diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a450dc6b7200..ccf7e3ce1997 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Add container queries plugin to standalone CLI ([#9865](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9865))
 - Support renaming of output files by `PostCSS` plugin. ([#9944](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9944))
 - Improve return value of `resolveConfig`, unwrap `ResolvableTo` ([#9972](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9972))
+- Clip unbalanced brackets in arbitrary values ([#9973](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/9973))
 
 ## [3.2.4] - 2022-11-11
 
diff --git a/src/lib/defaultExtractor.js b/src/lib/defaultExtractor.js
index 15d27aca4348..b06c37e9eb52 100644
--- a/src/lib/defaultExtractor.js
+++ b/src/lib/defaultExtractor.js
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ function clipAtBalancedParens(input) {
     // This means that there was an extra closing `]`
     // We'll clip to just before it
     if (depth < 0) {
-      return input.substring(0, match.index)
+      return input.substring(0, match.index - 1)
     }
 
     // We've finished balancing the brackets but there still may be characters that can be included
diff --git a/tests/default-extractor.test.js b/tests/default-extractor.test.js
index e0a39431a0bc..e96b04bbb1f2 100644
--- a/tests/default-extractor.test.js
+++ b/tests/default-extractor.test.js
@@ -482,3 +482,9 @@ test('a lot of data', () => {
 
   expect(extractions).toContain(`underline`)
 })
+
+test('ruby percent string array', () => {
+  let extractions = defaultExtractor('%w[text-[#bada55]]')
+
+  expect(extractions).toContain(`text-[#bada55]`)
+})