diff --git a/reader/clj_conformance_test.go b/reader/clj_conformance_test.go
index cca47a6..5ab5e7d 100644
--- a/reader/clj_conformance_test.go
+++ b/reader/clj_conformance_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ func FuzzCLJConformance(f *testing.F) {
 		gljValue, gljErr := r.ReadOne()
 
 		if (cljErr == nil) != (gljErr == nil) {
+			if isCLJConformanceErrorException(cljErr, cljExpr) {
+				t.Skipf("clj error: %v", cljErr)
+			}
 			t.Logf("clj out: %v", cljExpr)
 			t.Fatalf("error mismatch: cljErr=%v gljErr=%v", cljErr, gljErr)
 		}
@@ -109,6 +112,23 @@ func FuzzCLJConformance(f *testing.F) {
 	})
 }
 
+// isCLJConformanceErrorException returns true if the error is one that
+// we expect to see in the clj conformance tests.
+func isCLJConformanceErrorException(cljErr error, cljOut string) bool {
+	if cljErr == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Java and Go both support regex repetitions in braces (e.g. "a{n,
+	// m}" for multiple "a"s), but Go's regex engine is more permissive
+	// and will interpret braces as literals if they don't match the
+	// regex repetition syntax.
+	if strings.Contains(cljOut, "Execution error (PatternSyntaxException) at java.util.regex.Pattern/error") && strings.Contains(cljOut, "Illegal repetition") {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 type cljReaderCommand struct {
 	cmd    *exec.Cmd
 	pipeIn io.WriteCloser
diff --git a/reader/testdata/clj-cache/read/30e28cb5f9df7ee57fbbf9f7f81765043d2e69a56db713e107d8f32c34c207bb.glj b/reader/testdata/clj-cache/read/30e28cb5f9df7ee57fbbf9f7f81765043d2e69a56db713e107d8f32c34c207bb.glj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..800e47d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reader/testdata/clj-cache/read/30e28cb5f9df7ee57fbbf9f7f81765043d2e69a56db713e107d8f32c34c207bb.glj
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+false
+Execution error (PatternSyntaxException) at java.util.regex.Pattern/error (Pattern.java:2028).
+Illegal repetition near index 37
+(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:-([a-zA-Z0-9_]{{{{{+)(SNAPSHOT))?
+                                     ^
+
+Full report at:
+/var/folders/0m/y60b85m145lffbfdfk86129r0000gn/T/clojure-708558860762531557.edn
diff --git a/reader/testdata/clj-cache/read/90c2120b8a77bd7ed9e949639bbbeb9be53852d0e4671a1fdcb55b3c99d19ae5.glj b/reader/testdata/clj-cache/read/90c2120b8a77bd7ed9e949639bbbeb9be53852d0e4671a1fdcb55b3c99d19ae5.glj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17120c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reader/testdata/clj-cache/read/90c2120b8a77bd7ed9e949639bbbeb9be53852d0e4671a1fdcb55b3c99d19ae5.glj
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+false
+Execution error at user/eval1 (REPL:1).
+Invalid token: :b::c
+
+Full report at:
+/var/folders/0m/y60b85m145lffbfdfk86129r0000gn/T/clojure-5969457839634569061.edn
diff --git a/reader/testdata/fuzz/FuzzCLJConformance/0d40b8d4398e177684afa1c78fd95d9b348d7125c248de27028a7a4c766340d0 b/reader/testdata/fuzz/FuzzCLJConformance/0d40b8d4398e177684afa1c78fd95d9b348d7125c248de27028a7a4c766340d0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66b719f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reader/testdata/fuzz/FuzzCLJConformance/0d40b8d4398e177684afa1c78fd95d9b348d7125c248de27028a7a4c766340d0
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+go test fuzz v1
+string("#\"(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)\\.(\\d+)(?:-([a-zA-Z0-9_]{{{{{+)(SNAPSHOT))?\"\n")