diff --git a/components/prism-core.js b/components/prism-core.js
index 6ba78c74f9..87e3b5b3ab 100644
--- a/components/prism-core.js
+++ b/components/prism-core.js
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ var _ = _self.Prism = {
 						delNum = 3;
 
 						if (to <= len) {
+							if (strarr[i + 1].greedy) {
+								continue;
+							}
 							delNum = 2;
 							combStr = combStr.slice(0, len);
 						}
@@ -353,7 +356,7 @@ var _ = _self.Prism = {
 						args.push(before);
 					}
 
-					var wrapped = new Token(token, inside? _.tokenize(match, inside) : match, alias, match);
+					var wrapped = new Token(token, inside? _.tokenize(match, inside) : match, alias, match, greedy);
 
 					args.push(wrapped);
 
@@ -394,12 +397,13 @@ var _ = _self.Prism = {
 	}
 };
 
-var Token = _.Token = function(type, content, alias, matchedStr) {
+var Token = _.Token = function(type, content, alias, matchedStr, greedy) {
 	this.type = type;
 	this.content = content;
 	this.alias = alias;
 	// Copy of the full string this token was created from
 	this.matchedStr = matchedStr || null;
+	this.greedy = !!greedy;
 };
 
 Token.stringify = function(o, language, parent) {
diff --git a/components/prism-core.min.js b/components/prism-core.min.js
index 5ccafc93c6..8f384db57a 100644
--- a/components/prism-core.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-core.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var _self="undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?self:{},Prism=function(){var e=/\blang(?:uage)?-(\w+)\b/i,t=0,n=_self.Prism={util:{encode:function(e){return e instanceof a?new a(e.type,n.util.encode(e.content),e.alias):"Array"===n.util.type(e)?e.map(n.util.encode):e.replace(/&/g,"&amp;").replace(/</g,"&lt;").replace(/\u00a0/g," ")},type:function(e){return Object.prototype.toString.call(e).match(/\[object (\w+)\]/)[1]},objId:function(e){return e.__id||Object.defineProperty(e,"__id",{value:++t}),e.__id},clone:function(e){var t=n.util.type(e);switch(t){case"Object":var a={};for(var r in e)e.hasOwnProperty(r)&&(a[r]=n.util.clone(e[r]));return a;case"Array":return e.map&&e.map(function(e){return n.util.clone(e)})}return e}},languages:{extend:function(e,t){var a=n.util.clone(n.languages[e]);for(var r in t)a[r]=t[r];return a},insertBefore:function(e,t,a,r){r=r||n.languages;var l=r[e];if(2==arguments.length){a=arguments[1];for(var i in a)a.hasOwnProperty(i)&&(l[i]=a[i]);return l}var o={};for(var s in l)if(l.hasOwnProperty(s)){if(s==t)for(var i in a)a.hasOwnProperty(i)&&(o[i]=a[i]);o[s]=l[s]}return n.languages.DFS(n.languages,function(t,n){n===r[e]&&t!=e&&(this[t]=o)}),r[e]=o},DFS:function(e,t,a,r){r=r||{};for(var l in e)e.hasOwnProperty(l)&&(t.call(e,l,e[l],a||l),"Object"!==n.util.type(e[l])||r[n.util.objId(e[l])]?"Array"!==n.util.type(e[l])||r[n.util.objId(e[l])]||(r[n.util.objId(e[l])]=!0,n.languages.DFS(e[l],t,l,r)):(r[n.util.objId(e[l])]=!0,n.languages.DFS(e[l],t,null,r)))}},plugins:{},highlightAll:function(e,t){var a={callback:t,selector:'code[class*="language-"], [class*="language-"] code, code[class*="lang-"], [class*="lang-"] code'};n.hooks.run("before-highlightall",a);for(var r,l=a.elements||document.querySelectorAll(a.selector),i=0;r=l[i++];)n.highlightElement(r,e===!0,a.callback)},highlightElement:function(t,a,r){for(var l,i,o=t;o&&!e.test(o.className);)o=o.parentNode;o&&(l=(o.className.match(e)||[,""])[1],i=n.languages[l]),t.className=t.className.replace(e,"").replace(/\s+/g," ")+" language-"+l,o=t.parentNode,/pre/i.test(o.nodeName)&&(o.className=o.className.replace(e,"").replace(/\s+/g," ")+" language-"+l);var s=t.textContent,u={element:t,language:l,grammar:i,code:s};if(!s||!i)return n.hooks.run("complete",u),void 0;if(n.hooks.run("before-highlight",u),a&&_self.Worker){var c=new Worker(n.filename);c.onmessage=function(e){u.highlightedCode=e.data,n.hooks.run("before-insert",u),u.element.innerHTML=u.highlightedCode,r&&r.call(u.element),n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u),n.hooks.run("complete",u)},c.postMessage(JSON.stringify({language:u.language,code:u.code,immediateClose:!0}))}else