diff --git a/components/prism-asciidoc.js b/components/prism-asciidoc.js
index 8f49ff15fd..486ca12fff 100644
--- a/components/prism-asciidoc.js
+++ b/components/prism-asciidoc.js
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 				'function': /^[a-z\d-]+(?=:)/,
 				'punctuation': /^::?/,
 				'attributes': {
-					pattern: /(?:\[(?:[^\]\\"]|(["'])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\.)*\1|\\.)*\])/,
+					pattern: /(?:\[(?:[^\]\\"']|(["'])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\.)*\1|\\.)*\])/,
 					inside: attributes.inside
 				}
 			}
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 			Those do not have the restrictions of the constrained quotes.
 			They are, in order: __emphasis__, **strong**, ++monospace++, +++passthrough+++, ##unquoted##, $$passthrough$$, ~subscript~, ^superscript^, {attribute-reference}, [[anchor]], [[[bibliography anchor]]], <<xref>>, (((indexes))) and ((indexes))
 			 */
-			pattern: /(^|[^\\])(?:(?:\B\[(?:[^\]\\"]|(["'])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\.)*\2|\\.)*\])?(?:\b_(?!\s)(?: _|[^_\\\r\n]|\\.)+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?: _|[^_\\\r\n]|\\.)+)*_\b|\B``(?!\s).+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*''\B|\B`(?!\s)(?:[^`'\s]|\s+\S)+['`]\B|\B(['*+#])(?!\s)(?: \3|(?!\3)[^\\\r\n]|\\.)+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?: \3|(?!\3)[^\\\r\n]|\\.)+)*\3\B)|(?:\[(?:[^\]\\"]|(["'])(?:(?!\4)[^\\]|\\.)*\4|\\.)*\])?(?:(__|\*\*|\+\+\+?|##|\$\$|[~^]).+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\5|\{[^}\r\n]+\}|\[\[\[?.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\]?\]\]|<<.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*>>|\(\(\(?.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\)?\)\)))/m,
+			pattern: /(^|[^\\])(?:(?:\B\[(?:[^\]\\"']|(["'])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\.)*\2|\\.)*\])?(?:\b_(?!\s)(?: _|[^_\\\r\n]|\\.)+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?: _|[^_\\\r\n]|\\.)+)*_\b|\B``(?!\s).+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*''\B|\B`(?!\s)(?:[^`'\s]|\s+\S)+['`]\B|\B(['*+#])(?!\s)(?: \3|(?!\3)[^\\\r\n]|\\.)+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?: \3|(?!\3)[^\\\r\n]|\\.)+)*\3\B)|(?:\[(?:[^\]\\"']|(["'])(?:(?!\4)[^\\]|\\.)*\4|\\.)*\])?(?:(__|\*\*|\+\+\+?|##|\$\$|[~^]).+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\5|\{[^}\r\n]+\}|\[\[\[?.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\]?\]\]|<<.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*>>|\(\(\(?.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\)?\)\)))/m,
 			lookbehind: true,
 			inside: {
 				'attributes': attributes,
diff --git a/components/prism-asciidoc.min.js b/components/prism-asciidoc.min.js
index 3867cc7ad8..9df76136b9 100644
--- a/components/prism-asciidoc.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-asciidoc.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(t){var n={pattern:/(^[ \t]*)\[(?!\[)(?:(["'$`])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\.)*\2|\[(?:[^\[\]\\]|\\.)*\]|[^\[\]\\"'$`]|\\.)*\]/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{quoted:{pattern:/([$`])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\.)*\1/,inside:{punctuation:/^[$`]|[$`]$/}},interpreted:{pattern:/'(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*'/,inside:{punctuation:/^'|'$/}},string:/"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"/,variable:/\w+(?