diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dfa2b742f1..1e2ed1c6ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bracoxide"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f52991c481aa9d7518254cfb6ce5726d24ff8c5d383d6422cd3793729b0962a"
+checksum = "3572b24445a122332bb25a2637248d62ca8b567351d98b1194ca4132c61810bd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "brotli"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 650656d899..3a5c187c66 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ alphanumeric-sort = "1.5"
 ansi-str = "0.8"
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
 base64 = "0.22.1"
-bracoxide = "0.1.5"
+bracoxide = "0.1.6"
 brotli = "7.0"
 byteorder = "1.5"
 bytes = "1"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
index e6caa213b5..377ed8e757 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
@@ -376,6 +376,20 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_numbers_proceeding_escape_char_not_ignored() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            str_expand("1\\\\{a,b}", Span::test_data(), Span::test_data()),
+            Value::list(
+                vec![
+                    Value::string(String::from("1\\a"), Span::test_data(),),
+                    Value::string(String::from("1\\b"), Span::test_data(),)
+                ],
+                Span::test_data(),
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_examples() {
         use crate::test_examples;