diff --git a/lib/dialects/mysql/query-generator.js b/lib/dialects/mysql/query-generator.js
index 556e857bae7e..90a2c0104b3c 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/mysql/query-generator.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/mysql/query-generator.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ const QueryGenerator = {
       // Parse nested object
       if (smth.conditions) {
         const conditions = _.map(this.parseConditionObject(smth.conditions), condition =>
-          `${this.quoteIdentifier(_.first(condition.path))}->>'\$.${_.tail(condition.path).join('.')}' = '${condition.value}'`
+          `${this.jsonPathExtractionQuery(condition.path[0], _.tail(condition.path))} = '${condition.value}'`
         );
 
         return conditions.join(' and ');
@@ -176,26 +176,9 @@ const QueryGenerator = {
           str = smth.path;
         } else {
           // Also support json dot notation
-          let path = smth.path;
-          let startWithDot = true;
-
-          // Convert .number. to [number].
-          path = path.replace(/\.(\d+)\./g, '[$1].');
-          // Convert .number$ to [number]
-          path = path.replace(/\.(\d+)$/, '[$1]');
-
-          path = path.split('.');
-
-          let columnName = path.shift();
-          const match = columnName.match(/\[\d+\]$/);
-          // If columnName ends with [\d+]
-          if (match !== null) {
-            path.unshift(columnName.substr(match.index));
-            columnName = columnName.substr(0, match.index);
-            startWithDot = false;
-          }
-
-          str = `${this.quoteIdentifier(columnName)}->>'\$${startWithDot ? '.' : ''}${path.join('.')}'`;
+          const paths = _.toPath(smth.path);
+          const column = paths.shift();
+          str = this.jsonPathExtractionQuery(column, paths);
         }
 
         if (smth.value) {
@@ -474,10 +457,14 @@ const QueryGenerator = {
      *
      * https://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=81896
      */
-    const paths = _.toPath(path).map(subPath => Utils.addTicks(subPath, '"'));
-    const pathStr = `${['$'].concat(paths).join('.')}`;
+    const paths = _.toPath(path).map(subPath => {
+      return /\D/.test(subPath)
+        ? Utils.addTicks(subPath, '"')
+        : subPath;
+    });
+    const pathStr = this.escape(`${['$'].concat(paths).join('.').replace(/\.(\d+)(?:(?=\.)|$)/g, (__, digit) => `[${digit}]`)}`);
     const quotedColumn = this.isIdentifierQuoted(column) ? column : this.quoteIdentifier(column);
-    return `(${quotedColumn}->>'${pathStr}')`;
+    return `(${quotedColumn}->>${pathStr})`;
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/test.sqlite b/test.sqlite
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/test/integration/model/json.test.js b/test/integration/model/json.test.js
index 15ad9ee06e65..e090a87412d7 100644
--- a/test/integration/model/json.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/model/json.test.js
@@ -684,6 +684,14 @@ describe(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('Model'), () => {
           });
         });
 