==)/,punctuation:/^\[|\]$|,/,operator:/=/,"attr-value":/(?!^\s+$).+/}},a=t.languages.asciidoc={"comment-block":{pattern:/^(\/{4,})(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:[\s\S]*(?:\r?\n|\r))??\1/m,alias:"comment"},table:{pattern:/^\|={3,}(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n)).*)*?(?:\r?\n|\r)\|={3,}$/m,inside:{specifiers:{pattern:/(?!\|)(?:(?:(?:\d+(?:\.\d+)?|\.\d+)[+*])?(?:[<^>](?:\.[<^>])?|\.[<^>])?[a-z]*)(?=\|)/,alias:"attr-value"},punctuation:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])[|!]=*/,lookbehind:!0}}},"passthrough-block":{pattern:/^(\+{4,})(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:[\s\S]*(?:\r?\n|\r))??\1$/m,inside:{punctuation:/^\++|\++$/}},"literal-block":{pattern:/^(-{4,}|\.{4,})(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:[\s\S]*(?:\r?\n|\r))??\1$/m,inside:{punctuation:/^(?:-+|\.+)|(?:-+|\.+)$/}},"other-block":{pattern:/^(--|\*{4,}|_{4,}|={4,})(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:[\s\S]*(?:\r?\n|\r))??\1$/m,inside:{punctuation:/^(?:-+|\*+|_+|=+)|(?:-+|\*+|_+|=+)$/}},"list-punctuation":{pattern:/(^[ \t]*)(?:-|\*{1,5}|\.{1,5}|(?:[a-z]|\d+)\.|[xvi]+\))(?= )/im,lookbehind:!0,alias:"punctuation"},"list-label":{pattern:/(^[ \t]*)[a-z\d].+(?::{2,4}|;;)(?=\s)/im,lookbehind:!0,alias:"symbol"},"indented-block":{pattern:/((\r?\n|\r)\2)([ \t]+)\S.*(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)\3.+)*(?=\2{2}|$)/,lookbehind:!0},comment:/^\/\/.*/m,title:{pattern:/^.+(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:={3,}|-{3,}|~{3,}|\^{3,}|\+{3,})$|^={1,5} .+|^\.(?![\s.]).*/m,alias:"important",inside:{punctuation:/^(?:\.|=+)|(?:=+|-+|~+|\^+|\++)$/}},"attribute-entry":{pattern:/^:[^:\r\n]+:(?: .*?(?: \+(?:\r?\n|\r).*?)*)?$/m,alias:"tag"},attributes:n,hr:{pattern:/^'{3,}$/m,alias:"punctuation"},"page-break":{pattern:/^<{3,}$/m,alias:"punctuation"},admonition:{pattern:/^(?:TIP|NOTE|IMPORTANT|WARNING|CAUTION):/m,alias:"keyword"},callout:[{pattern:/(^[ \t]*)<?\d*>/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"symbol"},{pattern:/<\d+>/,alias:"symbol"}],macro:{pattern:/\b[a-z\d][a-z\d-]*::?(?:[^\s\[\]]*\[(?:[^\]\\"']|(["'])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\.)*\1|\\.)*\])/,inside:{function:/^[a-z\d-]+(?=:)/,punctuation:/^::?/,attributes:{pattern:/(?:\[(?:[^\]\\"]|(["'])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\.)*\1|\\.)*\])/,inside:n.inside}}},inline:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(?:(?:\B\[(?:[^\]\\"]|(["'])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\.)*\2|\\.)*\])?(?:\b_(?!\s)(?: _|[^_\\\r\n]|\\.)+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?: _|[^_\\\r\n]|\\.)+)*_\b|\B``(?!\s).+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*''\B|\B`(?!\s)(?:[^`'\s]|\s+\S)+['`]\B|\B(['*+#])(?!\s)(?: \3|(?!\3)[^\\\r\n]|\\.)+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?: \3|(?!\3)[^\\\r\n]|\\.)+)*\3\B)|(?:\[(?:[^\]\\"]|(["'])(?:(?!\4)[^\\]|\\.)*\4|\\.)*\])?(?:(__|\*\*|\+\+\+?|##|\$\$|[~^]).+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\5|\{[^}\r\n]+\}|\[\[\[?.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\]?\]\]|<<.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*>>|\(\(\(?.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\)?\)\)))/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{attributes:n,url:{pattern:/^(?:\[\[\[?.