diff --git a/rc/filetype/javascript.kak b/rc/filetype/javascript.kak
index 4e39fc69..191ae95d 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/javascript.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/javascript.kak
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ define-command -hidden init-javascript-filetype -params 1 %~
     add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/comment"       region /\*  \*/                     fill comment
     add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/shebang"       region ^#!  $                       fill meta
     add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/regex"         region /    (?<!\\)(\\\\)*/[gimuy]* fill meta
-    add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/jsx"           region -recurse (?<![\w<])<[a-zA-Z][\w:.-]* (?<![\w<])<[a-zA-Z][\w:.-]*(?!\hextends)(?=[\s/>])(?!>\()) (</.*?>|/>) regions
+    add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/jsx"           region -recurse (?<![\w<])<[a-zA-Z>][\w:.-]* (?<![\w<])<[a-zA-Z>][\w:.-]*(?!\hextends)(?=[\s/>])(?!>\()) (</.*?>|/>) regions
     add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/division" region '[\w\)\]]\K(/|(\h+/\h+))' '(?=\w)' group # Help Kakoune to better detect /…/ literals
 
     # Regular expression flags are: g → global match, i → ignore case, m → multi-lines, u → unicode, y → sticky
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ define-command -hidden init-javascript-filetype -params 1 %~
     # We inline a small XML highlighter here since it anyway need to recurse back up to the starting highlighter.
     # To make things simple we assume that jsx is always enabled.
 
-    add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/jsx/tag"  region -recurse <  <(?=[/a-zA-Z]) (?<!=)> regions
+    add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/jsx/tag"  region -recurse <  <(?=[/a-zA-Z>]) (?<!=)> regions
     add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/jsx/expr" region -recurse \{ \{             \}      ref %arg{1}
 
     add-highlighter "shared/%arg{1}/jsx/tag/base" default-region group