+        it('should properly escape path keys with sequelize.json', function() {
+          return this.Model.findAll({
+            raw: true,
+            attributes: ['id'],
+            where: this.sequelize.json("data.id')) AS DECIMAL) = 1 DELETE YOLO INJECTIONS; -- ", '1')
+          });
+        });
+
         it('should properly escape the single quotes in array', function() {
           return this.Model.create({
             data: {
diff --git a/test/unit/sql/json.test.js b/test/unit/sql/json.test.js
index 8a28e754fd62..f8fbface3b1f 100644
--- a/test/unit/sql/json.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/sql/json.test.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if (current.dialect.supports.JSON) {
           expectsql(sql.whereItemQuery(undefined, Sequelize.json({ id: 1 })), {
             postgres: '("id"#>>\'{}\') = \'1\'',
             sqlite: "json_extract(`id`, '$') = '1'",
-            mysql: "`id`->>'$.' = '1'"
+            mysql: "(`id`->>'$') = '1'"
           });
         });
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if (current.dialect.supports.JSON) {
           expectsql(sql.whereItemQuery(undefined, Sequelize.json({ profile: { id: 1 } })), {
             postgres: '("profile"#>>\'{id}\') = \'1\'',
             sqlite: "json_extract(`profile`, '$.id') = '1'",
-            mysql: "`profile`->>'$.id' = '1'"
+            mysql: "(`profile`->>'$.\\\"id\\\"') = '1'"
           });
         });
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ if (current.dialect.supports.JSON) {
           expectsql(sql.whereItemQuery(undefined, Sequelize.json({ property: { value: 1 }, another: { value: 'string' } })), {
             postgres: '("property"#>>\'{value}\') = \'1\' AND ("another"#>>\'{value}\') = \'string\'',
             sqlite: "json_extract(`property`, '$.value') = '1' AND json_extract(`another`, '$.value') = 'string'",
-            mysql: "`property`->>'$.value' = '1' and `another`->>'$.value' = 'string'"
+            mysql: "(`property`->>'$.\\\"value\\\"') = '1' and (`another`->>'$.\\\"value\\\"') = 'string'"
           });
         });
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ if (current.dialect.supports.JSON) {
           expectsql(sql.whereItemQuery(Sequelize.json('profile.id'), '1'), {
             postgres: '("profile"#>>\'{id}\') = \'1\'',
             sqlite: "json_extract(`profile`, '$.id') = '1'",
-            mysql: "`profile`->>'$.id' = '1'"
+            mysql: "(`profile`->>'$.\\\"id\\\"') = '1'"
           });
         });
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if (current.dialect.supports.JSON) {
           expectsql(sql.whereItemQuery(Sequelize.json('json'), '{}'), {
             postgres: '("json"#>>\'{}\') = \'{}\'',
             sqlite: "json_extract(`json`, '$') = '{}'",
-            mysql: "`json`->>'$.' = '{}'"
+            mysql: "(`json`->>'$') = '{}'"
           });
         });
       });
diff --git a/test/unit/sql/where.test.js b/test/unit/sql/where.test.js
index 39b9dd170718..3a16ef19c88e 100755
--- a/test/unit/sql/where.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/sql/where.test.js
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
           expectsql(sql.whereItemQuery(undefined, this.sequelize.json('profile.id', this.sequelize.cast('12346-78912', 'text'))), {
             postgres: "(\"profile\"#>>'{id}') = CAST('12346-78912' AS TEXT)",
             sqlite: "json_extract(`profile`, '$.id') = CAST('12346-78912' AS TEXT)",
-            mysql: "`profile`->>'$.id' = CAST('12346-78912' AS CHAR)"
+            mysql: "(`profile`->>'$.\\\"id\\\"') = CAST('12346-78912' AS CHAR)"
           });
         });
 
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
           expectsql(sql.whereItemQuery(undefined, this.sequelize.json({profile: {id: '12346-78912', name: 'test'}})), {
             postgres: "(\"profile\"#>>'{id}') = '12346-78912' AND (\"profile\"#>>'{name}') = 'test'",
             sqlite: "json_extract(`profile`, '$.id') = '12346-78912' AND json_extract(`profile`, '$.name') = 'test'",
-            mysql: "`profile`->>'$.id' = '12346-78912' and `profile`->>'$.name' = 'test'"
+            mysql: "(`profile`->>'$.\\\"id\\\"') = '12346-78912' and (`profile`->>'$.\\\"name\\\"') = 'test'"
           });
         });
 