+?\]?\]\]|<<.+?>>)$/,inside:{punctuation:/^(?:\[\[\[?|<<)|(?:\]\]\]?|>>)$/}},"attribute-ref":{pattern:/^\{.+\}$/,inside:{variable:{pattern:/(^\{)[a-z\d,+_-]+/,lookbehind:!0},operator:/^[=?!#%@$]|!(?=[:}])/,punctuation:/^\{|\}$|::?/}},italic:{pattern:/^(['_])[\s\S]+\1$/,inside:{punctuation:/^(?:''?|__?)|(?:''?|__?)$/}},bold:{pattern:/^\*[\s\S]+\*$/,inside:{punctuation:/^\*\*?|\*\*?$/}},punctuation:/^(?:``?|\+{1,3}|##?|\$\$|[~^]|\(\(\(?)|(?:''?|\+{1,3}|##?|\$\$|[~^`]|\)?\)\))$/}},replacement:{pattern:/\((?:C|TM|R)\)/,alias:"builtin"},entity:/&#?[\da-z]{1,8};/i,"line-continuation":{pattern:/(^| )\+$/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"punctuation"}};function i(t){for(var n={},i=0,e=(t=t.split(" ")).length;i<e;i++)n[t[i]]=a[t[i]];return n}n.inside.interpreted.inside.rest=i("macro inline replacement entity"),a["passthrough-block"].inside.rest=i("macro"),a["literal-block"].inside.rest=i("callout"),a.table.inside.rest=i("comment-block passthrough-block literal-block other-block list-punctuation indented-block comment title attribute-entry attributes hr page-break admonition list-label callout macro inline replacement entity line-continuation"),a["other-block"].inside.rest=i("table list-punctuation indented-block comment attribute-entry attributes hr page-break admonition list-label macro inline replacement entity line-continuation"),a.title.inside.rest=i("macro inline replacement entity"),t.hooks.add("wrap",function(t){"entity"===t.type&&(t.attributes.title=t.content.replace(/&amp;/,"&"))}),t.languages.adoc=t.languages.asciidoc}(Prism);
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+!function(t){var n={pattern:/(^[ \t]*)\[(?!\[)(?:(["'$`])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\.)*\2|\[(?:[^\[\]\\]|\\.)*\]|[^\[\]\\"'$`]|\\.)*\]/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{quoted:{pattern:/([$`])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\.)*\1/,inside:{punctuation:/^[$`]|[$`]$/}},interpreted:{pattern:/'(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*'/,inside:{punctuation:/^'|'$/}},string:/"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"/,variable:/\w+(?==)/,punctuation:/^\[|\]$|,/,operator:/=/,"attr-value":/(?!^\s+$).+/}},a=t.languages.asciidoc={"comment-block":{pattern:/^(\/{4,})(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:[\s\S]*(?:\r?\n|\r))??\1/m,alias:"comment"},table:{pattern:/^\|={3,}(?:(?:\r?\n|\r(?!\n)).*)*?(?:\r?\n|\r)\|={3,}$/m,inside:{specifiers:{pattern:/(?!\|)(?:(?:(?:\d+(?:\.\d+)?|\.\d+)[+*])?(?:[<^>](?:\.[<^>])?|\.[<^>])?[a-z]*)(?=\|)/,alias:"attr-value"},punctuation:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])[|!]=*/,lookbehind:!0}}},"passthrough-block":{pattern:/^(\+{4,})(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:[\s\S]*(?:\r?\n|\r))??\1$/m,inside:{punctuation:/^\++|\++$/}},"literal-block":{pattern:/^(-{4,}|\.{4,})(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:[\s\S]*(?:\r?\n|\r))??\1$/m,inside:{punctuation:/^(?:-+|\.+)|(?:-+|\.+)$/}},"other-block":{pattern:/^(--|\*{4,}|_{4,}|={4,})(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:[\s\S]*(?:\r?\n|\r))??\1$/m,inside:{punctuation:/^(?:-+|\*+|_+|=+)|(?:-+|\*+|_+|=+)$/}},"list-punctuation":{pattern:/(^[ \t]*)(?:-|\*{1,5}|\.{1,5}|(?:[a-z]|\d+)\.|[xvi]+\))(?= )/im,lookbehind:!0,alias:"punctuation"},"list-label":{pattern:/(^[ \t]*)[a-z\d].