diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e7707cea43..e946a058e2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bracoxide"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ada7f35ca622a86a4d6c27be2633fc6c243ecc834859628fcce0681d8e76e1c8"
+checksum = "fbc0bcb5424e8e1f29c21a00f2d222df5e8e9779732ff03f840315d8fbac708e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "brotli"
@@ -7108,7 +7108,7 @@ version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cf221c93e13a30d793f7645a0e7762c55d169dbb0a49671918a2319d289b10bb"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8af6d422d7..1be660ccea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ alphanumeric-sort = "1.5"
 ansi-str = "0.8"
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
 base64 = "0.22.1"
-bracoxide = "0.1.2"
+bracoxide = "0.1.4"
 brotli = "6.0"
 byteorder = "1.5"
 bytes = "1"
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
index 985c7fa57d..34d2feb7d8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/str_/expand.rs
@@ -307,6 +307,20 @@ fn str_expand(contents: &str, span: Span, value_span: Span) -> Value {
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_outer_single_item() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            str_expand("{W{x,y}}", Span::test_data(), Span::test_data()),
+            Value::list(
+                vec![
+                    Value::string(String::from("Wx"), Span::test_data(),),
+                    Value::string(String::from("Wy"), Span::test_data(),)
+                ],
+                Span::test_data(),
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn dots() {
         assert_eq!(