diff --git a/ecmascript/parser/Cargo.toml b/ecmascript/parser/Cargo.toml
index 26bc040adb4e..ebfe6939cefe 100644
--- a/ecmascript/parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ecmascript/parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "swc_ecma_parser"
-version = "0.18.0"
+version = "0.18.1"
 authors = ["강동윤 <kdy1997.dev@gmail.com>"]
 license = "Apache-2.0/MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/swc-project/swc.git"
diff --git a/ecmascript/parser/src/parser/stmt.rs b/ecmascript/parser/src/parser/stmt.rs
index cb002727ea13..028de47cbfdc 100644
--- a/ecmascript/parser/src/parser/stmt.rs
+++ b/ecmascript/parser/src/parser/stmt.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ impl<'a, I: Tokens> Parser<'a, I> {
             }
 
             let expr = self.parse_await_expr()?;
+            eat!(';');
 
             let span = span!(start);
             return Ok(Stmt::Expr(ExprStmt { span, expr }));
diff --git a/tests/projects.rs b/tests/projects.rs
index ee92b13372f6..d25d8a0a65d3 100644
--- a/tests/projects.rs
+++ b/tests/projects.rs
@@ -352,3 +352,12 @@ fn issue_605() {
 
     assert!(f.contains("Object.keys(_c)"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn await_expr() {
+    let f = file("tests/projects/await-expression/input.js").unwrap();
+    println!("{}", f);
+
+    assert!(f.contains("await"));
+    assert!(f.contains("test"));
+}
diff --git a/tests/projects/await-expression/.swcrc b/tests/projects/await-expression/.swcrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..feb0370102fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/projects/await-expression/.swcrc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "jsc": {
+    "target": "es2017",
+    "parser": {
+        "syntax": "ecmascript",
+        "topLevelAwait": true
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/projects/await-expression/input.js b/tests/projects/await-expression/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf8aff5ca59c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/projects/await-expression/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+await   test   ;