diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/JsonPath.php b/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/JsonPath.php
index 1009369b0a56d..e716167eb3f64 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/JsonPath.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/JsonPath.php
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ public function __construct(
 
     public function key(string $key): static
     {
-        return new self($this->path.(str_ends_with($this->path, '..') ? '' : '.').$key);
+        $escaped = $this->escapeKey($key);
+
+        return new self($this->path.'["'.$escaped.'"]');
     }
 
     public function index(int $index): static
@@ -80,4 +82,25 @@ public function __toString(): string
     {
         return $this->path;
     }
+
+    private function escapeKey(string $key): string
+    {
+        $key = strtr($key, [
+            '\\' => '\\\\',
+            '"' => '\\"',
+            "\n" => '\\n',
+            "\r" => '\\r',
+            "\t" => '\\t',
+            "\b" => '\\b',
+            "\f" => '\\f'
+        ]);
+
+        for ($i = 0; $i <= 31; $i++) {
+            if ($i < 8 || $i > 13) {
+                $key = str_replace(chr($i), sprintf('\\u%04x', $i), $key);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $key;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/Tests/JsonCrawlerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/Tests/JsonCrawlerTest.php
index 6871a56511890..66ccfc2642141 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/Tests/JsonCrawlerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/Tests/JsonCrawlerTest.php
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ public function testAllAuthors()
         ], $result);
     }
 
+    public function testAllAuthorsWithBrackets()
+    {
+        $result = self::getBookstoreCrawler()->find('$..["author"]');
+
+        $this->assertCount(4, $result);
+        $this->assertSame([
+            'Nigel Rees',
+            'Evelyn Waugh',
+            'Herman Melville',
+            'J. R. R. Tolkien',
+        ], $result);
+    }
+
     public function testAllThingsInStore()
     {
         $result = self::getBookstoreCrawler()->find('$.store.*');
@@ -58,6 +71,15 @@ public function testAllThingsInStore()
         $this->assertArrayHasKey('color', $result[1]);
     }
 
+    public function testAllThingsInStoreWithBrackets()
+    {
+        $result = self::getBookstoreCrawler()->find('$["store"][*]');
+
+        $this->assertCount(2, $result);
+        $this->assertCount(4, $result[0]);
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('color', $result[1]);
+    }
+
     public function testEscapedDoubleQuotesInFieldName()
     {
         $crawler = new JsonCrawler(<<<JSON
@@ -77,6 +99,14 @@ public function testBasicNameSelector()
         $this->assertSame('Nigel Rees', $result[0]['author']);
     }
 
+    public function testBasicNameSelectorWithBrackts()
+    {
+        $result = self::getBookstoreCrawler()->find('$["store"]["book"]')[0];
+
+        $this->assertCount(4, $result);
+        $this->assertSame('Nigel Rees', $result[0]['author']);
+    }
+
     public function testAllPrices()
     {
         $result = self::getBookstoreCrawler()->find('$.store..price');
@@ -121,6 +151,17 @@ public function testBooksWithIsbn()
         ], [$result[0]['isbn'], $result[1]['isbn']]);
     }
 
+    public function testBooksWithBracketsAndFilter()
+    {
+        $result = self::getBookstoreCrawler()->find('$..["book"][?(@.isbn)]');
+
+        $this->assertCount(2, $result);
+        $this->assertSame([
+            '0-553-21311-3',
+            '0-395-19395-8',
+        ], [$result[0]['isbn'], $result[1]['isbn']]);
+    }
+
     public function testBooksLessThanTenDollars()
     {
         $result = self::getBookstoreCrawler()->find('$..book[?(@.price < 10)]');
@@ -216,6 +257,14 @@ public function testEverySecondElementReverseSlice()
         $this->assertSame([6, 2, 5], $result);
     }
 
+    public function testEverySecondElementReverseSliceAndBrackets()
+    {
+        $crawler = self::getSimpleCollectionCrawler();
+
+        $result = $crawler->find('$["a"][::-2]');
+        $this->assertSame([6, 2, 5], $result);
+    }
+
     public function testEmptyResults()
     {
         $crawler = self::getSimpleCollectionCrawler();
@@ -404,6 +453,19 @@ public function testAcceptsJsonPath()
         $this->assertSame('red', $result[0]['color']);
     }
 
