diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 66a7196d8..6789b53bd 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -9140,7 +9140,7 @@ void Tokenizer::findGarbageCode() const
             if (Token::Match(tok, "> %cop%"))
                 continue;
         }
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "%or%|%oror%|==|!=|+|-|/|!|>=|<=|~|++|--|::|sizeof|throw|decltype|typeof {|if|else|try|catch|while|do|for|return|switch|break|namespace"))
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "%or%|%oror%|==|!=|+|-|/|!|>=|<=|~|^|++|--|::|sizeof|throw|decltype|typeof {|if|else|try|catch|while|do|for|return|switch|break|namespace"))
             syntaxError(tok);
         if (Token::Match(tok, "( %any% )") && tok->next()->isKeyword() && !Token::simpleMatch(tok->next(), "void"))
             syntaxError(tok);
diff --git a/test/testgarbage.cpp b/test/testgarbage.cpp
index 5cc0a0f2c..4f53863cd 100644
--- a/test/testgarbage.cpp
+++ b/test/testgarbage.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(syntaxErrorLastToken); // Make sure syntax errors are detected and reported
         TEST_CASE(syntaxErrorCase);
         TEST_CASE(syntaxErrorFuzzerCliType1);
+        TEST_CASE(cliCode);
         TEST_CASE(enumTrailingComma);
 
         TEST_CASE(nonGarbageCode1); // #8346
@@ -1662,6 +1663,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("void f() { x= y{ } name5 y[ ] + y ^ name5 ^ name5 for ( ( y y y && y y y && name5 ++ int )); }"), InternalError); // #9069
     }
 
+    void cliCode() {
+        // #8913
+        ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("public ref class LibCecSharp : public CecCallbackMethods {\n"
+                               "array<CecAdapter ^> ^ FindAdapters(String ^ path) {} \n"
+                               "bool GetDeviceInformation(String ^ port, LibCECConfiguration ^configuration, uint32_t timeoutMs) {\n"
+                               "bool bReturn(false);\n"
+                               "}\n"
+                               "};\n"), InternalError);
+    }
+
     void enumTrailingComma() {
         ASSERT_THROW(checkCode("enum ssl_shutdown_t {ssl_shutdown_none = 0,ssl_shutdown_close_notify = , } ;"), InternalError); // #8079
     }