diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Eql.g4 b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Eql.g4
index 2181baec6..24ac884f6 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Eql.g4
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Eql.g4
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ constructor_item
     | scalar_expression
     | aggregate_expression
     | identification_variable
+    | literal
     ;
 
 aggregate_expression
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlQueryRenderer.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlQueryRenderer.java
index b36a7fb98..bc68ccf22 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlQueryRenderer.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlQueryRenderer.java
@@ -696,19 +696,19 @@ class EqlQueryRenderer extends EqlBaseVisitor<QueryTokenStream> {
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitConstructor_item(EqlParser.Constructor_itemContext ctx) {
 
-		QueryRendererBuilder builder = QueryRenderer.builder();
-
 		if (ctx.single_valued_path_expression() != null) {
-			builder.append(visit(ctx.single_valued_path_expression()));
+			return visit(ctx.single_valued_path_expression());
 		} else if (ctx.scalar_expression() != null) {
-			builder.append(visit(ctx.scalar_expression()));
+			return visit(ctx.scalar_expression());
 		} else if (ctx.aggregate_expression() != null) {
-			builder.append(visit(ctx.aggregate_expression()));
+			return visit(ctx.aggregate_expression());
 		} else if (ctx.identification_variable() != null) {
-			builder.append(visit(ctx.identification_variable()));
+			return visit(ctx.identification_variable());
+		} else if (ctx.literal() != null) {
+			return visit(ctx.literal());
 		}
 
-		return builder;
+		return QueryTokenStream.empty();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryRenderer.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryRenderer.java
index 6b1bf850e..0d61c9586 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryRenderer.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryRenderer.java
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ class HqlQueryRenderer extends HqlBaseVisitor<QueryTokenStream> {
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitGenericTemporalLiteralText(HqlParser.GenericTemporalLiteralTextContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.STRING_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.STRING_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -1331,12 +1331,12 @@ class HqlQueryRenderer extends HqlBaseVisitor<QueryTokenStream> {
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitGeneralizedLiteralType(HqlParser.GeneralizedLiteralTypeContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.STRING_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.STRING_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitGeneralizedLiteralText(HqlParser.GeneralizedLiteralTextContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.STRING_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.STRING_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -1407,37 +1407,37 @@ class HqlQueryRenderer extends HqlBaseVisitor<QueryTokenStream> {
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitYear(HqlParser.YearContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitMonth(HqlParser.MonthContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitDay(HqlParser.DayContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitHour(HqlParser.HourContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitMinute(HqlParser.MinuteContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitSecond(HqlParser.SecondContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.INTEGER_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitZoneId(HqlParser.ZoneIdContext ctx) {
-		return QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(ctx.STRING_LITERAL()));
+		return QueryTokenStream.ofToken(ctx.STRING_LITERAL());
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlComplianceTests.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlComplianceTests.java
index 8ae77e555..9b092c792 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlComplianceTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlComplianceTests.java
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ class EqlComplianceTests {
 		assertQuery("SELECT s FROM Stat s WHERE s.ratio > 3.14e32D");
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-3308
+	void newWithStrings() {
+		assertQuery("select new com.example.demo.SampleObject(se.id, se.sampleValue, \"java\") from SampleEntity se");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void orderByClause() {