diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/islandsTransform.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/islandsTransform.ts
index 9a84865007..2edba499a9 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/islandsTransform.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/islandsTransform.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ interface ComponentChunkOptions {
 const SCRIPT_RE = /<script[^>]*>/g
 const HAS_SLOT_OR_CLIENT_RE = /(<slot[^>]*>)|(nuxt-client)/
 const TEMPLATE_RE = /<template>([\s\S]*)<\/template>/
-const NUXTCLIENT_ATTR_RE = /\snuxt-client(="[^"]*")?/g
+const NUXTCLIENT_ATTR_RE = /\s:?nuxt-client(="[^"]*")?/g
 const IMPORT_CODE = '\nimport { vforToArray as __vforToArray } from \'#app/components/utils\'' + '\nimport NuxtTeleportIslandComponent from \'#app/components/nuxt-teleport-island-component\'' + '\nimport NuxtTeleportSsrSlot from \'#app/components/nuxt-teleport-island-slot\''
 
 function wrapWithVForDiv (code: string, vfor: string): string {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/islandTransform.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/islandTransform.test.ts
index 6f8608990a..354a09f0e6 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/islandTransform.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/islandTransform.test.ts
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ describe('islandTransform - server and island components', () => {
           "<template>
                   <div>
                     <HelloWorld />
-                    <NuxtTeleportIslandComponent to="HelloWorld-eo0XycWCUV"  :nuxt-client="nuxtClient"><HelloWorld :nuxt-client="nuxtClient" /></NuxtTeleportIslandComponent>
+                    <NuxtTeleportIslandComponent to="HelloWorld-eo0XycWCUV"  :nuxt-client="nuxtClient"><HelloWorld /></NuxtTeleportIslandComponent>
                   </div>
                 </template>