u.highlightedCode=n.highlight(u.code,u.grammar,u.language),n.hooks.run("before-insert",u),u.element.innerHTML=u.highlightedCode,r&&r.call(t),n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u),n.hooks.run("complete",u)},highlight:function(e,t,r){var l=n.tokenize(e,t);return a.stringify(n.util.encode(l),r)},tokenize:function(e,t){var a=n.Token,r=[e],l=t.rest;if(l){for(var i in l)t[i]=l[i];delete t.rest}e:for(var i in t)if(t.hasOwnProperty(i)&&t[i]){var o=t[i];o="Array"===n.util.type(o)?o:[o];for(var s=0;s<o.length;++s){var u=o[s],c=u.inside,g=!!u.lookbehind,h=!!u.greedy,f=0,d=u.alias;u=u.pattern||u;for(var p=0;p<r.length;p++){var m=r[p];if(r.length>e.length)break e;if(!(m instanceof a)){u.lastIndex=0;var v=u.exec(m),y=1;if(!v&&h&&p!=r.length-1){var b=r[p+1].matchedStr||r[p+1],k=m+b;if(p<r.length-2&&(k+=r[p+2].matchedStr||r[p+2]),u.lastIndex=0,v=u.exec(k),!v)continue;var w=v.index+(g?v[1].length:0);if(w>=m.length)continue;var _=v.index+v[0].length,P=m.length+b.length;y=3,P>=_&&(y=2,k=k.slice(0,P)),m=k}if(v){g&&(f=v[1].length);var w=v.index+f,v=v[0].slice(f),_=w+v.length,S=m.slice(0,w),O=m.slice(_),j=[p,y];S&&j.push(S);var A=new a(i,c?n.tokenize(v,c):v,d,v);j.push(A),O&&j.push(O),Array.prototype.splice.apply(r,j)}}}}}return r},hooks:{all:{},add:function(e,t){var a=n.hooks.all;a[e]=a[e]||[],a[e].push(t)},run:function(e,t){var a=n.hooks.all[e];if(a&&a.length)for(var r,l=0;r=a[l++];)r(t)}}},a=n.Token=function(e,t,n,a){this.type=e,this.content=t,this.alias=n,this.matchedStr=a||null};if(a.stringify=function(e,t,r){if("string"==typeof e)return e;if("Array"===n.util.type(e))return e.map(function(n){return a.stringify(n,t,e)}).join("");var l={type:e.type,content:a.stringify(e.content,t,r),tag:"span",classes:["token",e.type],attributes:{},language:t,parent:r};if("comment"==l.type&&(l.attributes.spellcheck="true"),e.alias){var i="Array"===n.util.type(e.alias)?e.alias:[e.alias];Array.prototype.push.apply(l.classes,i)}n.hooks.run("wrap",l);var o="";for(var s in l.attributes)o+=(o?" ":"")+s+'="'+(l.attributes[s]||"")+'"';return"<"+l.tag+' class="'+l.classes.join(" ")+'" '+o+">"+l.content+"</"+l.tag+">"},!_self.document)return _self.addEventListener?(_self.addEventListener("message",function(e){var t=JSON.parse(e.data),a=t.language,r=t.code,l=t.immediateClose;_self.postMessage(n.highlight(r,n.languages[a],a)),l&&_self.close()},!1),_self.Prism):_self.Prism;var r=document.currentScript||[].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName("script")).pop();return r&&(n.filename=r.src,document.addEventListener&&!r.hasAttribute("data-manual")&&document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",n.highlightAll)),_self.Prism}();"undefined"!=typeof module&&module.exports&&(module.exports=Prism),"undefined"!=typeof global&&(global.Prism=Prism);
\ No newline at end of file
+var _self="undefined"!=typeof window?window:"undefined"!=typeof WorkerGlobalScope&&self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope?self:{},Prism=function(){var e=/\blang(?:uage)?-(\w+)\b/i,t=0,n=_self.Prism={util:{encode:function(e){return e instanceof a?new a(e.type,n.util.encode(e.content),e.alias):"Array"===n.util.type(e)?e.map(n.util.encode):e.replace(/&/g,"&amp;").replace(/</g,"&lt;").replace(/\u00a0/g," ")},type:function(e){return Object.prototype.toString.call(e).match(/\[object (\w+)\]/)[1]},objId:function(e){return e.__id||Object.defineProperty(e,"__id",{value:++t}),e.__id},clone:function(e){var t=n.util.type(e);switch(t){case"Object":var a={};for(var r in e)e.hasOwnProperty(r)&&(a[r]=n.util.clone(e[r]));return a;case"Array":return e.map&&e.map(function(e){return n.util.clone(e)})}return e}},languages:{extend:function(e,t){var a=n.util.clone(n.languages[e]);for(var r in t)a[r]=t[r];return a},insertBefore:function(e,t,a,r){r=r||n.languages;var l=r[e];if(2==arguments.length){a=arguments[1];for(var i in a)a.hasOwnProperty(i)&&(l[i]=a[i]);return l}var o={};for(var s in l)if(l.hasOwnProperty(s)){if(s==t)for(var i in a)a.hasOwnProperty(i)&&(o[i]=a[i]);o[s]=l[s]}return n.languages.DFS(n.languages,function(t,n){n===r[e]&&t!