diff --git a/components/prism-jq.js b/components/prism-jq.js
index 0dba985c96..3cc030e72f 100644
--- a/components/prism-jq.js
+++ b/components/prism-jq.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (function (Prism) {
 
 	var interpolation = /\\\((?:[^()]|\([^()]*\))*\)/.source;
-	var string = RegExp(/"(?:[^"\r\n\\]|\\[^\r\n(]|__)*"/.source.replace(/__/g, function () { return interpolation; }));
+	var string = RegExp(/(^|[^\\])"(?:[^"\r\n\\]|\\[^\r\n(]|__)*"/.source.replace(/__/g, function () { return interpolation; }));
 	var stringInterpolation = {
 		'interpolation': {
 			pattern: RegExp(/((?:^|[^\\])(?:\\{2})*)/.source + interpolation),
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 		'comment': /#.*/,
 		'property': {
 			pattern: RegExp(string.source + /(?=\s*:(?!:))/.source),
+			lookbehind: true,
 			greedy: true,
 			inside: stringInterpolation
 		},
 		'string': {
 			pattern: string,
+			lookbehind: true,
 			greedy: true,
 			inside: stringInterpolation
 		},
diff --git a/components/prism-jq.min.js b/components/prism-jq.min.js
index 89089d8cdb..e96a55f710 100644
--- a/components/prism-jq.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-jq.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(e){var n="\\\\\\((?:[^()]|\\([^()]*\\))*\\)",t=RegExp('"(?:[^"\r\n\\\\]|\\\\[^\r\n(]|__)*"'.replace(/__/g,function(){return n})),i={interpolation:{pattern:RegExp("((?:^|[^\\\\])(?:\\\\{2})*)"+n),lookbehind:!0,inside:{content:{pattern:/^(\\\()[\s\S]+(?=\)$)/,lookbehind:!0,inside:null},punctuation:/^\\\(|\)$/}}},a=e.languages.jq={comment:/#.*/,property:{pattern:RegExp(t.source+"(?=\\s*:(?!:))"),greedy:!0,inside:i},string:{pattern:t,greedy:!0,inside:i},function:{pattern:/(\bdef\s+)[a-z_]\w+/i,lookbehind:!0},variable:/\B\$\w+/,"property-literal":{pattern:/\b[a-z_]\w*(?=\s*:(?!:))/i,alias:"property"},keyword:/\b(?:as|break|catch|def|elif|else|end|foreach|if|import|include|label|module|modulemeta|null|reduce|then|try|while)\b/,boolean:/\b(?:false|true)\b/,number:/(?:\b\d+\.|\B\.)?\b\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?\b/,operator:[{pattern:/\|=?/,alias:"pipe"},/\.\.|[!=<>]?=|\?\/\/|\/\/=?|[-+*/%]=?|[<>?]|\b(?:and|not|or)\b/],"c-style-function":{pattern:/\b[a-z_]\w*(?=\s*\()/i,alias:"function"},punctuation:/::|[()\[\]{},:;]|\.(?=\s*[\[\w$])/,dot:{pattern:/\./,alias:"important"}};i.interpolation.inside.content.inside=a}(Prism);
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+!function(e){var n="\\\\\\((?:[^()]|\\([^()]*\\))*\\)",t=RegExp('(^|[^\\\\])"(?:[^"\r\n\\\\]|\\\\[^\r\n(]|__)*"'.replace(/__/g,function(){return n})),i={interpolation:{pattern:RegExp("((?:^|[^\\\\])(?:\\\\{2})*)"+n),lookbehind:!0,inside:{content:{pattern:/^(\\\()[\s\S]+(?=\)$)/,lookbehind:!0,inside:null},punctuation:/^\\\(|\)$/}}},a=e.languages.jq={comment:/#.*/,property:{pattern:RegExp(t.source+"(?=\\s*:(?!:))"),lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:i},string:{pattern:t,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0,inside:i},function:{pattern:/(\bdef\s+)[a-z_]\w+/i,lookbehind:!0},variable:/\B\$\w+/,"property-literal":{pattern:/\b[a-z_]\w*(?=\s*:(?!:))/i,alias:"property"},keyword:/\b(?:as|break|catch|def|elif|else|end|foreach|if|import|include|label|module|modulemeta|null|reduce|then|try|while)\b/,boolean:/\b(?:false|true)\b/,number:/(?:\b\d+\.|\B\.)?\b\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?\b/,operator:[{pattern:/\|=?/,alias:"pipe"},/\.\.|[!=<>]?=|\?\/\/|\/\/=?|[-+*/%]=?|[<>?]|\b(?:and|not|or)\b/],"c-style-function":{pattern:/\b[a-z_]\w*(?=\s*\()/i,alias:"function"},punctuation:/::|[()\[\]{},:;]|\.(?=\s*[\[\w$])/,dot:{pattern:/\./,alias:"important"}};i.interpolation.inside.content.inside=a}(Prism);
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