+(?::{2,4}|;;)(?=\s)/im,lookbehind:!0,alias:"symbol"},"indented-block":{pattern:/((\r?\n|\r)\2)([ \t]+)\S.*(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)\3.+)*(?=\2{2}|$)/,lookbehind:!0},comment:/^\/\/.*/m,title:{pattern:/^.+(?:\r?\n|\r)(?:={3,}|-{3,}|~{3,}|\^{3,}|\+{3,})$|^={1,5} .+|^\.(?![\s.]).*/m,alias:"important",inside:{punctuation:/^(?:\.|=+)|(?:=+|-+|~+|\^+|\++)$/}},"attribute-entry":{pattern:/^:[^:\r\n]+:(?: .*?(?: \+(?:\r?\n|\r).*?)*)?$/m,alias:"tag"},attributes:n,hr:{pattern:/^'{3,}$/m,alias:"punctuation"},"page-break":{pattern:/^<{3,}$/m,alias:"punctuation"},admonition:{pattern:/^(?:TIP|NOTE|IMPORTANT|WARNING|CAUTION):/m,alias:"keyword"},callout:[{pattern:/(^[ \t]*)<?\d*>/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"symbol"},{pattern:/<\d+>/,alias:"symbol"}],macro:{pattern:/\b[a-z\d][a-z\d-]*::?(?:[^\s\[\]]*\[(?:[^\]\\"']|(["'])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\.)*\1|\\.)*\])/,inside:{function:/^[a-z\d-]+(?=:)/,punctuation:/^::?/,attributes:{pattern:/(?:\[(?:[^\]\\"']|(["'])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\.)*\1|\\.)*\])/,inside:n.inside}}},inline:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])(?:(?:\B\[(?:[^\]\\"']|(["'])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\.)*\2|\\.)*\])?(?:\b_(?!\s)(?: _|[^_\\\r\n]|\\.)+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?: _|[^_\\\r\n]|\\.)+)*_\b|\B``(?!\s).+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*''\B|\B`(?!\s)(?:[^`'\s]|\s+\S)+['`]\B|\B(['*+#])(?!\s)(?: \3|(?!\3)[^\\\r\n]|\\.)+(?:(?:\r?\n|\r)(?: \3|(?!\3)[^\\\r\n]|\\.)+)*\3\B)|(?:\[(?:[^\]\\"']|(["'])(?:(?!\4)[^\\]|\\.)*\4|\\.)*\])?(?:(__|\*\*|\+\+\+?|##|\$\$|[~^]).+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\5|\{[^}\r\n]+\}|\[\[\[?.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\]?\]\]|<<.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*>>|\(\(\(?.+?(?:(?:\r?\n|\r).+?)*\)?\)\)))/m,lookbehind:!0,inside:{attributes:n,url:{pattern:/^(?:\[\[\[?.+?\]?\]\]|<<.+?>>)$/,inside:{punctuation:/^(?:\[\[\[?|<<)|(?:\]\]\]?|>>)$/}},"attribute-ref":{pattern:/^\{.+\}$/,inside:{variable:{pattern:/(^\{)[a-z\d,+_-]+/,lookbehind:!0},operator:/^[=?!#%@$]|!(?=[:}])/,punctuation:/^\{|\}$|::?/}},italic:{pattern:/^(['_])[\s\S]+\1$/,inside:{punctuation:/^(?:''?|__?)|(?:''?|__?)$/}},bold:{pattern:/^\*[\s\S]+\*$/,inside:{punctuation:/^\*\*?|\*\*?$/}},punctuation:/^(?:``?|\+{1,3}|##?|\$\$|[~^]|\(\(\(?)|(?:''?|\+{1,3}|##?|\$\$|[~^`]|\)?\)\))$/}},replacement:{pattern:/\((?:C|TM|R)\)/,alias:"builtin"},entity:/&#?[\da-z]{1,8};/i,"line-continuation":{pattern:/(^| )\+$/m,lookbehind:!0,alias:"punctuation"}};function i(t){for(var n={},i=0,e=(t=t.split(" ")).length;i<e;i++)n[t[i]]=a[t[i]];return n}n.inside.interpreted.inside.rest=i("macro inline replacement entity"),a["passthrough-block"].inside.rest=i("macro"),a["literal-block"].inside.rest=i("callout"),a.table.inside.rest=i("comment-block passthrough-block literal-block other-block list-punctuation indented-block comment title attribute-entry attributes hr page-break admonition list-label callout macro inline replacement entity line-continuation"),a["other-block"].inside.rest=i("table list-punctuation indented-block comment attribute-entry attributes hr page-break admonition list-label macro inline replacement entity line-continuation"),a.title.inside.rest=i("macro inline replacement entity"),t.hooks.add("wrap",function(t){"entity"===t.type&&(t.attributes.title=t.content.replace(/&amp;/,"&"))}),t.languages.adoc=t.languages.asciidoc}(Prism);
