diff --git a/.changeset/wild-bulldogs-move.md b/.changeset/wild-bulldogs-move.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3c5580f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wild-bulldogs-move.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: allow characters in the supplementary special-purpose plane
diff --git a/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md
index cb3b356cc7..72cd00bc6a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/svelte/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # svelte
 
+## 5.28.2
+
+### Patch Changes
+
+- fix: don't mark selector lists inside `:global` with multiple items as unused ([#15817](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/pull/15817))
+
 ## 5.28.1
 
 ### Patch Changes
diff --git a/packages/svelte/package.json b/packages/svelte/package.json
index c91fbdd7d3..ff71429d2f 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/package.json
+++ b/packages/svelte/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "svelte",
   "description": "Cybernetically enhanced web apps",
   "license": "MIT",
-  "version": "5.28.1",
+  "version": "5.28.2",
   "type": "module",
   "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/utils/html.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/utils/html.js
index a68acb996f..a0c2a5b06f 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/utils/html.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/1-parse/utils/html.js
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ const NUL = 0;
 // to replace them ourselves
 //
 // Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_encodings_in_HTML#Illegal_characters
+// Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(Unicode)
+// Also see: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/parsing.html#preprocessing-the-input-stream
 
 /** @param {number} code */
 function validate_code(code) {
@@ -116,5 +118,10 @@ function validate_code(code) {
 		return code;
 	}
 
+	// supplementary special-purpose plane 0xe0000 - 0xe07f and 0xe0100 - 0xe01ef
+	if ((code >= 917504 && code <= 917631) || (code >= 917760 && code <= 917999)) {
+		return code;
+	}
+
 	return NUL;
 }
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/css/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/css/index.js
index 9f1142cce9..cee7ab2791 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/css/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/css/index.js
@@ -196,9 +196,12 @@ const visitors = {
 		next();
 	},
 	SelectorList(node, { state, next, path }) {
+		const parent = path.at(-1);
+
 		// Only add comments if we're not inside a complex selector that itself is unused or a global block
 		if (
-			(!is_in_global_block(path) || node.children.length > 1) &&
+			(!is_in_global_block(path) ||
+				(node.children.length > 1 && parent?.type === 'Rule' && parent.metadata.is_global_block)) &&
 			!path.find((n) => n.type === 'ComplexSelector' && !n.metadata.used)
 		) {
 			const children = node.children;
@@ -260,7 +263,6 @@ const visitors = {
 
 		// if this selector list belongs to a rule, require a specificity bump for the
 		// first scoped selector but only if we're at the top level
-		let parent = path.at(-1);
 		if (parent?.type === 'Rule') {
 			specificity = { bumped: false };
 
@@ -376,7 +378,6 @@ const visitors = {
 };
 
 /**
- *
  * @param {Array<AST.CSS.Node>} path
  */
 function is_in_global_block(path) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/version.js b/packages/svelte/src/version.js
index a19a773cd1..a3a9979d65 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/version.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/version.js
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
  * The current version, as set in package.json.
  * @type {string}
  */
-export const VERSION = '5.28.1';
+export const VERSION = '5.28.2';
 export const PUBLIC_VERSION = '5';
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/_config.js
index a8b11a73ec..18a56e9a97 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/_config.js
@@ -7,28 +7,28 @@ export default test({
 			code: 'css_unused_selector',
 			message: 'Unused CSS selector ".unused :global"',
 			start: {
-				line: 69,
+				line: 73,
 				column: 1,
-				character: 917
+				character: 964
 			},
 			end: {
-				line: 69,
+				line: 73,
 				column: 16,
-				character: 932
+				character: 979
 			}
 		},
 		{
 			code: 'css_unused_selector',
 			message: 'Unused CSS selector "unused :global"',
 			start: {
-				line: 100,
+				line: 104,
 				column: 29,
-				character: 1223
+				character: 1270
 			},
 			end: {
-				line: 100,
+				line: 104,
 				column: 43,
-				character: 1237
+				character: 1284
 			}
 		}
 	]
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/expected.css b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/expected.css
index 12f9a75032..be1838fd98 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/expected.css
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/expected.css
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 		.x {
 			color: green;
 		}
+
+		.a, .selector, .list {
+			color: green;
+		}
 	/*}*/
 
 	div.svelte-xyz {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/input.svelte
index ee05205d67..86d438031a 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/input.svelte
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/global-block/input.svelte
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 		.x {
 			color: green;
 		}
+
+		.a, .selector, .list {
+			color: green;
+		}
 	}
 
 	div :global {