diff --git a/crates/typst-syntax/src/ast.rs b/crates/typst-syntax/src/ast.rs
index e17414032..0df3d6d37 100644
--- a/crates/typst-syntax/src/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-syntax/src/ast.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ macro_rules! node {
         impl<'a> AstNode<'a> for $name<'a> {
             #[inline]
             fn from_untyped(node: &'a SyntaxNode) -> Option<Self> {
-                if matches!(node.kind(), SyntaxKind::$name) {
+                if node.kind() == SyntaxKind::$name {
                     Some(Self(node))
                 } else {
                     Option::None
@@ -1440,6 +1440,18 @@ impl BinOp {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Whether this is an assignment operator.
+    pub fn is_assignment(self) -> bool {
+        matches!(
+            self,
+            Self::Assign
+                | Self::AddAssign
+                | Self::SubAssign
+                | Self::MulAssign
+                | Self::DivAssign
+        )
+    }
+
     /// The precedence of this operator.
     pub fn precedence(self) -> usize {
         match self {
diff --git a/crates/typst/src/eval/func.rs b/crates/typst/src/eval/func.rs
index fcde26d7e..b7951cefa 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/eval/func.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/eval/func.rs
@@ -638,6 +638,11 @@ impl<'a> CapturesVisitor<'a> {
                 self.internal.exit();
             }
 
+            // Don't capture the field of a field access.
+            Some(ast::Expr::FieldAccess(access)) => {
+                self.visit(access.target().to_untyped());
+            }
+
             // A closure contains parameter bindings, which are bound before the
             // body is evaluated. Care must be taken so that the default values
             // of named parameters cannot access previous parameter bindings.
@@ -683,6 +688,16 @@ impl<'a> CapturesVisitor<'a> {
                 }
             }
 
+            // Don't capture left-hand side of an assignment.
+            Some(ast::Expr::Binary(binary)) if binary.op().is_assignment() => {
+                self.visit(binary.rhs().to_untyped());
+            }
+
+            // Don't capture the left-hand side of a destructuring assignment.
+            Some(ast::Expr::DestructAssign(assignment)) => {
+                self.visit(assignment.value().to_untyped());
+            }
+
             // A for loop contains one or two bindings in its pattern. These are
             // active after the iterable is evaluated but before the body is
             // evaluated.
@@ -710,8 +725,14 @@ impl<'a> CapturesVisitor<'a> {
                 }
             }
 
-            // Everything else is traversed from left to right.
             _ => {
+                // Never capture the name part of a named pair.
+                if let Some(named) = node.cast::<ast::Named>() {
+                    self.visit(named.expr().to_untyped());
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                // Everything else is traversed from left to right.
                 for child in node.children() {
                     self.visit(child);
                 }
@@ -800,5 +821,12 @@ mod tests {
         // Blocks.
         test("#{ let x = 1; { let y = 2; y }; x + y }", &["y"]);
         test("#[#let x = 1]#x", &["x"]);
+
+        // Field access.
+        test("#foo(body: 1)", &[]);
+        test("#(body: 1)", &[]);
+        test("#(body = 1)", &[]);
+        test("#(body += y)", &["y"]);
+        test("#{ (body, a) = (y, 1) }", &["y"]);
     }
 }