diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java
index c0e33c97e..686d970d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQuery.java
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.DateTimeConverters;
 import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ParametersParameterAccessor;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.NumberUtils;
 
 /**
  * ElasticsearchStringQuery
@@ -83,13 +83,14 @@ public class ElasticsearchStringQuery extends AbstractElasticsearchRepositoryQue
 	}
 
 	private String replacePlaceholders(String input, ParametersParameterAccessor accessor) {
+
 		Matcher matcher = PARAMETER_PLACEHOLDER.matcher(input);
 		String result = input;
 		while (matcher.find()) {
-			String group = matcher.group();
-			group = "\\" + group;
-			int index = Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(1));
-			result = result.replaceFirst(group, getParameterWithIndex(accessor, index));
+
+			String placeholder = Pattern.quote(matcher.group()) + "(?!\\d+)";
+			int index = NumberUtils.parseNumber(matcher.group(1), Integer.class);
+			result = result.replaceAll(placeholder, getParameterWithIndex(accessor, index));
 		}
 		return result;
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8dcbf2438
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/repository/query/ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.repository.query;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.annotations.Query;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.ElasticsearchOperations;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.ElasticsearchConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.convert.MappingElasticsearchConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.mapping.SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.StringQuery;
+import org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.entities.Person;
+import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DefaultRepositoryMetadata;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ParametersParameterAccessor;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class ElasticsearchStringQueryUnitTests {
+
+	@Mock ElasticsearchOperations operations;
+	ElasticsearchConverter converter;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+		converter = new MappingElasticsearchConverter(new SimpleElasticsearchMappingContext());
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATAES-552
+	public void shouldReplaceParametersCorrectly() throws Exception {
+
+		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query query = createQuery("findByName", "Luke");
+
+		assertThat(query).isInstanceOf(StringQuery.class);
+		assertThat(((StringQuery) query).getSource())
+				.isEqualTo("{ 'bool' : { 'must' : { 'term' : { 'name' : 'Luke' } } } }");
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATAES-552
+	public void shouldReplaceRepeatedParametersCorrectly() throws Exception {
+
+		org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query query = createQuery("findWithRepeatedPlaceholder", "zero",
+				"one", "two", "three", "four", "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine", "ten", "eleven");
+
+		assertThat(query).isInstanceOf(StringQuery.class);
+		assertThat(((StringQuery) query).getSource())
+				.isEqualTo("name:(zero, eleven, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, zero, one)");
+	}
+
+	private org.springframework.data.elasticsearch.core.query.Query createQuery(String methodName, String... args)
+			throws NoSuchMethodException {
+
+		Class<?>[] argTypes = Arrays.stream(args).map(Object::getClass).toArray(size -> new Class[size]);
+		ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod = getQueryMethod(methodName, argTypes);
+		ElasticsearchStringQuery elasticsearchStringQuery = queryForMethod(queryMethod);
+		return elasticsearchStringQuery.createQuery(new ParametersParameterAccessor(queryMethod.getParameters(), args));
+	}
+
+	private ElasticsearchStringQuery queryForMethod(ElasticsearchQueryMethod queryMethod) {
+		return new ElasticsearchStringQuery(queryMethod, operations, queryMethod.getAnnotatedQuery());
+	}
+
+	private ElasticsearchQueryMethod getQueryMethod(String name, Class<?>... parameters) throws NoSuchMethodException {
+
+		Method method = SampleRepository.class.getMethod(name, parameters);
+		return new ElasticsearchQueryMethod(method, new DefaultRepositoryMetadata(SampleRepository.class),
+				new SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory());
+	}
+
+	private interface SampleRepository extends Repository<Person, String> {
+
+		@Query("{ 'bool' : { 'must' : { 'term' : { 'name' : '?0' } } } }")
+		Person findByName(String name);
+
+		@Query(value = "name:(?0, ?11, ?1, ?2, ?3, ?4, ?5, ?6, ?7, ?8, ?9, ?10, ?11, ?0, ?1)")
+		Person findWithRepeatedPlaceholder(String arg0, String arg1, String arg2, String arg3, String arg4, String arg5,
+				String arg6, String arg7, String arg8, String arg9, String arg10, String arg11);
+	}
+}