diff --git a/moto/ses/template.py b/moto/ses/template.py
index ec34cd19c..5c82c6091 100644
--- a/moto/ses/template.py
+++ b/moto/ses/template.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ def parse_template(template, template_data, tokenizer=None, until=None):
     for char in tokenizer:
         if until is not None and (char + tokenizer.peek(len(until) - 1)) == until:
             return parsed
-        if char == "{":
+        if char == "{" and tokenizer.peek() == "{":
+            # Two braces next to each other indicate a variable/language construct such as for-each
             tokenizer.skip_characters("{")
             tokenizer.skip_white_space()
             if tokenizer.peek() == "#":
diff --git a/tests/test_ses/test_templating.py b/tests/test_ses/test_templating.py
index 0883013b0..a9346b3a9 100644
--- a/tests/test_ses/test_templating.py
+++ b/tests/test_ses/test_templating.py
@@ -24,3 +24,10 @@ def test_template_with_multiple_foreach():
         "l2": [{"o1": "ob1", "o2": "ob2"}, {"o1": "oc1", "o2": "oc2"}],
     }
     parse_template(t, kwargs).should.equal(" - it1 - it2 and list 2  ob1 ob2  oc1 oc2 ")
+
+
+def test_template_with_single_curly_brace():
+    t = "Dear {{name}} my {brace} is fine."
+    parse_template(t, template_data={"name": "John"}).should.equal(
+        "Dear John my {brace} is fine."
+    )