diff --git a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
index bc8f30427616..c9a7f5a379b3 100644
--- a/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
+++ b/lib/internal/readline/interface.js
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ class Interface extends InterfaceConstructor {
     if (this.cursor < this.line.length) {
       this[kBeforeEdit](this.line, this.cursor);
       const trailing = StringPrototypeSlice(this.line, this.cursor);
-      const match = RegExpPrototypeExec(/^(?:\s+|\W+|\w+)\s*/, trailing);
+      const match = RegExpPrototypeExec(/^(?:\s+|[^\w\s]+|\w+)\s*/, trailing);
       this.line =
         StringPrototypeSlice(this.line, 0, this.cursor) +
         StringPrototypeSlice(trailing, match[0].length);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
index 2fd4646c314c..77c09d56bb51 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-interface.js
@@ -593,6 +593,19 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
   fi.emit('keypress', '.', deleteWordRightKey);
   fi.emit('data', '\n');
   rli.close();
+
+  // Punctuation runs separated by whitespace: delete-word-right must remove
+  // exactly the span that word-right traverses. Regression for a `\W+` class
+  // that also consumed the whitespace and the following punctuation run.
+  [rli, fi] = getInterface({ terminal: true, prompt: '' });
+  fi.emit('data', '-> => x');
+  fi.emit('keypress', '.', { ctrl: true, name: 'a' });
+  rli.on('line', common.mustCall((line) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(line, '=> x');
+  }));
+  fi.emit('keypress', '.', deleteWordRightKey);
+  fi.emit('data', '\n');
+  rli.close();
 });
 
 // deleteLeft
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js b/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
index 260431dd69cb..8c8218071ddd 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-readline-promises-interface.js
@@ -570,6 +570,19 @@ function assertCursorRowsAndCols(rli, rows, cols) {
   fi.emit('keypress', '.', deleteWordRightKey);
   fi.emit('data', '\n');
   rli.close();
+
+  // Punctuation runs separated by whitespace: delete-word-right must remove
+  // exactly the span that word-right traverses. Regression for a `\W+` class
+  // that also consumed the whitespace and the following punctuation run.
+  [rli, fi] = getInterface({ terminal: true, prompt: '' });
+  fi.emit('data', '-> => x');
+  fi.emit('keypress', '.', { ctrl: true, name: 'a' });
+  rli.on('line', common.mustCall((line) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(line, '=> x');
+  }));
+  fi.emit('keypress', '.', deleteWordRightKey);
+  fi.emit('data', '\n');
+  rli.close();
 });
 
 // deleteLeft