diff --git a/extensions/json/language-configuration.json b/extensions/json/language-configuration.json
index 2dc97d50dbb..f9ec3fec781 100644
--- a/extensions/json/language-configuration.json
+++ b/extensions/json/language-configuration.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		{ "open": "`", "close": "`", "notIn": ["string", "comment"] }
 	],
 	"indentationRules": {
-		"increaseIndentPattern": "({+(?=([^\"]*\"[^\"]*\")*[^\"}]*$))|(\\[+(?=([^\"]*\"[^\"]*\")*[^\"\\]]*$))",
+		"increaseIndentPattern": "({+(?=((\\\\.|[^\"\\\\])*\"(\\\\.|[^\"\\\\])*\")*[^\"}]*)$)|(\\[+(?=((\\\\.|[^\"\\\\])*\"(\\\\.|[^\"\\\\])*\")*[^\"\\]]*)$)",
 		"decreaseIndentPattern": "^\\s*[}\\]],?\\s*$"
 	}
 }