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diff --git a/components/prism-perl.js b/components/prism-perl.js
index d218bbbd3d..61e837bb9d 100644
--- a/components/prism-perl.js
+++ b/components/prism-perl.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Prism.languages.perl = {
 		// ${...}
 		/[&*$@%]#?(?=\{)/,
 		// $foo
-		/[&*$@%]#?(?:(?:::)*'?(?!\d)[\w$]+)+(?:::)*/i,
+		/[&*$@%]#?(?:(?:::)*'?(?!\d)[\w$]+(?![\w$]))+(?:::)*/i,
 		// $1
 		/[&*$@%]\d+/,
 		// $_, @_, %!
diff --git a/components/prism-perl.min.js b/components/prism-perl.min.js
index 51dfa664b4..294b8a8e20 100644
--- a/components/prism-perl.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-perl.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.perl={comment:[{pattern:/(^\s*)=\w[\s\S]*?=cut.*/m,lookbehind:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^\\$])#.*/,lookbehind:!0}],string:[{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*([^a-zA-Z0-9\s{(\[<])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*\((?:[^()\\]|\\[\s\S])*\)/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*\{(?:[^{}\\]|\\[\s\S])*\}/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*\[(?:[^[\]\\]|\\[\s\S])*\]/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*<(?:[^<>\\]|\\[\s\S])*>/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/("|`)(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/'(?:[^'\\\r\n]|\\.)*'/,greedy:!0}],regex:[{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*([^a-zA-Z0-9\s{(\[<])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*\((?:[^()\\]|\\[\s\S])*\)[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*\{(?:[^{}\\]|\\[\s\S])*\}[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*\[(?:[^[\]\\]|\\[\s\S])*\][msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*<(?:[^<>\\]|\\[\s\S])*>[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*([^a-zA-Z0-9\s{(\[<])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\2(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\2[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\2(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\2[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*\((?:[^()\\]|\\[\s\S])*\)\s*\((?:[^()\\]|\\[\s\S])*\)[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*\{(?:[^{}\\]|\\[\s\S])*\}\s*\{(?:[^{}\\]|\\[\s\S])*\}[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*\[(?:[^[\]\\]|\\[\s\S])*\]\s*\[(?:[^[\]\\]|\\[\s\S])*\][msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*<(?:[^<>\\]|\\[\s\S])*>\s*<(?:[^<>\\]|\\[\s\S])*>[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\/(?:[^\/\\\r\n]|\\.)*\/[msixpodualngc]*(?=\s*(?:$|[\r\n,.;})&|\-+*~<>!?^]|(?:lt|gt|le|ge|eq|ne|cmp|not|and|or|xor|x)\b))/,greedy:!0}],variable:[/[&*$@%]\{\^[A-Z]+\}/,/[&*$@%]\^[A-Z_]/,/[&*$@%]#?(?=\{)/,/[&*$@%]#?(?:(?:::)*'?(?!\d)[\w$]+)+(?:::)*/i,/[&*$@%]\d+/,/(?!%=)[$@%][!"#$%&'()*+,\-.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~]/],filehandle:{pattern:/<(?![<=])\S*>|\b_\b/,alias:"symbol"},vstring:{pattern:/v\d+(?:\.\d+)*|\d+(?:\.\d+){2,}/,alias:"string"},function:{pattern:/sub [a-z0-9_]+/i,inside:{keyword:/sub/}},keyword:/\b(?:any|break|continue|default|delete|die|do|else|elsif|eval|for|foreach|given|goto|if|last|local|my|next|our|package|print|redo|require|return|say|state|sub|switch|undef|unless|until|use|when|while)\b/,number:/\b(?:0x[\dA-Fa-f](?:_?[\dA-Fa-f])*|0b[01](?:_?[01])*|(?:(?:\d(?:_?\d)*)?\.)?\d(?:_?\d)*(?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)?)\b/,operator:/-[rwxoRWXOezsfdlpSbctugkTBMAC]\b|\+[+=]?|-[-=>]?|\*\*?=?|\/\/?=?|=[=~>]?|~[~=]?|\|\|?=?|&&?=?|<(?:=>?|<=?)?|>>?=?|![~=]?|[%^]=?|\.(?:=|\.\.?)?|[\\?]|\bx(?:=|\b)|\b(?:lt|gt|le|ge|eq|ne|cmp|not|and|or|xor)\b/,punctuation:/[{}[\];(),:]/};
