diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6fc7c3b2b9..2b7412c4e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9651,9 +9651,9 @@ checksum = "daf8dba3b7eb870caf1ddeed7bc9d2a049f3cfdfae7cb521b087cc33ae4c49da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "usage-lib"
-version = "3.4.0"
+version = "3.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "188a4fb4ad9e81729867ebb83ccbc06f850a06362c2467eea0f268fe4f6df609"
+checksum = "bc055ae0a824bf9e409ee8e175ec224d5e1b79325557f51967eea0f103e5dc03"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "heck",
diff --git a/completions/_mise b/completions/_mise
index ef959d916b..eee79a08fc 100644
--- a/completions/_mise
+++ b/completions/_mise
@@ -27,15 +27,32 @@ _mise() {
   if [[ ! -f "$spec_file" ]]; then
     mise usage >| "$spec_file"
   fi
-  local -a completions=() inserts=()
-  local needs_menu=0 display insert
-  while IFS=$'\t' read -r display insert; do
-    completions+=("$display")
-    inserts+=("$insert")
-    [[ "$insert" == "'"* ]] && needs_menu=1
+  local -a values=() descs=() inserts=()
+  local needs_menu=0 line
+  while IFS= read -r line; do
+    local -a parts=("${(@ps:\t:)line}")
+    values+=("${parts[1]}")
+    descs+=("${parts[2]}")
+    inserts+=("${parts[3]}")
+    [[ "${parts[3]}" == "'"* ]] && needs_menu=1
   done < <(command usage complete-word --shell zsh -f "$spec_file" -- "${(Q)words[@]}")
   (( needs_menu )) && compstate[insert]=menu
-  _describe 'completions' completions inserts -U -Q -S ''
+  if (( ${#inserts[@]} )); then
+    local -a _usage_display=()
+    local _usage_i _usage_max=0 _usage_v _usage_pad
+    for _usage_v in "${values[@]}"; do
+      (( ${#_usage_v} > _usage_max )) && _usage_max=${#_usage_v}
+    done
+    for ((_usage_i=1; _usage_i<=${#values[@]}; _usage_i++)); do
+      if [[ -n "${descs[_usage_i]}" ]]; then
+        _usage_pad=$(( _usage_max - ${#values[_usage_i]} ))
+        _usage_display+=("${values[_usage_i]}${(l:_usage_pad:: :)}  -- ${descs[_usage_i]}")
+      else
+        _usage_display+=("${values[_usage_i]}")
+      fi
+    done
+    compadd -l -d _usage_display -U -Q -S '' -a inserts
+  fi
   return 0
 }
 
diff --git a/mise.lock b/mise.lock
index 723a6acb3f..9aa48c1e21 100644
--- a/mise.lock
+++ b/mise.lock
@@ -1003,44 +1003,44 @@ url = "https://github.com/tamasfe/taplo/releases/download/0.10.0/taplo-windows-x
 url = "https://github.com/tamasfe/taplo/releases/download/0.10.0/taplo-windows-x86_64.zip"
 
 [[tools.usage]]
-version = "3.4.0"
+version = "3.5.0"
 backend = "aqua:jdx/usage"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.linux-arm64"]
-checksum = "sha256:5cea2993383ccbbdbf9693bec484c47fc3cbcff75ec167618e1e775e5df9ba19"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+checksum = "sha256:a0aab1ecbae1bc48aa3aac6ebb508f5df44a77122bb8d6ea23b86ee9fd699518"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.linux-arm64-musl"]
-checksum = "sha256:5cea2993383ccbbdbf9693bec484c47fc3cbcff75ec167618e1e775e5df9ba19"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+checksum = "sha256:a0aab1ecbae1bc48aa3aac6ebb508f5df44a77122bb8d6ea23b86ee9fd699518"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.linux-x64"]
-checksum = "sha256:1a54260df50f1764bc8cbabf8763f2a6314c5025d3b06b512d02898eb28768b3"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+checksum = "sha256:d686d7acff1fc5ffd04be2fefccd342564648d353609fab81e22a3672446c4f0"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.linux-x64-baseline"]
-checksum = "sha256:1a54260df50f1764bc8cbabf8763f2a6314c5025d3b06b512d02898eb28768b3"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+checksum = "sha256:d686d7acff1fc5ffd04be2fefccd342564648d353609fab81e22a3672446c4f0"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.linux-x64-musl"]
-checksum = "sha256:1a54260df50f1764bc8cbabf8763f2a6314c5025d3b06b512d02898eb28768b3"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+checksum = "sha256:d686d7acff1fc5ffd04be2fefccd342564648d353609fab81e22a3672446c4f0"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.linux-x64-musl-baseline"]
-checksum = "sha256:1a54260df50f1764bc8cbabf8763f2a6314c5025d3b06b512d02898eb28768b3"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+checksum = "sha256:d686d7acff1fc5ffd04be2fefccd342564648d353609fab81e22a3672446c4f0"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.macos-arm64"]
-checksum = "sha256:e9f7cd9038fec6352eaa001903414edc95bb77386a9573fde21be17991f3f719"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-universal-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
+checksum = "sha256:dcb1022d2e6cbe0070e3259a48a5e058ca64ecc707b6901b929b388b95bb322c"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-universal-apple-darwin.tar.gz"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.windows-x64"]
-checksum = "sha256:2272ad0d264b99986ef8e3d537f774f046db5fe096e8a9375fbb1482f0934e8c"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
+checksum = "sha256:4647b8894520c4ab8d8424950fd7bddd2b76aa6c71bdedc90b2464985ab3b8cd"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
 
 [tools.usage."platforms.windows-x64-baseline"]
-checksum = "sha256:2272ad0d264b99986ef8e3d537f774f046db5fe096e8a9375fbb1482f0934e8c"
-url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.4.0/usage-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
+checksum = "sha256:4647b8894520c4ab8d8424950fd7bddd2b76aa6c71bdedc90b2464985ab3b8cd"
+url = "https://github.com/jdx/usage/releases/download/v3.5.0/usage-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip"
 
 [[tools.wait-for-gh-rate-limit]]
 version = "1.1.1"
diff --git a/mise.usage.kdl b/mise.usage.kdl
index b89b66c227..e64d873261 100644
--- a/mise.usage.kdl
+++ b/mise.usage.kdl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-min_usage_version "3.4"
+min_usage_version "3.5"
 name mise
 bin mise
 about "Dev tools, env vars, and tasks in one CLI"
diff --git a/src/cli/usage.rs b/src/cli/usage.rs
index 05bd08f36f..61588c2904 100644
--- a/src/cli/usage.rs
+++ b/src/cli/usage.rs
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ impl Usage {
             promote_orphan_shorts(tasks_run);
         }
 
-        // Require usage >= 3.4, the release that ships the jdx/usage#649 parser fix
-        // (see jdx/usage#652). This guards old `usage` CLIs from silently
-        // re-triggering the mise#10069 mis-parse without the fix.
-        let min_version = r#"min_usage_version "3.4""#;
+        // Require usage >= 3.5, the release that ships zsh colon completion
+        // fixes for task names and insert strings (see jdx/usage#666 and
+        // jdx/usage#670). This guards old `usage` CLIs from silently
+        // re-triggering the broken colon completion behavior.
+        let min_version = r#"min_usage_version "3.5""#;
         let extra = include_str!("../assets/mise-extra.usage.kdl").trim();
         println!("{min_version}\n{}\n{extra}", spec.to_string().trim());
         Ok(())