diff --git a/scanner/context.go b/scanner/context.go
index f231f8e..06e1fc4 100644
--- a/scanner/context.go
+++ b/scanner/context.go
@@ -89,26 +89,26 @@ func (c *Context) getMultiLineState() *MultiLineState {
 	return c.mstate
 }
 
-func (c *Context) setLiteral(opt string) {
+func (c *Context) setLiteral(lastDelimColumn int, opt string) {
 	mstate := &MultiLineState{
 		isLiteral: true,
 		opt:       opt,
 	}
 	indent := firstLineIndentColumnByOpt(opt)
 	if indent > 0 {
-		mstate.firstLineIndentColumn = indent + 1
+		mstate.firstLineIndentColumn = lastDelimColumn + indent
 	}
 	c.mstate = mstate
 }
 
-func (c *Context) setFolded(opt string) {
+func (c *Context) setFolded(lastDelimColumn int, opt string) {
 	mstate := &MultiLineState{
 		isFolded: true,
 		opt:      opt,
 	}
 	indent := firstLineIndentColumnByOpt(opt)
 	if indent > 0 {
-		mstate.firstLineIndentColumn = indent + 1
+		mstate.firstLineIndentColumn = lastDelimColumn + indent
 	}
 	c.mstate = mstate
 }
diff --git a/scanner/scanner.go b/scanner/scanner.go
index a090a85..4cf70f2 100644
--- a/scanner/scanner.go
+++ b/scanner/scanner.go
@@ -1147,10 +1147,10 @@ func (s *Scanner) scanMultiLineHeaderOption(ctx *Context) error {
 	switch header {
 	case '|':
 		ctx.addToken(token.Literal("|"+opt, headerBuf, s.pos()))
-		ctx.setLiteral(opt)
+		ctx.setLiteral(s.lastDelimColumn, opt)
 	case '>':
 		ctx.addToken(token.Folded(">"+opt, headerBuf, s.pos()))
-		ctx.setFolded(opt)
+		ctx.setFolded(s.lastDelimColumn, opt)
 	}
 	if commentIndex > 0 {
 		comment := string(value[commentValueIndex+1:])
diff --git a/yaml_test_suite_test.go b/yaml_test_suite_test.go
index 95011ff..dd39e22 100644
--- a/yaml_test_suite_test.go
+++ b/yaml_test_suite_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ var failureTestNames = []string{
 	"invalid-comma-in-tag",
 	"invalid-tag",                                    // pass yamlv3.
 	"legal-tab-after-indentation",                    // pass yamlv3.
-	"literal-scalars",                                // pass yamlv3.
 	"mapping-key-and-flow-sequence-item-anchors",     // no json.
 	"multiline-plain-value-with-tabs-on-empty-lines", // pass yamlv3.
 	"multiline-scalar-at-top-level",                  // pass yamlv3.