diff --git a/packages/highlight/src/__tests__/highlighter.test.ts b/packages/highlight/src/__tests__/highlighter.test.ts
index c245d42da1..a943e6dd4a 100644
--- a/packages/highlight/src/__tests__/highlighter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/highlight/src/__tests__/highlighter.test.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,34 @@ const title = "Hello";
     );
   });
 
+  it("highlights Astro markup containing only an empty expression", () => {
+    const code = "<p>{}</p>";
+
+    const tokens = highlightCode(code, "Empty.astro").flat();
+
+    expect(tokens.map((token) => token.text).join("")).toBe(code);
+    expect(tokens).toContainEqual({ text: "p", style: "tag" });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    "<p>{title} {} {title}</p>",
+    '<p class="{} {title}">{title}</p>',
+    "<p class={} title={title}>{title}</p>",
+  ])("highlights Astro containing an empty expression: %s", (markup) => {
+    const code = `---\nconst title = "Hello";\n---\n${markup}\n<style>.page { color: red; }</style>`;
+
+    const lines = highlightCode(code, "Empty.astro");
+
+    expect(lines).toHaveLength(code.split("\n").length);
+    for (const [index, tokens] of lines.entries()) {
+      expect(tokens.map((token) => token.text).join("")).toBe(code.split("\n")[index]);
+    }
+    expect(lines.flat()).toContainEqual({ text: "const", style: "keyword" });
+    expect(lines.flat()).toContainEqual({ text: "p", style: "tag" });
+    expect(lines.flat()).toContainEqual({ text: "color", style: "property" });
+    expect(lines.flat()).toContainEqual({ text: "title", style: "variable" });
+  });
+
   it("keeps an Astro expression open through nested template strings", () => {
     const code = "<p>{`a ${`}`} b`}</p>";
 
diff --git a/packages/highlight/src/astro/parser.ts b/packages/highlight/src/astro/parser.ts
index 202c921252..cef0748b5a 100644
--- a/packages/highlight/src/astro/parser.ts
+++ b/packages/highlight/src/astro/parser.ts
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ function maskExpressions(text: string): string {
 }
 
 function expressionOverlays(node: SyntaxNodeRef, input: Input): Range[] | null {
-  const overlays = findExpressions(input.read(node.from, node.to)).map(({ from, to }) => ({
-    from: node.from + from + 1,
-    to: node.from + to,
-  }));
+  const overlays = findExpressions(input.read(node.from, node.to))
+    .filter(({ from, to }) => to > from + 1)
+    .map(({ from, to }) => ({
+      from: node.from + from + 1,
+      to: node.from + to,
+    }));
   return overlays.length > 0 ? overlays : null;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/utils/diff-highlighter.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/utils/diff-highlighter.test.ts
index 56f77fc706..5ca1177799 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/utils/diff-highlighter.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/utils/diff-highlighter.test.ts
@@ -625,6 +625,28 @@ describe("highlightDiffFromHunks", () => {
 });
 
 describe("highlightDiffWithFileContent", () => {
+  it("renders an Astro diff with an empty expression and keeps surrounding highlighting", async () => {
+    const diff = ASTRO_DIFF.replace("{title}", "{title} {}");
+    const file = parseDiff(diff)[0];
+    const highlighted = await highlightDiffWithFileContent(file, ".", {
+      oldFileContent:
+        '---\nconst title = "Hello";\n---\n<main class="page">\n  <h1>{title} {}</h1>\n</main>',
+      newFileContent:
+        '---\nconst title = "Hello, Astro";\n---\n<main class="page">\n  <h1>{title} {}</h1>\n</main>',
+    });
+
+    expect(highlighted.hunks[0].lines.find((line) => line.type === "add")?.tokens).toContainEqual({
+      text: '"Hello, Astro"',
+      style: "string",
+    });
+    expect(highlighted.hunks[0].lines.map(({ content }) => content)).toEqual(
+      file.hunks[0].lines.map(({ content }) => content),
+    );
+    expect(
+      highlightDiffFromHunks(file).hunks[0].lines.find((line) => line.type === "add")?.tokens,
+    ).toContainEqual({ text: '"Hello, Astro"', style: "string" });
+  });
+
   it("leaves files with an oversized line unhighlighted", async () => {
     const oversizedLine = `const payload = "${"x".repeat(10_001)}";`;
     const [file] = parseDiff(