diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dd6a7ad..6a42579 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.9
-	github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.15
+	github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.17
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 57da6f3..efabba7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0 h1:2ag3IFq9ZDANvthTwTiqSSZLjDc+BedvHPAp5tJy2TI=
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0/go.mod h1:y5/lhBue+AyNmUVz9RLU9xbLR0o4KIIExikq4ovT0aE=
-github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.15 h1:WC1Nxbx4Ifw5U2oQWACYz32JK8G9qxNtHzrvW4KEcqI=
-github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.15/go.mod h1:uWAHCbCIla1jiNxmeT5/B5mOjSdfkCq6p8vxWg+BM10=
+github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.17 h1:8av8eGduDb5+rvEdaOO+zQUjA04MS0m3Ps8HiD+fceg=
+github.com/itchyny/gojq v0.12.17/go.mod h1:WBrEMkgAfAGO1LUcGOckBl5O726KPp+OlkKug0I/FEY=
 github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.6 h1:ia3s54iciXDdzWzwaVKXZPbiXzxxnv1SPGFfM/myJ5Q=
 github.com/itchyny/timefmt-go v0.1.6/go.mod h1:RRDZYC5s9ErkjQvTvvU7keJjxUYzIISJGxm9/mAERQg=
 github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 h1:vlS4z54oSdjm0bgjRigI+G1HpF+tI+9rE5LLzOg8HmY=
diff --git a/internal/parser/parser.go b/internal/parser/parser.go
index 7106d4b..0b4bd39 100644
--- a/internal/parser/parser.go
+++ b/internal/parser/parser.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func ParseExpectations(spec string, sctx SourceContext) ([]*ParsedQuery, error)
 			next = line
 		}
 
-		if current != "" {
+		if current != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(current, "#") {
 			query, err := ParseQuery(current, currentSCtx)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "parsing query ending at %s", sctx)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func ParseExpectations(spec string, sctx SourceContext) ([]*ParsedQuery, error)
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "parsing expectations")
 	}
 
-	if current != "" {
+	if current != "" && !strings.HasPrefix(current, "#") {
 		query, err := ParseQuery(current, currentSCtx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "parsing query ending at %s", sctx)
diff --git a/internal/parser/parser_test.go b/internal/parser/parser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d6f039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestParseExpectations(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := map[string]struct {
+		spec    string
+		want    []string
+		errFunc assert.ErrorAssertionFunc
+	}{
+		"empty": {spec: "", want: nil, errFunc: assert.NoError},
+		"one query": {
+			spec:    "foo | bar",
+			want:    []string{"foo | bar"},
+			errFunc: assert.NoError,
+		},
+		"a couple of queries with comments": {
+			spec: `# a comment
+query1 | very |
+  long
+# comment in between
+query2 | even |
+  longer
+# trailing comment`,
+			want: []string{
+				"query1 | very | long",
+				"query2 | even | longer",
+			},
+			errFunc: assert.NoError,
+		},
+	}
+	for name, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			sourceCtx := SourceContext{
+				Filename: name,
+				Line:     1,
+			}
+			got, err := ParseExpectations(tt.spec, sourceCtx)
+			tt.errFunc(t, err)
+			assert.Len(t, got, len(tt.want))
+			for i, query := range got {
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.want[i], query.Source, "source of query %d should match", i)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}