diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 121d622b9..30396dcd6 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 8.1.3 - Mar 23 2026
+
+- Fix JSON `/* ... */` comment parser: `*` or `/` characters inside the comment body no longer cause premature termination and parse failure
+
 ## 8.1.2 - Mar 17 2026
 
 - Fix `TextConversions.AsDateTime` and `TextConversions.AsDateTimeOffset` to return `None` (instead of throwing `ArgumentOutOfRangeException`) when a `/Date(...)/` value overflows the valid `DateTime`/`DateTimeOffset` range; use `InvariantCulture` explicitly when parsing the milliseconds value
diff --git a/src/FSharp.Data.Json.Core/JsonValue.fs b/src/FSharp.Data.Json.Core/JsonValue.fs
index e55625859..9f9c52b70 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.Data.Json.Core/JsonValue.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.Data.Json.Core/JsonValue.fs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ type private JsonParser(jsonText: string) =
                 else if i < s.Length && s.[i] = '*' then
                     i <- i + 1
 
-                    while i + 1 < s.Length && s.[i] <> '*' && s.[i + 1] <> '/' do
+                    while i + 1 < s.Length && (s.[i] <> '*' || s.[i + 1] <> '/') do
                         i <- i + 1
 
                     ensure (i + 1 < s.Length && s.[i] = '*' && s.[i + 1] = '/')
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/JsonValue.fs b/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/JsonValue.fs
index 846061255..af780688e 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/JsonValue.fs
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/JsonValue.fs
@@ -602,6 +602,26 @@ let ``JsonValue parsing with multi-line comments`` () =
     let result = JsonValue.Parse jsonWithComments
     result?data.AsString() |> should equal "valid"
 
+[<Test>]
+let ``JsonValue parsing with multi-line comment containing asterisk`` () =
+    // Bug: old code used '&&' so a '*' anywhere inside stopped scanning too early
+    let json = """{ /* a * b */ "x": 1 }"""
+    let result = JsonValue.Parse json
+    result?x.AsInteger() |> should equal 1
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``JsonValue parsing with multi-line comment containing slash`` () =
+    // Bug: old code used '&&' so a '/' anywhere inside stopped scanning too early
+    let json = """{ /* path/to/file */ "x": 2 }"""
+    let result = JsonValue.Parse json
+    result?x.AsInteger() |> should equal 2
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``JsonValue parsing with multi-line comment containing both asterisk and slash`` () =
+    let json = "{ /* a/b * c */ \"x\": 3 }"
+    let result = JsonValue.Parse json
+    result?x.AsInteger() |> should equal 3
+
 [<Test>]
 let ``JsonValue parsing with mixed whitespace and comments`` () =
     let jsonWithCommentsAndWhitespace = """