diff --git a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
index 298a9d98976b76..4936ab761ddccb 100644
--- a/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
+++ b/lib/internal/util/inspect.js
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ const meta = [
 // License: MIT, authors: @sindresorhus, Qix-, arjunmehta and LitoMore
 // Matches all ansi escape code sequences in a string
 const ansiPattern = '[\\u001B\\u009B][[\\]()#;?]*' +
-  '(?:(?:(?:[a-zA-Z\\d]*(?:;[-a-zA-Z\\d\\/#&.:=?%@~_]*)*)?\\u0007)' +
+  '(?:(?:(?:(?:;[-a-zA-Z\\d\\/#&.:=?%@~_]+)*' +
+  '|[a-zA-Z\\d]+(?:;[-a-zA-Z\\d\\/#&.:=?%@~_]*)*)?\\u0007)' +
   '|(?:(?:\\d{1,4}(?:;\\d{0,4})*)?[\\dA-PR-TZcf-ntqry=><~]))';
 const ansi = new RegExp(ansiPattern, 'g');