diff --git a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/grit_binding.rs b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/grit_binding.rs
index b4c914024225..f00021e04a01 100644
--- a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/grit_binding.rs
+++ b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/grit_binding.rs
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ impl<'a> Binding<'a, GritQueryContext> for GritBinding<'a> {
 
     fn list_items(&self) -> Option<impl Iterator<Item = GritTargetNode<'a>> + Clone> {
         match self {
-            Self::Node(node) if node.is_list() => Some(node.children()),
+            Self::Node(node) if node.is_list() => Some(node.named_children()),
             _ => None,
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/grit_target_node.rs b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/grit_target_node.rs
index 2482f43b076a..6af59685ae2e 100644
--- a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/grit_target_node.rs
+++ b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/grit_target_node.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ impl<'a> GritTargetNode<'a> {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn named_children(&self) -> impl Iterator<Item = Self> + Clone {
+        NamedChildrenIterator::new(self)
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn end_byte(&self) -> u32 {
         self.text_trimmed_range().end().into()
@@ -415,6 +419,47 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for ChildrenIterator<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct NamedChildrenIterator<'a> {
+    cursor: Option<GritTargetNodeCursor<'a>>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> NamedChildrenIterator<'a> {
+    fn new(node: &GritTargetNode<'a>) -> Self {
+        let mut cursor = GritTargetNodeCursor::new(node);
+        let mut cursor = cursor.goto_first_child().then_some(cursor);
+        if let Some(c) = cursor.as_mut() {
+            while c.is_at_token() {
+                if !c.goto_next_sibling() {
+                    cursor = None;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Self { cursor }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Iterator for NamedChildrenIterator<'a> {
+    type Item = GritTargetNode<'a>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let c = self.cursor.as_mut()?;
+        let node = c.node();
+        if c.goto_next_sibling() {
+            while c.is_at_token() {
+                if !c.goto_next_sibling() {
+                    self.cursor = None;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            self.cursor = None;
+        }
+        Some(node)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 struct GritTargetNodeCursor<'a> {
     node: GritTargetNode<'a>,
@@ -428,6 +473,10 @@ impl<'a> GritTargetNodeCursor<'a> {
             root: node.clone(),
         }
     }
+
+    fn is_at_token(&self) -> bool {
+        self.node.is_token()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> AstCursor for GritTargetNodeCursor<'a> {
diff --git a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/pattern_compiler/snippet_compiler.rs b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/pattern_compiler/snippet_compiler.rs
index 6eec30001ed8..e1436e601e5c 100644
--- a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/pattern_compiler/snippet_compiler.rs
+++ b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/src/pattern_compiler/snippet_compiler.rs
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ fn pattern_arg_from_slot(
     if slot.contains_list() {
         let mut nodes_list: Vec<Pattern<GritQueryContext>> = match &slot {
             GritSyntaxSlot::Node(node) => node
-                .children()
+                .named_children()
                 .map(|n| pattern_from_node(&n, context_range, range_map, context, is_rhs))
                 .collect::<Result<_, CompileError>>()?,
             _ => Vec::new(),
diff --git a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.grit b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.grit
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fd10ec14739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.grit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+`{ foo: 1, bar: "bar" }`
diff --git a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.snap b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..970052395b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+---
+source: crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/spec_tests.rs
+expression: objectLiteral
+---
+SnapshotResult {
+    messages: [],
+    matched_ranges: [
+        Range {
+            start: Position {
+                line: 3,
+                column: 15,
+            },
+            end: Position {
+                line: 6,
+                column: 6,
+            },
+            start_byte: 42,
+            end_byte: 85,
+        },
+    ],
+    rewritten_files: [],
+    created_files: [],
+}
diff --git a/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.ts b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a29d06304775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/biome_grit_patterns/tests/specs/ts/objectLiteral.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+function objectLiteral() {
+    const a = {
+        foo: 1,
+        bar: "bar",
+    }
+}