diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5f17388a..7f47e361 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "minimatch",
-  "version": "7.1.3",
+  "version": "7.1.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "minimatch",
-      "version": "7.1.3",
+      "version": "7.1.4",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
         "brace-expansion": "^2.0.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 95a16c45..ceca1d24 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Isaac Z. Schlueter <i@izs.me> (http://blog.izs.me)",
   "name": "minimatch",
   "description": "a glob matcher in javascript",
-  "version": "7.1.3",
+  "version": "7.1.4",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/isaacs/minimatch.git"
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 391769b0..5492d837 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,10 @@ const defaultPlatform: Platform = (
     : 'posix'
 ) as Platform
 type Sep = '\\' | '/'
-const path:{[k:string]:{sep:Sep}} = { win32: { sep: '\\' }, posix: { sep: '/' } }
+const path: { [k: string]: { sep: Sep } } = {
+  win32: { sep: '\\' },
+  posix: { sep: '/' },
+}
 /* c8 ignore stop */
 
 export const sep = defaultPlatform === 'win32' ? path.win32.sep : path.posix.sep
@@ -538,7 +541,7 @@ export class Minimatch {
   // and ** cannot be reduced out by a .. pattern part like a regexp
   // or most strings (other than .., ., and '') can be.
   //
-  // <pre>/**/../<p>/<rest> -> {<pre>/../<p>/<rest>,<pre>/**/<p>/<rest>}
+  // <pre>/**/../<p>/<p>/<rest> -> {<pre>/../<p>/<p>/<rest>,<pre>/**/<p>/<p>/<rest>}
   // <pre>/<e>/<rest> -> <pre>/<rest>
   // <pre>/<p>/../<rest> -> <pre>/<rest>
   // **/**/<rest> -> **/<rest>
@@ -549,7 +552,7 @@ export class Minimatch {
     let didSomething = false
     do {
       didSomething = false
-      // <pre>/**/../<p>/<rest> -> {<pre>/../<p>/<rest>,<pre>/**/<p>/<rest>}
+      // <pre>/**/../<p>/<p>/<rest> -> {<pre>/../<p>/<p>/<rest>,<pre>/**/<p>/<p>/<rest>}
       for (let parts of globParts) {
         let gs: number = -1
         while (-1 !== (gs = parts.indexOf('**', gs + 1))) {
@@ -566,8 +569,18 @@ export class Minimatch {
 
           let next = parts[gs + 1]
           const p = parts[gs + 2]
+          const p2 = parts[gs + 3]
           if (next !== '..') continue
-          if (!p || p === '.' || p === '..') continue
+          if (
+            !p ||
+            p === '.' ||
+            p === '..' ||
+            !p2 ||
+            p2 === '.' ||
+            p2 === '..'
+          ) {
+            continue
+          }
           didSomething = true
           // edit parts in place, and push the new one
           parts.splice(gs, 1)
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/optimization-level-2.ts.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/optimization-level-2.ts.test.cjs
index 5daea2b8..798fac79 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/optimization-level-2.ts.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/optimization-level-2.ts.test.cjs
@@ -743,53 +743,80 @@ Array [
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x > defaults 1`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../*/x > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
     "..",
+    "*",
     "x",
   ],
   Array [
     "**",
+    "*",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x > defaults 2`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../*/x > multislash 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
     "..",
+    "*",
     "x",
   ],
   Array [
     "**",
+    "*",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x > multislash 1`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../*/x > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "*",
+    "x",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
+    "**",
     "..",
     "x",
   ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x > defaults 2`] = `
+Array [
   Array [
     "**",
+    "..",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x > multislash 2`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x > multislash 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
+    "**",
     "..",
     "x",
   ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x > multislash 2`] = `
+Array [
   Array [
     "**",
+    "..",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
@@ -811,6 +838,128 @@ Array [
 ]
 `
 
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/* > defaults 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/* > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/* > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/y > defaults 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/y > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/y > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/y/z > defaults 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/y/z > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux **/../x/y/z > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
 exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux */../** > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
@@ -837,6 +986,41 @@ Array [
 ]
 `
 