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
           },
           prefix: 'User'
         }, {
-          mysql: "(`User`.`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') = 'value'",
+          mysql: "(`User`.`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') = 'value'",
           postgres: "(\"User\".\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') = 'value'",
           sqlite: "json_extract(`User`.`data`, '$.nested.attribute') = 'value'"
         });
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             type: new DataTypes.JSONB()
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\"nested\"') AS DECIMAL) IN (1, 2)",
+          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\"') AS DECIMAL) IN (1, 2)",
           postgres: "CAST((\"data\"#>>'{nested}') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) IN (1, 2)",
           sqlite: "CAST(json_extract(`data`, '$.nested') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) IN (1, 2)"
         });
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             type: new DataTypes.JSONB()
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\"nested\"') AS DECIMAL) BETWEEN 1 AND 2",
+          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\"') AS DECIMAL) BETWEEN 1 AND 2",
           postgres: "CAST((\"data\"#>>'{nested}') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) BETWEEN 1 AND 2",
           sqlite: "CAST(json_extract(`data`, '$.nested') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) BETWEEN 1 AND 2"
         });
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
           },
           prefix: current.literal(sql.quoteTable.call(current.dialect.QueryGenerator, {tableName: 'User'}))
         }, {
-          mysql: "((`User`.`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') = 'value' AND (`User`.`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"prop\"') != 'None')",
+          mysql: "((`User`.`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') = 'value' AND (`User`.`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"prop\\\"') != 'None')",
           postgres: "((\"User\".\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') = 'value' AND (\"User\".\"data\"#>>'{nested,prop}') != 'None')",
           sqlite: "(json_extract(`User`.`data`, '$.nested.attribute') = 'value' AND json_extract(`User`.`data`, '$.nested.prop') != 'None')"
         });
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
           },
           prefix: 'User'
         }, {
-          mysql: "((`User`.`data`->>'$.\"name\".\"last\"') = 'Simpson' AND (`User`.`data`->>'$.\"employment\"') != 'None')",
+          mysql: "((`User`.`data`->>'$.\\\"name\\\".\\\"last\\\"') = 'Simpson' AND (`User`.`data`->>'$.\\\"employment\\\"') != 'None')",
           postgres: "((\"User\".\"data\"#>>'{name,last}') = 'Simpson' AND (\"User\".\"data\"#>>'{employment}') != 'None')",
           sqlite: "(json_extract(`User`.`data`, '$.name.last') = 'Simpson' AND json_extract(`User`.`data`, '$.employment') != 'None')"
         });
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             type: new DataTypes.JSONB()
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "(CAST((`data`->>'$.\"price\"') AS DECIMAL) = 5 AND (`data`->>'$.\"name\"') = 'Product')",
+          mysql: "(CAST((`data`->>'$.\\\"price\\\"') AS DECIMAL) = 5 AND (`data`->>'$.\\\"name\\\"') = 'Product')",
           postgres: "(CAST((\"data\"#>>'{price}') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) = 5 AND (\"data\"#>>'{name}') = 'Product')",
           sqlite: "(CAST(json_extract(`data`, '$.price') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) = 5 AND json_extract(`data`, '$.name') = 'Product')"
         });
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             }
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "(`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') = 'value'",
+          mysql: "(`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') = 'value'",
           postgres: "(\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') = 'value'",
           sqlite: "json_extract(`data`, '$.nested.attribute') = 'value'"
         });
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             }
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') AS DECIMAL) = 4",
+          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') AS DECIMAL) = 4",
           postgres: "CAST((\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) = 4",
           sqlite: "CAST(json_extract(`data`, '$.nested.attribute') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) = 4"
         });
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             }
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') AS DECIMAL) IN (3, 7)",
+          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') AS DECIMAL) IN (3, 7)",
           postgres: "CAST((\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) IN (3, 7)",
           sqlite: "CAST(json_extract(`data`, '$.nested.attribute') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) IN (3, 7)"
         });
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             type: new DataTypes.JSONB()
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') AS DECIMAL) > 2",
+          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') AS DECIMAL) > 2",
           postgres: "CAST((\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) > 2",
           sqlite: "CAST(json_extract(`data`, '$.nested.attribute') AS DOUBLE PRECISION) > 2"
         });
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             type: new DataTypes.JSONB()
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') AS DECIMAL) > 2",
+          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') AS DECIMAL) > 2",
           postgres: "CAST((\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') AS INTEGER) > 2",
           sqlite: "CAST(json_extract(`data`, '$.nested.attribute') AS INTEGER) > 2"
         });
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             type: new DataTypes.JSONB()
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') AS DATETIME) > "+sql.escape(dt),
+          mysql: "CAST((`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') AS DATETIME) > "+sql.escape(dt),
           postgres: "CAST((\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') AS TIMESTAMPTZ) > "+sql.escape(dt),
           sqlite: "json_extract(`data`, '$.nested.attribute') > " + sql.escape(dt.toISOString())
         });
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             type: new DataTypes.JSONB()
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "(`data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') = 'true'",
+          mysql: "(`data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') = 'true'",
           postgres: "CAST((\"data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') AS BOOLEAN) = true",
           sqlite: "CAST(json_extract(`data`, '$.nested.attribute') AS BOOLEAN) = 1"
         });
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ suite(Support.getTestDialectTeaser('SQL'), () => {
             }
           }
         }, {
-          mysql: "(`meta_data`->>'$.\"nested\".\"attribute\"') = 'value'",
+          mysql: "(`meta_data`->>'$.\\\"nested\\\".\\\"attribute\\\"') = 'value'",
           postgres: "(\"meta_data\"#>>'{nested,attribute}') = 'value'",
           sqlite: "json_extract(`meta_data`, '$.nested.attribute') = 'value'"
         });