diff --git a/lib/utils.bash b/lib/utils.bash
index c52470b3..8eae18fc 100644
--- a/lib/utils.bash
+++ b/lib/utils.bash
@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ get_asdf_config_value_from_file() {
     return 1
   fi
 
+  util_validate_no_carriage_returns "$config_path"
+
   local result
   result=$(grep -E "^\s*$key\s*=\s*" "$config_path" | head | sed -e 's/^[^=]*= *//' -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
   if [ -n "$result" ]; then
@@ -465,6 +467,8 @@ find_file_upwards() {
   search_path=$PWD
   while [ "$search_path" != "/" ]; do
     if [ -f "$search_path/$name" ]; then
+      util_validate_no_carriage_returns "$search_path/$name"
+
       printf "%s\n" "${search_path}/$name"
       return 0
     fi
@@ -863,6 +867,15 @@ util_resolve_user_path() {
   fi
 }
 
+# @description Check if a file contains carriage returns. If it does, print a warning.
+util_validate_no_carriage_returns() {
+  local file_path="$1"
+
+  if grep -qr $'\r' "$file_path"; then
+    printf '%s\n' "asdf: Warning: File $file_path contains carriage returns. Please remove them." >&2
+  fi
+}
+
 get_plugin_remote_url() {
   local plugin_name="$1"
   local plugin_path
diff --git a/test/utils.bats b/test/utils.bats
index 5e5c94f7..39f29eba 100644
--- a/test/utils.bats
+++ b/test/utils.bats
@@ -460,3 +460,16 @@ EOF
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
   [ "$output" = "$message" ]
 }
+
+@test "prints warning if .tool-versions file has carriage returns" {
+  ASDF_CONFIG_FILE="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/asdfrc"
+  cat >"$ASDF_CONFIG_FILE" <<<$'key2 = value2\r'
+
+  [[ "$(get_asdf_config_value "key1" 2>&1)" = *"contains carriage returns"* ]]
+}
+
+@test "prints if asdfrc config file has carriage returns" {
+  cat >".tool-versions" <<<$'nodejs 19.6.0\r'
+
+  [[ "$(find_tool_versions 2>&1)" = *"contains carriage returns"* ]]
+}