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+Prism.languages.perl={comment:[{pattern:/(^\s*)=\w[\s\S]*?=cut.*/m,lookbehind:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^\\$])#.*/,lookbehind:!0}],string:[{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*([^a-zA-Z0-9\s{(\[<])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*\((?:[^()\\]|\\[\s\S])*\)/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*\{(?:[^{}\\]|\\[\s\S])*\}/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*\[(?:[^[\]\\]|\\[\s\S])*\]/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:q|qq|qx|qw)\s*<(?:[^<>\\]|\\[\s\S])*>/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/("|`)(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/'(?:[^'\\\r\n]|\\.)*'/,greedy:!0}],regex:[{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*([^a-zA-Z0-9\s{(\[<])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9])(?:(?!\1)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\1[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*\((?:[^()\\]|\\[\s\S])*\)[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*\{(?:[^{}\\]|\\[\s\S])*\}[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*\[(?:[^[\]\\]|\\[\s\S])*\][msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\b(?:m|qr)\s*<(?:[^<>\\]|\\[\s\S])*>[msixpodualngc]*/,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*([^a-zA-Z0-9\s{(\[<])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\2(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\2[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s+([a-zA-Z0-9])(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\2(?:(?!\2)[^\\]|\\[\s\S])*\2[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*\((?:[^()\\]|\\[\s\S])*\)\s*\((?:[^()\\]|\\[\s\S])*\)[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*\{(?:[^{}\\]|\\[\s\S])*\}\s*\{(?:[^{}\\]|\\[\s\S])*\}[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*\[(?:[^[\]\\]|\\[\s\S])*\]\s*\[(?:[^[\]\\]|\\[\s\S])*\][msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/(^|[^-]\b)(?:s|tr|y)\s*<(?:[^<>\\]|\\[\s\S])*>\s*<(?:[^<>\\]|\\[\s\S])*>[msixpodualngcer]*/,lookbehind:!0,greedy:!0},{pattern:/\/(?:[^\/\\\r\n]|\\.)*\/[msixpodualngc]*(?=\s*(?:$|[\r\n,.;})&|\-+*~<>!?^]|(?:lt|gt|le|ge|eq|ne|cmp|not|and|or|xor|x)\b))/,greedy:!0}],variable:[/[&*$@%]\{\^[A-Z]+\}/,/[&*$@%]\^[A-Z_]/,/[&*$@%]#?(?=\{)/,/[&*$@%]#?(?:(?:::)*'?(?!\d)[\w$]+(?![\w$]))+(?:::)*/i,/[&*$@%]\d+/,/(?!%=)[$@%][!"#$%&'()*+,\-.\/:;<=>?@[\\\]^_`{|}~]/],filehandle:{pattern:/<(?![<=])\S*>|\b_\b/,alias:"symbol"},vstring:{pattern:/v\d+(?:\.\d+)*|\d+(?:\.\d+){2,}/,alias:"string"},function:{pattern:/sub [a-z0-9_]+/i,inside:{keyword:/sub/}},keyword:/\b(?:any|break|continue|default|delete|die|do|else|elsif|eval|for|foreach|given|goto|if|last|local|my|next|our|package|print|redo|require|return|say|state|sub|switch|undef|unless|until|use|when|while)\b/,number:/\b(?:0x[\dA-Fa-f](?:_?[\dA-Fa-f])*|0b[01](?:_?[01])*|(?:(?:\d(?:_?\d)*)?\.)?\d(?:_?\d)*(?:[Ee][+-]?\d+)?)\b/,operator:/-[rwxoRWXOezsfdlpSbctugkTBMAC]\b|\+[+=]?|-[-=>]?|\*\*?=?|\/\/?=?|=[=~>]?|~[~=]?|\|\|?=?|&&?=?|<(?:=>?|<=?)?|>>?=?|![~=]?|[%^]=?|\.(?:=|\.\.?)?|[\\?]|\bx(?:=|\b)|\b(?:lt|gt|le|ge|eq|ne|cmp|not|and|or|xor)\b/,punctuation:/[{}[\];(),:]/};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9517cf7cbf..1a678c50f4 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -5368,9 +5368,9 @@
