diff --git a/grammar.js b/grammar.js
index bae7948..12e84e0 100644
--- a/grammar.js
+++ b/grammar.js
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ const django = grammar({
     endTagOpen: ($) => seq("{%", $._group_open_tag_read, optional(SEP)),
     endTagClose: ($) =>
       seq(optional($.unexpected_argument), $._group_close, optional(SEP), "%}"),
-    content: ($) => /(?:[^\{]|\{[^\{#%}])+/,
+    content: ($) => /(?:[^\{]|\{[^\{#%])+/,
     // the separator between the parts of a tag; see SEP
     _sep: ($) => /[ \t\r\n]+/,
     template_node: ($) =>
diff --git a/src/grammar.json b/src/grammar.json
index 1c14beb..59baf1a 100644
--- a/src/grammar.json
+++ b/src/grammar.json
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
     },
     "content": {
       "type": "PATTERN",
-      "value": "(?:[^\\{]|\\{[^\\{#%}])+"
+      "value": "(?:[^\\{]|\\{[^\\{#%])+"
     },
     "_sep": {
       "type": "PATTERN",
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 88877ba..a1b3e9a 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -8211,8 +8211,7 @@ static bool ts_lex(TSLexer *lexer, TSStateId state) {
       if (lookahead == '#') ADVANCE(53);
       if (lookahead == '%') ADVANCE(26);
       if (lookahead == '{') ADVANCE(51);
-      if (lookahead != 0 &&
-          lookahead != '}') ADVANCE(28);
+      if (lookahead != 0) ADVANCE(28);
       END_STATE();
     case 7:
       if (lookahead == '%') ADVANCE(17);
@@ -8303,8 +8302,7 @@ static bool ts_lex(TSLexer *lexer, TSStateId state) {
       if (lookahead != 0 &&
           lookahead != '#' &&
           lookahead != '%' &&
-          lookahead != '{' &&
-          lookahead != '}') ADVANCE(28);
+          lookahead != '{') ADVANCE(28);
       END_STATE();
     case 21:
       if (lookahead != 0 &&
diff --git a/test/corpus/template_variable.txt b/test/corpus/template_variable.txt
index 619f5b9..0b73102 100644
--- a/test/corpus/template_variable.txt
+++ b/test/corpus/template_variable.txt
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ Template Variable Literal Adjacent To Name
 ---
 
 
+
 ==================
 Template Variable With Escaped String
 ==================
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ Template Variable Attribute Beginning With Underscore
 ---
 
 
+
 ==================
 Template Variable Translated String
 ==================
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ Template Variable Translated String With Spaces
 ---
 
 
+
 ==================
 Template Variable Spanning Lines
 ==================
@@ -462,6 +465,7 @@ Template Variable Attribute Of A Literal
 ---
 
 
+
 ==================
 Template Variable Trailing Dot With An Exponent
 ==================
@@ -489,6 +493,7 @@ Template Variable Trailing Dot
 ---
 
 
+
 ==================
 Template Variable Signed Trailing Dot
 :error
@@ -498,3 +503,27 @@ Template Variable Signed Trailing Dot
 
 ---
 
+
+
+==================
+Braces That Open Nothing Are Text
+==================
+
+{% if x %}Hello {} world{% endif %}
+
+---
+
+(template
+  (content)
+  (if_group
+    (if_block
+      (if_tag
+        (predicate
+          (filtered_value
+            (value
+              (variable_attribute
+                (identifier))))))
+      (template
+        (content)))
+    (endif_tag))
+  (content))