diff --git a/dependency/src/main/scala-2/dependency/literal/LiteralMacros.scala b/dependency/src/main/scala-2/dependency/literal/LiteralMacros.scala
index 8fdf89c..0509425 100644
--- a/dependency/src/main/scala-2/dependency/literal/LiteralMacros.scala
+++ b/dependency/src/main/scala-2/dependency/literal/LiteralMacros.scala
@@ -39,38 +39,34 @@ abstract class LiteralMacros(val c: whitebox.Context) {
     helper(0)
   }
 
-  private def insertExpr(str: String, idLen: Int, insert: c.Tree, indices: List[Int]): c.Tree =
+  private def insertExpr(str: String, indices: List[(Int, Int, c.Expr[Any])]): c.Tree =
     indices match {
       case Nil => q"$str"
-      case idx :: tail =>
+      case (idx, idLen, insert) :: tail =>
         val (prefix, suffix) = str.splitAt(idx)
-        val prefixExpr = insertExpr(prefix, idLen, insert, tail)
+        val prefixExpr = insertExpr(prefix, tail)
         q"$prefixExpr + $insert + ${suffix.substring(idLen)}"
     }
 
   protected final type Mappings = Seq[(String, c.Tree)]
 
   protected def applyMappings(str: String, mappings: Mappings): c.Expr[String] = {
-    val matchOpt = mappings
+    val substitutions = mappings
       .iterator
       .zipWithIndex
-      .map {
+      .flatMap {
         case ((id, expr), i) =>
-          val idx = str.indexOf(id)
-          (id, expr, i, idx)
+          val indices0 = indices(str, id)
+          indices0.map(idx => (idx, id.length, c.Expr(expr)))
       }
-      .find(_._4 >= 0)
-    matchOpt match {
-      case None => c.Expr(q"$str")
-      case Some((id, expr, i, idx)) =>
-        val indices0 = indices(str, id)
-        val tree = insertExpr(str, id.length, expr, indices0.reverse)
-        c.Expr(tree)
-    }
+      .toList
+      .sortBy(-_._1)
+    val tree = insertExpr(str, substitutions)
+    c.Expr(tree)
   }
 
   def mappings(args: Seq[c.Tree]): Mappings =
     args.map(arg => (UUID.randomUUID().toString.filter(_ != '-'), arg))
   def input(inputs: Seq[String], mappings: Mappings): String =
     (inputs.zip(mappings).flatMap { case (s, (id, _)) => Seq(s, id) } ++ inputs.drop(mappings.length)).mkString
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/dependency/src/main/scala-3/dependency/literal/Mappings.scala b/dependency/src/main/scala-3/dependency/literal/Mappings.scala
index 75d0f16..549a2bb 100644
--- a/dependency/src/main/scala-3/dependency/literal/Mappings.scala
+++ b/dependency/src/main/scala-3/dependency/literal/Mappings.scala
@@ -20,22 +20,27 @@ private[literal] final case class Mappings(mappings: List[(String, QExpr[String]
     helper(0)
   }
 
-  private def insertExpr(str: String, idLen: Int, insert: QExpr[String], indices: List[Int])(using Quotes): QExpr[String] =
-    indices match {
+  private def insertExpr(str: String, substitutions: List[(Int, Int, QExpr[String])])(using Quotes): QExpr[String] =
+    substitutions match {
       case Nil => QExpr(str)
-      case idx :: tail =>
+      case (idx, idLen, insert) :: tail =>
         val (prefix, suffix) = str.splitAt(idx)
-        val prefixExpr = insertExpr(prefix, idLen, insert, tail)
+        val prefixExpr = insertExpr(prefix, tail)
         '{$prefixExpr + $insert + ${QExpr(suffix.substring(idLen))}}
     }
 
-  def Expr(str: String)(using Quotes): QExpr[String] =
-    mappings match {
-      case Nil => QExpr(str)
-      case (id, expr) :: tail =>
-        val indices0 = indices(str, id)
-        insertExpr(str, id.length, expr, indices0)
-    }
+  def Expr(str: String)(using Quotes): QExpr[String] = {
+
+    val substitutions = mappings
+      .flatMap {
+        case (id, expr) =>
+          val indices0 = indices(str, id)
+          indices0.map(idx => (idx, id.length, expr))
+      }
+      .sortBy(-_._1)
+
+    insertExpr(str, substitutions)
+  }
 
   def stringOption(opt: Option[String])(using Quotes): QExpr[Option[String]] =
     opt match {
diff --git a/dependency/src/test/scala/dependency/LiteralTests.scala b/dependency/src/test/scala/dependency/LiteralTests.scala
index 9c67465..8f691fb 100644
--- a/dependency/src/test/scala/dependency/LiteralTests.scala
+++ b/dependency/src/test/scala/dependency/LiteralTests.scala
@@ -74,6 +74,29 @@ class LiteralTests extends munit.FunSuite {
     val expected = Dependency("org", "name", "1.2").copy(
       exclude = CovariantSet(Module("fu", "ba"))
     )
+    expect(dep == expected)
+  }
+
+  test("dependency interpolation") {
+    val org = "org.org"
+    val name = "name-name"
+    val version = "123-version"
+    val dep = dep"$org::$name:$version"
+    val expected = Dependency(org, name, version)
+    expect(dep.name == expected.name)
+    expect(dep.organization == expected.organization)
+    expect(dep.version == expected.version)
+  }
+
+  test("other dependency interpolation") {
+    val org = "org.org"
+    val name = "name"
+    val version = "123-version"
+    val dep = dep"$org::$name-$name:$version"
+    val expected = Dependency(org, s"$name-$name", version)
+    expect(dep.name == expected.name)
+    expect(dep.organization == expected.organization)
+    expect(dep.version == expected.version)
   }
 
 }