diff --git a/crates/typst/src/eval/str.rs b/crates/typst/src/eval/str.rs
index 140f71465..636b96405 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/eval/str.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/eval/str.rs
@@ -123,14 +123,10 @@ impl Str {
                     }
 
                     // There might still be a match overlapping this one, so
-                    // restart at the next code point
-                    if let Some(c) = &self[mat.start()..].chars().next() {
-                        start_byte = mat.start() + c.len_utf8();
-                    } else {
-                        break;
-                    }
+                    // restart at the next code point.
+                    let Some(c) = self[mat.start()..].chars().next() else { break };
+                    start_byte = mat.start() + c.len_utf8();
                 }
-
                 false
             }
         }
diff --git a/tests/typ/compiler/string.typ b/tests/typ/compiler/string.typ
index b0708979f..ed1296a7a 100644
--- a/tests/typ/compiler/string.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/compiler/string.typ
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 #test("Typst".ends-with(regex("\d*")), true)
 #test("Typst".ends-with(regex("\d+")), false)
 #test("Typ12".ends-with(regex("\d+")), true)
+#test("typst13".ends-with(regex("1[0-9]")), true)
+#test("typst113".ends-with(regex("1[0-9]")), true)
+#test("typst23".ends-with(regex("1[0-9]")), false)
 
 ---
 // Test the `find` and `position` methods.