diff --git a/src/transform.ts b/src/transform.ts
index 7140797c..bd610079 100644
--- a/src/transform.ts
+++ b/src/transform.ts
@@ -239,13 +239,15 @@ export const transform = (
         const tKey = quoted
           ? _c<b.StringLiteral>('StringLiteral', { value: key }, keySpan)
           : _c<b.Identifier>('Identifier', { name: key }, keySpan);
+        const shorthand = tKey.end < tKey.start;
+
         return _c<b.ObjectProperty>(
           'ObjectProperty',
           {
             key: tKey,
             value: tValue,
             method: false,
-            shorthand: false,
+            shorthand,
             computed: false,
           },
           { start: _getOuterStart(tKey), end: _getOuterEnd(tValue) },
@@ -513,7 +515,7 @@ export const transform = (
     props: { computed: boolean; optional: boolean },
     { end = _getOuterEnd(tName), hasParentParens = false } = {},
   ) {
-    if (_isImplicitThis(receiver)) {
+    if (_isImplicitThis(receiver) || receiver.span.start === tName.start) {
       return tName;
     }
     const tReceiver = _t<b.Expression>(receiver);
diff --git a/tests/transform-microsyntax.test.ts b/tests/transform-microsyntax.test.ts
index b1b9619d..854741e4 100644
--- a/tests/transform-microsyntax.test.ts
+++ b/tests/transform-microsyntax.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+import { VERSION as angularVersion } from '@angular/compiler';
+import * as b from '@babel/types';
 import { parseTemplateBindings } from '../src/index';
+import type { NGMicrosyntaxKeyedExpression } from '../src/types';
 import { snapshotAst } from './helpers';
 
 test.each`
@@ -24,3 +27,21 @@ test.each`
   expect(snapshotAst(ast, input)).toMatchSnapshot();
   expect(ast.body.map((node) => node.type)).toEqual(types);
 });
+
+test('Shorthand', () => {
+  const major = Number(angularVersion.major);
+  const minor = Number(angularVersion.minor);
+  const code = 'someTmpl; context: {app}';
+  if (major > 12 || (major === 12 && minor > 0)) {
+    const ast = parseTemplateBindings(code);
+    const secondExpression = ast.body[1] as NGMicrosyntaxKeyedExpression;
+    const objectExpression = secondExpression.expression
+      .expression as b.ObjectExpression;
+    const firstProperty = objectExpression.properties[0] as b.ObjectProperty;
+    expect(firstProperty.shorthand).toBe(true);
+  } else {
+    expect(() => {
+      parseTemplateBindings(code);
+    }).toThrow(SyntaxError);
+  }
+});