProgramNode (location: (1,0)-(7,1))
+@ ProgramNode (location: (1,0)-(11,1))
 ├── flags: ∅
 ├── locals: []
 └── statements:
-    @ StatementsNode (location: (1,0)-(7,1))
+    @ StatementsNode (location: (1,0)-(11,1))
     ├── flags: ∅
-    └── body: (length: 2)
+    └── body: (length: 3)
         ├── @ PostExecutionNode (location: (1,0)-(3,1))
         │   ├── flags: newline
         │   ├── statements:
@@ -18,16 +18,29 @@
         │   ├── keyword_loc: (1,0)-(1,3) = "END"
         │   ├── opening_loc: (1,4)-(1,5) = "{"
         │   └── closing_loc: (3,0)-(3,1) = "}"
-        └── @ PostExecutionNode (location: (5,0)-(7,1))
+        ├── @ PostExecutionNode (location: (5,0)-(7,1))
+        │   ├── flags: newline
+        │   ├── statements:
+        │   │   @ StatementsNode (location: (6,2)-(6,7))
+        │   │   ├── flags: ∅
+        │   │   └── body: (length: 1)
+        │   │       └── @ BreakNode (location: (6,2)-(6,7))
+        │   │           ├── flags: newline
+        │   │           ├── arguments: ∅
+        │   │           └── keyword_loc: (6,2)-(6,7) = "break"
+        │   ├── keyword_loc: (5,0)-(5,3) = "END"
+        │   ├── opening_loc: (5,4)-(5,5) = "{"
+        │   └── closing_loc: (7,0)-(7,1) = "}"
+        └── @ PostExecutionNode (location: (9,0)-(11,1))
             ├── flags: newline
             ├── statements:
-            │   @ StatementsNode (location: (6,2)-(6,7))
+            │   @ StatementsNode (location: (10,2)-(10,6))
             │   ├── flags: ∅
             │   └── body: (length: 1)
-            │       └── @ BreakNode (location: (6,2)-(6,7))
+            │       └── @ NextNode (location: (10,2)-(10,6))
             │           ├── flags: newline
             │           ├── arguments: ∅
-            │           └── keyword_loc: (6,2)-(6,7) = "break"
-            ├── keyword_loc: (5,0)-(5,3) = "END"
-            ├── opening_loc: (5,4)-(5,5) = "{"
-            └── closing_loc: (7,0)-(7,1) = "}"
+            │           └── keyword_loc: (10,2)-(10,6) = "next"
+            ├── keyword_loc: (9,0)-(9,3) = "END"
+            ├── opening_loc: (9,4)-(9,5) = "{"
+            └── closing_loc: (11,0)-(11,1) = "}"
diff --git a/snapshots/end_block_exit.txt b/snapshots/end_block_exit.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4acc5f4218..0000000000
--- a/snapshots/end_block_exit.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-@ ProgramNode (location: (1,0)-(3,1))
-├── flags: ∅
-├── locals: []
-└── statements:
-    @ StatementsNode (location: (1,0)-(3,1))
-    ├── flags: ∅
-    └── body: (length: 1)
-        └── @ PostExecutionNode (location: (1,0)-(3,1))
-            ├── flags: newline
-            ├── statements:
-            │   @ StatementsNode (location: (2,2)-(2,6))
-            │   ├── flags: ∅
-            │   └── body: (length: 1)
-            │       └── @ NextNode (location: (2,2)-(2,6))
-            │           ├── flags: newline
-            │           ├── arguments: ∅
-            │           └── keyword_loc: (2,2)-(2,6) = "next"
-            ├── keyword_loc: (1,0)-(1,3) = "END"
-            ├── opening_loc: (1,4)-(1,5) = "{"
-            └── closing_loc: (3,0)-(3,1) = "}"
diff --git a/src/prism.c b/src/prism.c
index 3172799283..c046aefce6 100644
--- a/src/prism.c
+++ b/src/prism.c
@@ -5074,7 +5074,7 @@ pm_interpolated_regular_expression_node_closing_set(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_inte
  * PM_NODE_FLAG_STATIC_LITERAL indicates that the node should be treated as a
  * single static literal string that can be pushed onto the stack on its own.
  * Note that this doesn't necessarily mean that the string will be frozen or
- * not; the instructions in CRuby will be either putobject or putstring,
+ * not; the instructions in CRuby will be either either putobject, dupstring or dupchilledstring,
  * depending on the combination of `--enable-frozen-string-literal`,
  * `# frozen_string_literal: true`, and whether or not there is interpolation.
  *
@@ -15332,9 +15332,6 @@ parse_block_exit(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_t *node) {
                     if (parser->version < PM_OPTIONS_VERSION_CRUBY_4_1) {
                         return;
                     }
-                    if (PM_NODE_TYPE_P(node, PM_NEXT_NODE)) {
-                        return;
-                    }
                 }
             PRISM_FALLTHROUGH
             case PM_CONTEXT_DEF:
diff --git a/test/prism/errors/4.1/end_block_exit.txt b/test/prism/errors/4.1/end_block_exit.txt
index f8fc59d1a3..a4a1e9bc2c 100644
--- a/test/prism/errors/4.1/end_block_exit.txt
+++ b/test/prism/errors/4.1/end_block_exit.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@ END {
   ^~~~~ Invalid break
 }
 
+END {
+  next
+  ^~~~ Invalid next
+}
+
diff --git a/test/prism/fixtures/3.3-4.0/end_block_exit.txt b/test/prism/fixtures/3.3-4.0/end_block_exit.txt
index 53afa1e2f4..8ebf0d6369 100644
--- a/test/prism/fixtures/3.3-4.0/end_block_exit.txt
+++ b/test/prism/fixtures/3.3-4.0/end_block_exit.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ END {
 END {
   break
 }
+
+END {
+  next
+}
diff --git a/test/prism/fixtures/end_block_exit.txt b/test/prism/fixtures/end_block_exit.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f64dcb6ed..0000000000
--- a/test/prism/fixtures/end_block_exit.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-END {
-  next
-}