diff --git a/extensions/groovy/syntaxes/groovy.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/groovy/syntaxes/groovy.tmLanguage.json
index 57ebab394059c..aa5af2e6c104e 100644
--- a/extensions/groovy/syntaxes/groovy.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/groovy/syntaxes/groovy.tmLanguage.json
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
 		"regexp": {
 			"patterns": [
 				{
-					"begin": "/(?=[^/]+/([^>]|$))",
+					"begin": "/(?=[^/]+([^>]|$))",
 					"beginCaptures": {
 						"0": {
 							"name": "punctuation.definition.string.regexp.begin.groovy"
@@ -1380,4 +1380,4 @@
 			]
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}