diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
index 63d7e22a1..18d1df6a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryUtils.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public abstract class QueryUtils {
 	// P Punctuation
 	static final String IDENTIFIER = "[._[\\P{Z}&&\\P{Cc}&&\\P{Cf}&&\\P{P}]]+";
 	static final String COLON_NO_DOUBLE_COLON = "(?<![:\\\\]):";
+	static final String IDENTIFIER_GROUP = String.format("(%s)", IDENTIFIER);
 
 	private static final String COUNT_REPLACEMENT_TEMPLATE = "select count(%s) $5$6$7";
 	private static final String SIMPLE_COUNT_VALUE = "$2";
@@ -98,8 +99,6 @@ public abstract class QueryUtils {
 
 	private static final Pattern NO_DIGITS = Pattern.compile("\\D+");
 
-	private static final String IDENTIFIER_GROUP = String.format("(%s)", IDENTIFIER);
-
 	private static final String JOIN = "join\\s+(fetch\\s+)?" + IDENTIFIER + "\\s+(as\\s+)?" + IDENTIFIER_GROUP;
 	private static final Pattern JOIN_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(JOIN, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQuery.java
index 676c26780..cd37dfdcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/StringQuery.java
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ class StringQuery {
 			builder.append("(");
 			builder.append("%?(\\?(\\d+))%?"); // position parameter and parameter index
 			builder.append("|"); // or
-			builder.append("%?("+QueryUtils.COLON_NO_DOUBLE_COLON + "(" + QueryUtils.IDENTIFIER + "+))%?"); // named parameter and the parameter name
+
+			// named parameter and the parameter name
+			builder.append("%?(" + QueryUtils.COLON_NO_DOUBLE_COLON + QueryUtils.IDENTIFIER_GROUP + ")%?");
 			builder.append("|"); // or
 			builder.append("%?((:|\\?)#\\{([^}]+)\\})%?"); // expression parameter and expression
 			builder.append(")");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/ParameterBindingParserUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/ParameterBindingParserUnitTests.java
index d38228c61..1dfd3832b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/ParameterBindingParserUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/ParameterBindingParserUnitTests.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query;
 
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.StringQuery.ParameterBindin
 public class ParameterBindingParserUnitTests {
 
 	@Test // DATAJPA-1200
-	public void idenficationOfParameters(){
+	public void idenficationOfParameters() {
 
 		SoftAssertions softly = new SoftAssertions();
 
@@ -46,17 +44,18 @@ public class ParameterBindingParserUnitTests {
 		checkHasParameter(softly, ":lowercase", true, "lowercase");
 		checkHasParameter(softly, ":2something", true, "beginning digit");
 		checkHasParameter(softly, ":2", true, "only digit");
-		checkHasParameter(softly, ":.something", true, "dot");  // <--
+		checkHasParameter(softly, ":.something", true, "dot"); // <--
 		checkHasParameter(softly, ":_something", true, "underscore");
 		checkHasParameter(softly, ":$something", true, "dollar"); // <--
-		checkHasParameter(softly, ":\uFE0F", true, "non basic latin emoji");  // <--
+		checkHasParameter(softly, ":\uFE0F", true, "non basic latin emoji"); // <--
 		checkHasParameter(softly, ":\u4E01", true, "chinese japanese korean");
 		checkHasParameter(softly, "select something from x where id = ?1", true, "indexed parameter");
 
-		checkHasParameter(softly, "select something from x where id = #something", false, "hash"); // <-- should we accept  hash as named parameter start?
+		// <-- should we accept hash as named parameter start?
+		checkHasParameter(softly, "select something from x where id = #something", false, "hash");
 
 		checkHasParameter(softly, "no bind variable", false, "no bind variable");
-		checkHasParameter(softly, ":\u2004whitespace", false, "non basic latin whitespace");  // <--
+		checkHasParameter(softly, ":\u2004whitespace", false, "non basic latin whitespace"); // <--
 		checkHasParameter(softly, "::", false, "double colon");
 		checkHasParameter(softly, ":", false, "end of query");
 		checkHasParameter(softly, ":\u0003", false, "non-printable");
@@ -70,10 +69,10 @@ public class ParameterBindingParserUnitTests {
 
 	public void checkHasParameter(SoftAssertions softly, String query, boolean containsParameter, String label) {
 
-		List<ParameterBinding> bindings = new ArrayList();
+		List<ParameterBinding> bindings = new ArrayList<>();
 		ParameterBindingParser.INSTANCE.parseParameterBindingsOfQueryIntoBindingsAndReturnCleanedQuery(query, bindings);
 		softly.assertThat(bindings.size()) //
 				.describedAs(String.format("<%s> (%s)", query, label)) //
 				.isEqualTo(containsParameter ? 1 : 0);
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}