diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/compile.js b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/compile.js
index 804222653..052d7d80a 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/compile.js
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/compile.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { createInjectScopeEverythingRulePreprocessorGroup } from './preprocess.j
 import { mapToRelative } from './sourcemaps.js';
 
 const scriptLangRE =
-	/<script (?:[^>]*|(?:[^=>'"/]+=(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>\s])\s+)*)lang=["']?([^"' >]+)["']?[^>]*>/;
+	/<script (?:[^>]*|(?:[^=>'"/]+=(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>\s]+)\s+)*)lang=["']?([^"' >]+)["']?[^>]*>/;
 
 import { isSvelte3 } from './svelte-version.js';