diff --git a/src/Composer/Json/JsonManipulator.php b/src/Composer/Json/JsonManipulator.php
index b64ba7a95..6dccc62dc 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Json/JsonManipulator.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Json/JsonManipulator.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class JsonManipulator
     {
         if (!self::$RECURSE_BLOCKS) {
             self::$RECURSE_BLOCKS = '(?:[^{}]*|\{(?:[^{}]*|\{(?:[^{}]*|\{(?:[^{}]*|\{[^{}]*\})*\})*\})*\})*';
-            self::$RECURSE_ARRAYS = '(?:[^\]]*|\[(?:[^\]]*|\[(?:[^\]]*|\[(?:[^\]]*|\[[^\]]*\])*\])*\])*\])*';
+            self::$RECURSE_ARRAYS = '(?:[^\]]*|\[(?:[^\]]*|\[(?:[^\]]*|\[(?:[^\]]*|\[[^\]]*\])*\])*\])*\]|'.self::$RECURSE_BLOCKS.')*';
             self::$JSON_STRING = '"(?:\\\\["bfnrt/\\\\]|\\\\u[a-fA-F0-9]{4}|[^\0-\x09\x0a-\x1f\\\\"])+"';
             self::$JSON_VALUE = '(?:[0-9.]+|null|true|false|'.self::$JSON_STRING.'|\['.self::$RECURSE_ARRAYS.'\]|\{'.self::$RECURSE_BLOCKS.'\})';
         }