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux */../**/?/*/[a-z] > defaults 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "**",
+    "?",
+    "*",
+    "[a-z]",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux */../**/?/*/[a-z] > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "**",
+    "?",
+    "*",
+    "[a-z]",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux */../**/?/*/[a-z] > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "*",
+    "?",
+    "*",
+    "[a-z]",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
 exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux ./ > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
@@ -923,37 +1107,73 @@ exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimi
 Array [
   Array [
     ".",
+    "**",
     "..",
     "x",
   ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux ./**/../x > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
   Array [
     ".",
     "**",
+    "..",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux ./**/../x > multislash 1`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux ./**/../x > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "x",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux ./**/../x/y > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
     ".",
     "..",
     "x",
+    "y",
   ],
   Array [
     ".",
     "**",
     "x",
+    "y",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux ./**/../x > no globstar 1`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux ./**/../x/y > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization linux ./**/../x/y > no globstar 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
     ".",
     "x",
+    "y",
   ],
 ]
 `
@@ -1851,53 +2071,80 @@ Array [
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x > defaults 1`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../*/x > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
     "..",
+    "*",
     "x",
   ],
   Array [
     "**",
+    "*",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x > defaults 2`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../*/x > multislash 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
     "..",
+    "*",
     "x",
   ],
   Array [
     "**",
+    "*",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x > multislash 1`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../*/x > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "*",
+    "x",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
+    "**",
     "..",
     "x",
   ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x > defaults 2`] = `
+Array [
   Array [
     "**",
+    "..",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x > multislash 2`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x > multislash 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
+    "**",
     "..",
     "x",
   ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x > multislash 2`] = `
+Array [
   Array [
     "**",
+    "..",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
@@ -1919,6 +2166,128 @@ Array [
 ]
 `
 
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/* > defaults 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/* > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/* > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "x",
+    "*",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/y > defaults 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/y > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/y > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/y/z > defaults 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/y/z > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 **/../x/y/z > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "x",
+    "y",
+    "z",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
 exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 */../** > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
@@ -1945,6 +2314,41 @@ Array [
 ]
 `
 
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 */../**/?/*/[a-z] > defaults 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "**",
+    "?",
+    "*",
+    "[a-z]",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 */../**/?/*/[a-z] > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "**",
+    "?",
+    "*",
+    "[a-z]",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 */../**/?/*/[a-z] > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    "*",
+    "?",
+    "*",
+    "[a-z]",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
 exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 ./ > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
@@ -2031,37 +2435,73 @@ exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimi
 Array [
   Array [
     ".",
+    "**",
     "..",
     "x",
   ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 ./**/../x > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
   Array [
     ".",
     "**",
+    "..",
     "x",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 ./**/../x > multislash 1`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 ./**/../x > no globstar 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "x",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 ./**/../x/y > defaults 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
     ".",
     "..",
     "x",
+    "y",
   ],
   Array [
     ".",
     "**",
     "x",
+    "y",
   ],
 ]
 `
 
-exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 ./**/../x > no globstar 1`] = `
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 ./**/../x/y > multislash 1`] = `
+Array [
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "..",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+  Array [
+    ".",
+    "**",
+    "x",
+    "y",
+  ],
+]
+`
+
+exports[`test/optimization-level-2.ts TAP explicit pattern coalescing and optimization win32 ./**/../x/y > no globstar 1`] = `
 Array [
   Array [
     ".",
     "x",
+    "y",
   ],
 ]
 `
diff --git a/test/optimization-level-2.ts b/test/optimization-level-2.ts
index 26d7d258..090c88e9 100644
--- a/test/optimization-level-2.ts
+++ b/test/optimization-level-2.ts
@@ -26,16 +26,21 @@ t.test('explicit pattern coalescing and optimization', t => {
       const patterns = [
         '**',
         '**/../x',
+        '**/../*/x',
+        '**/../x/*',
         './**',
         './**/',
         './**/x',
         './**/../x',
+        './**/../x/y',
         '//host/share',
         '//host/share/',
         '//host/share//s/o//me////.//path',
         '**/..',
         '**/../',
         '**/../x',
+        '**/../x/y',
+        '**/../x/y/z',
         'a/b/c/**///../x/y/z',
         'a/b/c/..///d',
         'a/{*,c}/b',
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ t.test('explicit pattern coalescing and optimization', t => {
         './',
         './x/.././///.//./',
         '*/../**',
+        '*/../**/?/*/[a-z]',
       ]
 
       const exp = (p: string) => braceExpand(p).map(s => s.split('/'))