diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c0bfc9e..60d34ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -429,9 +429,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon"
-version = "1.8.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c27db03db7734835b3f53954b534c91069375ce6ccaa2e065441e07d9b6cdb1"
+checksum = "fa7237101a77a10773db45d62004a272517633fbcc3df19d96455ede1122e051"
 dependencies = [
  "either",
  "rayon-core",
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.12.0"
+version = "1.12.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5ce3fb6ad83f861aac485e76e1985cd109d9a3713802152be56c3b1f0e0658ed"
+checksum = "1465873a3dfdaa8ae7cb14b4383657caab0b3e8a0aa9ae8e04b044854c8dfce2"
 dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-deque",
  "crossbeam-utils",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5bc417c..cf70aca 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ path = "rust/lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 ignore = "0.4.22"
 fuzzy-matcher = "0.3.7"
-rayon = "1.8.0"
+rayon = "1.8.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/lua/ivy/utils.lua b/lua/ivy/utils.lua
index 92f74e0..910e57f 100644
--- a/lua/ivy/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/ivy/utils.lua
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ utils.line_action = function()
 end
 
 utils.escape_file_name = function(input)
-  return string.gsub(input, "([$])", "\\%1")
+  local file, _ = string.gsub(input, "([$%]\\[])", "\\%1")
+  return file
 end
 
 return utils
diff --git a/lua/ivy/utils_escape_test.lua b/lua/ivy/utils_escape_test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebe41d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/ivy/utils_escape_test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+local utils = require "ivy.utils"
+
+it("will escape a dollar in the file name", function(t)
+  local result = utils.escape_file_name "/path/to/$file/$name.lua"
+  t.assert_equal(result, "/path/to/\\$file/\\$name.lua")
+end)
+
+it("will escape a brackets in the file name", function(t)
+  local result = utils.escape_file_name "/path/to/[file]/[name].lua"
+  t.assert_equal(result, "/path/to/\\[file\\]/\\[name\\].lua")
+end)