diff --git a/packages/comark/src/internal/stringify/state.ts b/packages/comark/src/internal/stringify/state.ts
index 5f56cc2c..a18612d4 100644
--- a/packages/comark/src/internal/stringify/state.ts
+++ b/packages/comark/src/internal/stringify/state.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ const inlineSyntax = /[\\`*_<&~[\]{:]/g
 
 // Characters after which a `:` can start an inline component (`:name`).
 // Mirrors ALLOWED_PREV_CHARS in the components plugin.
-const COLON_PREV_CHARS = new Set([' ', '\t', '\n', '*', '_', '['])
+const COLON_PREV_CHARS = new Set([' ', '\t', '\n', '*', '_', '[', ']', '}', ')', '>'])
 
 /**
  * Escape characters in a markdown text node that would otherwise be
diff --git a/packages/comark/src/plugins/components.ts b/packages/comark/src/plugins/components.ts
index 4e514c9a..21fc12b2 100644
--- a/packages/comark/src/plugins/components.ts
+++ b/packages/comark/src/plugins/components.ts
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ const markdownItComarkBlock: PluginSimple = (md) => {
   )
 }
 
-const ALLOWED_PREV_CHARS = new Set([' ', '\t', '\n', '*', '_', '['])
+const ALLOWED_PREV_CHARS = new Set([' ', '\t', '\n', '*', '_', '[', ']', '}', ')', '>'])
 
 const markdownItInlineComponent: PluginSimple = (md) => {
   md.inline.ruler.after('entity', 'comark_inline_component', (state, silent) => {
diff --git a/packages/comark/test/component-name.test.ts b/packages/comark/test/component-name.test.ts
index ed4a7cce..a30de34b 100644
--- a/packages/comark/test/component-name.test.ts
+++ b/packages/comark/test/component-name.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ describe('component name validation', () => {
       expect(tree.nodes).toEqual([['p', {}, 'Meet me at :30 past the hour']])
     })
 
+    it('parses consecutive inline components without spaces', async () => {
+      const tree = await parseMarkdown(':b[text]:i[text]')
+      expect(tree.nodes).toEqual([['p', {}, ['b', {}, 'text'], ['i', {}, 'text']]])
+    })
+
+    it('parses inline components after attributes', async () => {
+      const tree = await parseMarkdown(':b[text]{id="x"}:i[text]')
+      expect(tree.nodes).toEqual([['p', {}, ['b', { id: 'x' }, 'text'], ['i', {}, 'text']]])
+    })
+
     it('still parses a valid letter-led inline component', async () => {
       const tree = await parseMarkdown('an :inline-component here')
       expect(tree.nodes).toEqual([['p', {}, 'an ', ['inline-component', {}], ' here']])
diff --git a/packages/comark/test/text-escape.test.ts b/packages/comark/test/text-escape.test.ts
index 64c3dc76..0b65ac12 100644
--- a/packages/comark/test/text-escape.test.ts
+++ b/packages/comark/test/text-escape.test.ts
@@ -80,5 +80,19 @@ describe('text node escaping', () => {
     const md = await renderMarkdown(document)
     expect(md).toContain('Hello **World**')
     expect(md).not.toContain('\\*')
+    it('escapes literal text before colon-prefixed component names to prevent reparsing as an inline component', async () => {
+      // "word]:name" would reparse as a component if not escaped.
+      const text = 'word]:name'
+      const { node } = await roundTrip(text)
+      expect(node).toEqual(['p', {}, text])
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('escapes literal text before colon-prefixed component names to prevent reparsing as an inline component', async () => {
+    const text = 'word]:name'
+    const { md, node } = await roundTrip(text)
+    // The colon should be escaped to prevent re-parsing as an inline component.
+    expect(md).toContain('\:name')
+    expect(node).toEqual(['p', {}, text])
   })
 })