+    public function testStarAsKey()
+    {
+        $crawler = new JsonCrawler(<<<JSON
+{"*": {"a": 1, "b": 2}, "something else": {"c": 3}}
+JSON);
+
+        $result = $crawler->find('$["*"]');
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $result);
+        $this->assertSame(['a' => 1, 'b' => 2], $result[0]);
+    }
+
+
     private static function getBookstoreCrawler(): JsonCrawler
     {
         return new JsonCrawler(<<<JSON
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/Tests/JsonPathTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/Tests/JsonPathTest.php
index 52d05bdaeb813..cbe6f20d17c0b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/Tests/JsonPathTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/JsonPath/Tests/JsonPathTest.php
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ public function testBuildPath()
             ->index(0)
             ->key('address');
 
-        $this->assertSame('$.users[0].address', (string) $path);
-        $this->assertSame('$.users[0].address..city', (string) $path->deepScan()->key('city'));
+        $this->assertSame('$["users"][0]["address"]', (string) $path);
+        $this->assertSame('$["users"][0]["address"]..["city"]', (string) $path->deepScan()->key('city'));
     }
 
     public function testBuildWithFilter()
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public function testBuildWithFilter()
         $path = $path->key('users')
             ->filter('@.age > 18');
 
-        $this->assertSame('$.users[?(@.age > 18)]', (string) $path);
+        $this->assertSame('$["users"][?(@.age > 18)]', (string) $path);
     }
 
     public function testAll()
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public function testAll()
         $path = $path->key('users')
             ->all();
 
-        $this->assertSame('$.users[*]', (string) $path);
+        $this->assertSame('$["users"][*]', (string) $path);
     }
 
     public function testFirst()
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public function testFirst()
         $path = $path->key('users')
             ->first();
 
-        $this->assertSame('$.users[0]', (string) $path);
+        $this->assertSame('$["users"][0]', (string) $path);
     }
 
     public function testLast()
@@ -60,6 +60,47 @@ public function testLast()
         $path = $path->key('users')
             ->last();
 
-        $this->assertSame('$.users[-1]', (string) $path);
+        $this->assertSame('$["users"][-1]', (string) $path);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideKeysToEscape
+     */
+    public function testEscapedKey(string $key, string $expectedPath)
+    {
+        $path = new JsonPath();
+        $path = $path->key($key);
+
+        $this->assertSame($expectedPath, (string) $path);
+    }
+
+    public static function provideKeysToEscape(): iterable
+    {
+        yield ['simple_key', '$["simple_key"]'];
+        yield ['key"with"quotes', '$["key\\"with\\"quotes"]'];
+        yield ['path\\backslash', '$["path\\backslash"]'];
+        yield ['mixed\\"case', '$["mixed\\\\\\"case"]'];
+        yield ['unicode_🔑', '$["unicode_🔑"]'];
+        yield ['"quotes_only"', '$["\\"quotes_only\\""]'];
+        yield ['\\\\multiple\\\\backslashes', '$["\\\\\\\\multiple\\\\\\backslashes"]'];
+        yield ["control\x00\x1f\x1echar", '$["control\u0000\u001f\u001echar"]'];
+
+        yield ['key"with\\"mixed', '$["key\\"with\\\\\\"mixed"]'];
+        yield ['\\"complex\\"case\\"', '$["\\\\\\"complex\\\\\\"case\\\\\\""]'];
+        yield ['json_like":{"value":"test"}', '$["json_like\\":{\\"value\\":\\"test\\"}"]'];
+        yield ['C:\\Program Files\\"App Name"', '$["C:\\\\Program Files\\\\\\"App Name\\""]'];
+
+        yield ['key_with_é_accents', '$["key_with_é_accents"]'];
+        yield ['unicode_→_arrows', '$["unicode_→_arrows"]'];
+        yield ['chinese_中文_key', '$["chinese_中文_key"]'];
+
+        yield ['', '$[""]'];
+        yield [' ', '$[" "]'];
+        yield ['   spaces   ', '$["   spaces   "]'];
+        yield ["\t\n\r", '$["\\t\\n\\r"]'];
+        yield ["control\x00char", '$["control\u0000char"]'];
+        yield ["newline\nkey", '$["newline\\nkey"]'];
+        yield ["tab\tkey", '$["tab\\tkey"]'];
+        yield ["carriage\rreturn", '$["carriage\\rreturn"]'];
     }
 }

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