=e&&(this[t]=o)}),r[e]=o},DFS:function(e,t,a,r){r=r||{};for(var l in e)e.hasOwnProperty(l)&&(t.call(e,l,e[l],a||l),"Object"!==n.util.type(e[l])||r[n.util.objId(e[l])]?"Array"!==n.util.type(e[l])||r[n.util.objId(e[l])]||(r[n.util.objId(e[l])]=!0,n.languages.DFS(e[l],t,l,r)):(r[n.util.objId(e[l])]=!0,n.languages.DFS(e[l],t,null,r)))}},plugins:{},highlightAll:function(e,t){var a={callback:t,selector:'code[class*="language-"], [class*="language-"] code, code[class*="lang-"], [class*="lang-"] code'};n.hooks.run("before-highlightall",a);for(var r,l=a.elements||document.querySelectorAll(a.selector),i=0;r=l[i++];)n.highlightElement(r,e===!0,a.callback)},highlightElement:function(t,a,r){for(var l,i,o=t;o&&!e.test(o.className);)o=o.parentNode;o&&(l=(o.className.match(e)||[,""])[1],i=n.languages[l]),t.className=t.className.replace(e,"").replace(/\s+/g," ")+" language-"+l,o=t.parentNode,/pre/i.test(o.nodeName)&&(o.className=o.className.replace(e,"").replace(/\s+/g," ")+" language-"+l);var s=t.textContent,u={element:t,language:l,grammar:i,code:s};if(!s||!i)return n.hooks.run("complete",u),void 0;if(n.hooks.run("before-highlight",u),a&&_self.Worker){var c=new Worker(n.filename);c.onmessage=function(e){u.highlightedCode=e.data,n.hooks.run("before-insert",u),u.element.innerHTML=u.highlightedCode,r&&r.call(u.element),n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u),n.hooks.run("complete",u)},c.postMessage(JSON.stringify({language:u.language,code:u.code,immediateClose:!0}))}else u.highlightedCode=n.highlight(u.code,u.grammar,u.language),n.hooks.run("before-insert",u),u.element.innerHTML=u.highlightedCode,r&&r.call(t),n.hooks.run("after-highlight",u),n.hooks.run("complete",u)},highlight:function(e,t,r){var l=n.tokenize(e,t);return a.stringify(n.util.encode(l),r)},tokenize:function(e,t){var a=n.Token,r=[e],l=t.rest;if(l){for(var i in l)t[i]=l[i];delete t.rest}e:for(var i in t)if(t.hasOwnProperty(i)&&t[i]){var o=t[i];o="Array"===n.util.type(o)?o:[o];for(var s=0;s<o.length;++s){var u=o[s],c=u.inside,g=!!u.lookbehind,h=!!u.greedy,f=0,d=u.alias;u=u.pattern||u;for(var p=0;p<r.length;p++){var m=r[p];if(r.length>e.length)break e;if(!(m instanceof a)){u.lastIndex=0;var y=u.exec(m),v=1;if(!y&&h&&p!=r.length-1){var b=r[p+1].matchedStr||r[p+1],k=m+b;if(p<r.length-2&&(k+=r[p+2].matchedStr||r[p+2]),u.lastIndex=0,y=u.exec(k),!y)continue;var w=y.index+(g?y[1].length:0);if(w>=m.length)continue;var _=y.index+y[0].length,P=m.length+b.length;if(v=3,P>=_){if(r[p+1].greedy)continue;v=2,k=k.slice(0,P)}m=k}if(y){g&&(f=y[1].length);var w=y.index+f,y=y[0].slice(f),_=w+y.length,S=m.slice(0,w),O=m.slice(_),j=[p,v];S&&j.push(S);var A=new a(i,c?n.tokenize(y,c):y,d,y,h);j.push(A),O&&j.push(O),Array.prototype.splice.apply(r,j)}}}}}return r},hooks:{all:{},add:function(e,t){var a=n.hooks.all;a[e]=a[e]||[],a[e].push(t)},run:function(e,t){var a=n.hooks.all[e];if(a&&a.length)for(var r,l=0;r=a[l++];)r(t)}}},a=n.Token=function(e,t,n,a,r){this.type=e,this.content=t,this.alias=n,this.matchedStr=a||null,this.greedy=!!r};if(a.stringify=function(e,t,r){if("string"==typeof e)return e;if("Array"===n.util.type(e))return e.map(function(n){return a.stringify(n,t,e)}).join("");var l={type:e.type,content:a.stringify(e.content,t,r),tag:"span",classes:["token",e.type],attributes:{},language:t,parent:r};if("comment"==l.type&&(l.attributes.spellcheck="true"),e.alias){var i="Array"===n.util.type(e.alias)?e.alias:[e.alias];Array.prototype.push.apply(l.classes,i)}n.hooks.run("wrap",l);var o="";for(var s in l.attributes)o+=(o?" ":"")+s+'="'+(l.attributes[s]||"")+'"';return"<"+l.tag+' class="'+l.classes.join(" ")+'" '+o+">"+l.content+"</"+l.tag+">"},!_self.document)return _self.addEventListener?(_self.addEventListener("message",function(e){var t=JSON.parse(e.data),a=t.language,r=t.code,l=t.immediateClose;_self.postMessage(n.highlight(r,n.languages[a],a)),l&&_self.close()},!1),_self.Prism):_self.Prism;var r=document.currentScript||[].slice.call(document.getElementsByTagName("script")).pop();return r&&(n.filename=r.src,document.addEventListener&&!r.hasAttribute("data-manual")&&document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",n.highlightAll)),_self.Prism}();"undefined"!=typeof module&&module.exports&&(module.exports=Prism),"undefined"!=typeof global&&(global.Prism=Prism);
