diff --git a/src/julia-parser.scm b/src/julia-parser.scm
index 9d832894f9bb1..45ea82252f2d7 100644
--- a/src/julia-parser.scm
+++ b/src/julia-parser.scm
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@
              (first? #t))
     (let* ((t   (peek-token s))
            (spc (ts:space? s)))
-      (cond ((and first? (eq? t '|..|))
+      (cond ((and first? (is-prec-colon? t) (not (eq? t ':)))
              (take-token s)
              `(call ,t ,ex ,(parse-expr s)))
             ((and range-colon-enabled (eq? t ':))
diff --git a/test/syntax.jl b/test/syntax.jl
index 4a0c7a390850f..90746786cd5bc 100644
--- a/test/syntax.jl
+++ b/test/syntax.jl
@@ -1728,3 +1728,10 @@ function test_26037()
     end
 end
 @test test_26037() === nothing  # no UndefVarError
+
+# range and interval operators
+@test Meta.parse("1…2") == Expr(:call, :…, 1, 2)
+@test Meta.parse("1⁝2") == Expr(:call, :⁝, 1, 2)
+@test Meta.parse("1..2") == Expr(:call, :.., 1, 2)
+# we don't parse chains of these since the associativity and meaning aren't clear
+@test_throws ParseError Meta.parse("1..2..3")