diff --git a/.changeset/afraid-moose-matter.md b/.changeset/afraid-moose-matter.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6be9c854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/afraid-moose-matter.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: tweak script/style tag parsing/preprocessing logic
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
index d193aeaeb..c649d5f02 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/state/element.js
@@ -191,11 +191,24 @@ export default function tag(parser) {
 		};
 	}
 
-	/** @type {Set<string>} */
-	const unique_names = new Set();
+	/** @type {string[]} */
+	const unique_names = [];
+
+	const current = parser.current();
+	const is_top_level_script_or_style =
+		(name === 'script' || name === 'style') && current.type === 'Root';
+
+	const read = is_top_level_script_or_style ? read_static_attribute : read_attribute;
 
 	let attribute;
-	while ((attribute = read_attribute(parser, unique_names))) {
+	while ((attribute = read(parser))) {
+		if (
+			(attribute.type === 'Attribute' || attribute.type === 'BindDirective') &&
+			unique_names.includes(attribute.name)
+		) {
+			error(attribute.start, 'duplicate-attribute');
+		}
+
 		element.attributes.push(attribute);
 		parser.allow_whitespace();
 	}
@@ -245,10 +258,7 @@ export default function tag(parser) {
 				: chunk.expression;
 	}
 
-	const current = parser.current();
-
-	// special cases – top-level <script> and <style>
-	if ((name === 'script' || name === 'style') && current.type === 'Root') {
+	if (is_top_level_script_or_style) {
 		parser.eat('>', true);
 		if (name === 'script') {
 			const content = read_script(parser, start, element.attributes);
@@ -372,23 +382,61 @@ function read_tag_name(parser) {
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
 const regex_token_ending_character = /[\s=\/>"']/;
 const regex_starts_with_quote_characters = /^["']/;
+const regex_attribute_value = /^(?:"([^"]*)"|'([^'])*'|([^>\s]))/;
 
 /**
  * @param {import('../index.js').Parser} parser
- * @param {Set<string>} unique_names
- * @returns {any}
+ * @returns {import('#compiler').Attribute | null}
  */
-function read_attribute(parser, unique_names) {
+function read_static_attribute(parser) {
 	const start = parser.index;
 
-	/** @param {string} name */
-	function check_unique(name) {
-		if (unique_names.has(name)) {
-			error(start, 'duplicate-attribute');
+	const name = parser.read_until(regex_token_ending_character);
+	if (!name) return null;
+
+	/** @type {true | Array<import('#compiler').Text | import('#compiler').ExpressionTag>} */
+	let value = true;
+
+	if (parser.eat('=')) {
+		parser.allow_whitespace();
+		let raw = parser.match_regex(regex_attribute_value);
+		if (!raw) {
+			error(parser.index, 'missing-attribute-value');
+		}
+
+		parser.index += raw.length;
+
+		const quoted = raw[0] === '"' || raw[0] === "'";
+		if (quoted) {
+			raw = raw.slice(1, -1);
 		}
-		unique_names.add(name);
+
+		value = [
+			{
+				start: parser.index - raw.length - (quoted ? 1 : 0),
+				end: quoted ? parser.index - 1 : parser.index,
+				type: 'Text',
+				raw: raw,
+				data: decode_character_references(raw, true),
+				parent: null
+			}
+		];
 	}
 
+	if (parser.match_regex(regex_starts_with_quote_characters)) {
+		error(parser.index, 'expected-token', '=');
+	}
+
+	return create_attribute(name, start, parser.index, value);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {import('../index.js').Parser} parser
+ * @returns {import('#compiler').Attribute | import('#compiler').SpreadAttribute | import('#compiler').Directive | null}
+ */
+function read_attribute(parser) {
+	const start = parser.index;
+
 	if (parser.eat('{')) {
 		parser.allow_whitespace();
 
@@ -419,8 +467,6 @@ function read_attribute(parser, unique_names) {
 				error(start, 'empty-attribute-shorthand');
 			}
 
-			check_unique(name);
-
 			parser.allow_whitespace();
 			parser.eat('}', true);
 
@@ -473,12 +519,6 @@ function read_attribute(parser, unique_names) {
 			error(start + colon_index + 1, 'empty-directive-name', type);
 		}
 
-		if (type === 'BindDirective' && directive_name !== 'this') {
-			check_unique(directive_name);
-		} else if (type !== 'OnDirective' && type !== 'UseDirective') {
-			check_unique(name);
-		}
-
 		if (type === 'StyleDirective') {
 			return {
 				start,
@@ -546,8 +586,6 @@ function read_attribute(parser, unique_names) {
 		return directive;
 	}
 
-	check_unique(name);
-
 	return create_attribute(name, start, end, value);
 }
 
@@ -569,7 +607,6 @@ function get_directive_type(name) {
 
 /**
  * @param {import('../index.js').Parser} parser
- * @returns {any[]}
  */
 function read_attribute_value(parser) {
 	const quote_mark = parser.eat("'") ? "'" : parser.eat('"') ? '"' : null;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/preprocess/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/preprocess/index.js
index 71217654b..35cb56589 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/preprocess/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/preprocess/index.js
@@ -253,8 +253,10 @@ function stringify_tag_attributes(attributes) {
 	return value;
 }
 