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diff --git a/components/prism-javascript.js b/components/prism-javascript.js
index a4202878b3..b7cc44c8de 100644
--- a/components/prism-javascript.js
+++ b/components/prism-javascript.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Prism.languages.insertBefore('javascript', 'keyword', {
 Prism.languages.insertBefore('javascript', 'class-name', {
 	'template-string': {
 		pattern: /`(?:\\\\|\\?[^\\])*?`/,
+		greedy: true,
 		inside: {
 			'interpolation': {
 				pattern: /\$\{[^}]+\}/,
diff --git a/components/prism-javascript.min.js b/components/prism-javascript.min.js
index 14808c8e51..f3433a2922 100644
--- a/components/prism-javascript.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-javascript.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.javascript=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{keyword:/\b(as|async|await|break|case|catch|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|finally|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|var|void|while|with|yield)\b/,number:/\b-?(0x[\dA-Fa-f]+|0b[01]+|0o[0-7]+|\d*\.?\d+([Ee][+-]?\d+)?|NaN|Infinity)\b/,"function":/[_$a-zA-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][_$a-zA-Z0-9\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\()/i}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("javascript","keyword",{regex:{pattern:/(^|[^\/])\/(?!\/)(\[.+?]|\\.|[^\/\\\r\n])+\/[gimyu]{0,5}(?=\s*($|[\r\n,.;})]))/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0}}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("javascript","class-name",{"template-string":{pattern:/`(?:\\\\|\\?[^\\])*?`/,inside:{interpolation:{pattern:/\$\{[^}]+\}/,inside:{"interpolation-punctuation":{pattern:/^\$\{|\}$/,alias:"punctuation"},rest:Prism.languages.javascript}},string:/[\s\S]+/}}}),Prism.languages.markup&&Prism.languages.insertBefore("markup","tag",{script:{pattern:/(<script[\w\W]*?>)[\w\W]*?(?=<\/script>)/i,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript,alias:"language-javascript"}}),Prism.languages.js=Prism.languages.javascript;
\ No newline at end of file
+Prism.languages.javascript=Prism.languages.extend("clike",{keyword:/\b(as|async|await|break|case|catch|class|const|continue|debugger|default|delete|do|else|enum|export|extends|finally|for|from|function|get|if|implements|import|in|instanceof|interface|let|new|null|of|package|private|protected|public|return|set|static|super|switch|this|throw|try|typeof|var|void|while|with|yield)\b/,number:/\b-?(0x[\dA-Fa-f]+|0b[01]+|0o[0-7]+|\d*\.?\d+([Ee][+-]?\d+)?|NaN|Infinity)\b/,"function":/[_$a-zA-Z\xA0-\uFFFF][_$a-zA-Z0-9\xA0-\uFFFF]*(?=\()/i}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("javascript","keyword",{regex:{pattern:/(^|[^\/])\/(?!\/)(\[.+?]|\\.|[^\/\\\r\n])+\/[gimyu]{0,5}(?=\s*($|[\r\n,.;})]))/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0}}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("javascript","class-name",{"template-string":{pattern:/`(?:\\\\|\\?[^\\])*?`/,greedy:!0,inside:{interpolation:{pattern:/\$\{[^}]+\}/,inside:{"interpolation-punctuation":{pattern:/^\$\{|\}$/,alias:"punctuation"},rest:Prism.languages.javascript}},string:/[\s\S]+/}}}),Prism.languages.markup&&Prism.languages.insertBefore("markup","tag",{script:{pattern:/(<script[\w\W]*?>)[\w\W]*?(?=<\/script>)/i,lookbehind:!0,inside:Prism.languages.javascript,alias:"language-javascript"}}),Prism.languages.js=Prism.languages.javascript;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index cb29a8c69e..026ef7132f 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@ var _ = _self.Prism = {
 						delNum = 3;
 
