diff --git a/internal/decoder/stream.go b/internal/decoder/stream.go
index 6f337d7..8e21c56 100644
--- a/internal/decoder/stream.go
+++ b/internal/decoder/stream.go
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ func (s *Stream) skipObject(depth int64) error {
 						s.cursor = cursor
 						if s.read() {
 							_, cursor, p = s.statForRetry()
+							cursor++
 							continue
 						}
 						return errors.ErrUnexpectedEndOfJSON("string of object", cursor)