       }
     },
     "refa": {
-      "version": "0.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/refa/-/refa-0.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-080Hrd8Z8v9Audgt1WpopjMM8ai1umraSzgMvLxgCEt+B9HhguhKBmQkjnE5+1p5WLtWQdr2rGE2c80gYvi9uQ==",
+      "version": "0.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/refa/-/refa-0.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1QvdsiF7+bHLTiSlsl9CVP3K2+SpiG1dzJGf757sETf8PDLcV+D+hzAT7Nux8Qh1/lF+eE3AZqupBaWeshDx0g==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "regexpp": "^3.1.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8ae1fbfd6d..a9fd2d37fa 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "jsdom": "^13.0.0",
     "mocha": "^6.2.0",
     "pump": "^3.0.0",
-    "refa": "0.5.0",
+    "refa": "^0.7.0",
     "regexpp": "^2.0.1",
     "scslre": "^0.1.1",
     "simple-git": "^1.107.0",
diff --git a/tests/pattern-tests.js b/tests/pattern-tests.js
index d95be22da1..6d66273310 100644
--- a/tests/pattern-tests.js
+++ b/tests/pattern-tests.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const PrismLoader = require('./helper/prism-loader');
 const { BFS, parseRegex } = require('./helper/util');
 const { languages } = require('../components.json');
 const { visitRegExpAST } = require('regexpp');
-const { JS, Words, NFA } = require('refa');
+const { transform, combineTransformers, JS, Words, NFA, Transformers } = require('refa');
 const scslre = require('scslre');
 
 /**
@@ -383,6 +383,22 @@ function testPatterns(Prism) {
 	});
 
 	it('- should not cause exponential backtracking', function () {
+		/** @type {Transformers.CreationOptions} */
+		const options = {
+			ignoreOrder: true,
+			ignoreAmbiguity: true
+		};
+		const transformer = combineTransformers([
+			Transformers.inline(options),
+			Transformers.removeDeadBranches(options),
+			Transformers.unionCharacters(options),
+			Transformers.moveUpEmpty(options),
+			Transformers.nestedQuantifiers(options),
+			Transformers.sortAssertions(options),
+			Transformers.removeUnnecessaryAssertions(options),
+			Transformers.applyAssertions(options),
+		]);
+
 		forEachPattern(({ pattern, ast, tokenPath }) => {
 			const patternStr = String(pattern);
 			if (expoSafeRegexes.has(patternStr)) {
@@ -398,11 +414,15 @@ function testPatterns(Prism) {
 			 * @returns {NFA}
 			 */
 			function toNFA(element) {
-				const { expression, maxCharacter } = parser.parseElement(element, {
-					backreferences: "resolve",
-					lookarounds: "disable",
+				let { expression, maxCharacter } = parser.parseElement(element, {
+					maxBackreferenceWords: 1000,
+					backreferences: "disable"
 				});
-				return NFA.fromRegex(expression, { maxCharacter });
+
+				// try to remove assertions
+				expression = transform(transformer, expression);
+
+				return NFA.fromRegex(expression, { maxCharacter }, { assertions: "disable" });
 			}
 
 			/**