diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 307474a..2994c79 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ function getDataByJSONPointer (data, jsonPointer) {
     if (typeof current !== 'object' || current === null) {
       return null
     }
-    current = current[part]
+    current = current[part.replace(/~1/g, '/').replace(/~0/g, '~')]
   }
   return current ?? null
 }
diff --git a/test/get-deref-schema.test.js b/test/get-deref-schema.test.js
index 9ad2309..ec27d13 100644
--- a/test/get-deref-schema.test.js
+++ b/test/get-deref-schema.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,38 @@ const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
 const { test } = require('node:test')
 const { RefResolver } = require('../index.js')
 
+test('should dereference escaped JSON Pointer tokens', () => {
+  const refResolver = new RefResolver()
+  refResolver.addSchema({
+    $id: 'target',
+    definitions: {
+      'a/b': { type: 'integer' },
+      'm~n': { type: 'number' },
+      'a~1b': { type: 'string' }
+    }
+  })
+  refResolver.addSchema({
+    $id: 'source',
+    type: 'object',
+    properties: {
+      slash: { $ref: 'target#/definitions/a~1b' },
+      tilde: { $ref: 'target#/definitions/m~0n' },
+      literalEscape: { $ref: 'target#/definitions/a~01b' }
+    }
+  })
+
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(refResolver.getDerefSchema('source'), {
+    $id: 'source',
+    type: 'object',
+    properties: {
+      slash: { type: 'integer' },
+      tilde: { type: 'number' },
+      literalEscape: { type: 'string' }
+    }
+  })
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(refResolver.getDerefSchema('target', '#/definitions/a~1b'), { type: 'integer' })
+})
+
 test('should resolve reference', () => {
   const refResolver = new RefResolver()
 
diff --git a/test/get-schema.test.js b/test/get-schema.test.js
index a7849e9..e1b96fd 100644
--- a/test/get-schema.test.js
+++ b/test/get-schema.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
 const { test } = require('node:test')
 const { RefResolver } = require('../index.js')
 
+test('should decode escaped JSON Pointer tokens', () => {
+  const refResolver = new RefResolver()
+  const schema = {
+    $id: 'schema',
+    definitions: {
+      'a/b': { type: 'integer' },
+      'm~n': { type: 'number' },
+      'a~1b': { type: 'string' },
+      'a//b': { type: 'boolean' }
+    }
+  }
+  refResolver.addSchema(schema)
+
+  assert.equal(refResolver.getSchema('schema', '#/definitions/a~1b'), schema.definitions['a/b'])
+  assert.equal(refResolver.getSchema('schema', '#/definitions/m~0n'), schema.definitions['m~n'])
+  assert.equal(refResolver.getSchema('schema', '#/definitions/a~01b'), schema.definitions['a~1b'])
+  assert.equal(refResolver.getSchema('schema', '#/definitions/a~1~1b'), schema.definitions['a//b'])
+})
+
 test('should get schema by schema id', () => {
   const refResolver = new RefResolver()