diff --git a/swift/ql/lib/codeql/swift/regex/internal/ParseRegex.qll b/swift/ql/lib/codeql/swift/regex/internal/ParseRegex.qll
index dfe33630401..d1dff2c3ed7 100644
--- a/swift/ql/lib/codeql/swift/regex/internal/ParseRegex.qll
+++ b/swift/ql/lib/codeql/swift/regex/internal/ParseRegex.qll
@@ -386,6 +386,14 @@ abstract class RegExp extends Expr {
       // wide hex char \Uhhhhhhhh
       this.getChar(start + 1) = "U" and end = start + 10
       or
+      // variable width hex char \x{hh...} or \u{hh...} (1-6 digits)
+      this.getChar(start + 1) = ["x", "u"] and
+      this.getChar(start + 2) = "{" and
+      this.getChar(end - 1) = "}" and
+      end > start and
+      end <= start + 10 and
+      not exists(int i | start + 2 < i and i < end - 1 | this.getChar(i) = "}")
+      or
       // escape not handled above; update when adding a new case
       not this.getChar(start + 1) in ["x", "u", "U"] and
       not exists(this.getChar(start + 1).toInt()) and
diff --git a/swift/ql/test/library-tests/regex/redos_variants.swift b/swift/ql/test/library-tests/regex/redos_variants.swift
index bd706e9dab5..f11131d1b5b 100644
--- a/swift/ql/test/library-tests/regex/redos_variants.swift
+++ b/swift/ql/test/library-tests/regex/redos_variants.swift
@@ -516,10 +516,10 @@ func myRegexpVariantsTests(myUrl: URL) throws {
 
     // BAD TODO: we should get this one
     // attack string: "X" + "a" x lots
-    _ = try Regex(#"X(\x{061}|a)*Y"#).firstMatch(in: tainted) // $ hasParseFailure= MISSING: redos-vulnerable=
+    _ = try Regex(#"X(\x{061}|a)*Y"#).firstMatch(in: tainted) // $ MISSING: redos-vulnerable=
 
     // GOOD
-    _ = try Regex(#"X(\x{061}|b)+Y"#).firstMatch(in: tainted) // $ hasParseFailure
+    _ = try Regex(#"X(\x{061}|b)+Y"#).firstMatch(in: tainted)
 
     // BAD
     // attack string: "X" + "7" x lots