-const regex_style_tags = /<!--[^]*?-->|<style(\s[^]*?)?(?:>([^]*?)<\/style>|\/>)/gi;
-const regex_script_tags = /<!--[^]*?-->|<script(\s[^]*?)?(?:>([^]*?)<\/script>|\/>)/gi;
+const regex_style_tags =
+	/<!--[^]*?-->|<style((?:\s+[^=>'"/]+=(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>\s])|\s+[^=>'"/]+)*\s*)(?:\/>|>([\S\s]*?)<\/style>)/g;
+const regex_script_tags =
+	/<!--[^]*?-->|<script((?:\s+[^=>'"/]+=(?:"[^"]*"|'[^']*'|[^>\s])|\s+[^=>'"/]+)*\s*)(?:\/>|>([\S\s]*?)<\/script>)/g;
 
 /**
  * Calculate the updates required to process all instances of the specified tag.
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/parser-legacy/samples/script-attribute-with-curly-braces/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/parser-legacy/samples/script-attribute-with-curly-braces/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..423b056e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/parser-legacy/samples/script-attribute-with-curly-braces/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<script generics="T extends { yes: boolean }">
+	let name = 'world';
+</script>
+
+<h1>Hello {name}!</h1>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/parser-legacy/samples/script-attribute-with-curly-braces/output.json b/packages/svelte/tests/parser-legacy/samples/script-attribute-with-curly-braces/output.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af4ec56a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/parser-legacy/samples/script-attribute-with-curly-braces/output.json
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+{
+	"html": {
+		"start": 79,
+		"end": 101,
+		"type": "Fragment",
+		"children": [
+			{
+				"start": 77,
+				"end": 79,
+				"type": "Text",
+				"raw": "\n\n",
+				"data": "\n\n"
+			},
+			{
+				"start": 79,
+				"end": 101,
+				"type": "Element",
+				"name": "h1",
+				"attributes": [],
+				"children": [
+					{
+						"start": 83,
+						"end": 89,
+						"type": "Text",
+						"raw": "Hello ",
+						"data": "Hello "
+					},
+					{
+						"start": 89,
+						"end": 95,
+						"type": "MustacheTag",
+						"expression": {
+							"type": "Identifier",
+							"start": 90,
+							"end": 94,
+							"loc": {
+								"start": {
+									"line": 5,
+									"column": 11
+								},
+								"end": {
+									"line": 5,
+									"column": 15
+								}
+							},
+							"name": "name"
+						}
+					},
+					{
+						"start": 95,
+						"end": 96,
+						"type": "Text",
+						"raw": "!",
+						"data": "!"
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		]
+	},
+	"instance": {
+		"type": "Script",
+		"start": 0,
+		"end": 77,
+		"context": "default",
+		"content": {
+			"type": "Program",
+			"start": 46,
+			"end": 68,
+			"loc": {
+				"start": {
+					"line": 1,
+					"column": 0
+				},
+				"end": {
+					"line": 3,
+					"column": 0
+				}
+			},
+			"body": [
+				{
+					"type": "VariableDeclaration",
+					"start": 48,
+					"end": 67,
+					"loc": {
+						"start": {
+							"line": 2,
+							"column": 1
+						},
+						"end": {
+							"line": 2,
+							"column": 20
+						}
+					},
+					"declarations": [
+						{
+							"type": "VariableDeclarator",
+							"start": 52,
+							"end": 66,
+							"loc": {
+								"start": {
+									"line": 2,
+									"column": 5
+								},
+								"end": {
+									"line": 2,
+									"column": 19
+								}
+							},
+							"id": {
+								"type": "Identifier",
+								"start": 52,
+								"end": 56,
+								"loc": {
+									"start": {
+										"line": 2,
+										"column": 5
+									},
+									"end": {
+										"line": 2,
+										"column": 9
+									}
+								},
+								"name": "name"
+							},
+							"init": {
+								"type": "Literal",
+								"start": 59,
+								"end": 66,
+								"loc": {
+									"start": {
+										"line": 2,
+										"column": 12
+									},
+									"end": {
+										"line": 2,
+										"column": 19
+									}
+								},
+								"value": "world",
+								"raw": "'world'"
+							}
+						}
+					],
+					"kind": "let"
+				}
+			],
+			"sourceType": "module"
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddb4fb4df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { test } from '../../test';
+
+export default test({
+	preprocess: {
+		script: ({ attributes }) =>
+			typeof attributes.generics === 'string' && attributes.generics.includes('>')
+				? { code: '' }
+				: undefined
+	}
+});
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/input.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa1a533ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/input.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<script generics="T extends Record<string, string>">
+	foo {}
+</script>
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/output.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/output.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4ade07a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/preprocess/samples/attributes-with-closing-tag/output.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<script generics="T extends Record<string, string>"></script>