 						if (to <= len) {
+							if (strarr[i + 1].greedy) {
+								continue;
+							}
 							delNum = 2;
 							combStr = combStr.slice(0, len);
 						}
@@ -358,7 +361,7 @@ var _ = _self.Prism = {
 						args.push(before);
 					}
 
-					var wrapped = new Token(token, inside? _.tokenize(match, inside) : match, alias, match);
+					var wrapped = new Token(token, inside? _.tokenize(match, inside) : match, alias, match, greedy);
 
 					args.push(wrapped);
 
@@ -399,12 +402,13 @@ var _ = _self.Prism = {
 	}
 };
 
-var Token = _.Token = function(type, content, alias, matchedStr) {
+var Token = _.Token = function(type, content, alias, matchedStr, greedy) {
 	this.type = type;
 	this.content = content;
 	this.alias = alias;
 	// Copy of the full string this token was created from
 	this.matchedStr = matchedStr || null;
+	this.greedy = !!greedy;
 };
 
 Token.stringify = function(o, language, parent) {
@@ -657,6 +661,7 @@ Prism.languages.insertBefore('javascript', 'keyword', {
 Prism.languages.insertBefore('javascript', 'class-name', {
 	'template-string': {
 		pattern: /`(?:\\\\|\\?[^\\])*?`/,
+		greedy: true,
 		inside: {
 			'interpolation': {
 				pattern: /\$\{[^}]+\}/,
diff --git a/tests/languages/javascript/regex_feature.test b/tests/languages/javascript/regex_feature.test
index e2ed460a7c..04d3742575 100644
--- a/tests/languages/javascript/regex_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/javascript/regex_feature.test
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 /[\[\]]{2,4}(?:foo)*/;
 /foo"test"bar/
 /foo\//
+1 / 4 + "/, not a regex";
 
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@
 	["regex", "/foo/gimyu"], ["punctuation", ","],
 	["regex", "/[\\[\\]]{2,4}(?:foo)*/"], ["punctuation", ";"],
 	["regex", "/foo\"test\"bar/"],
-	["regex", "/foo\\//"]
+	["regex", "/foo\\//"],
+	["number", "1"], ["operator", "/"], ["number", "4"], ["operator", "+"], ["string", "\"/, not a regex\""], ["punctuation", ";"]
 ]
 
 ----------------------------------------------------