diff --git a/completions/bash/swaybar b/completions/bash/swaybar
index 504588f1c..1e085c65e 100644
--- a/completions/bash/swaybar
+++ b/completions/bash/swaybar
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ _swaybar()
       return
       ;;
     -b|--bar_id)
-      bars=($(swaymsg -t get_bar_config | sed -e '/^\[/,/\]$/{//d;s/^ *"\(.*\)",\?.*$/\1/}'))
+      bars=($(swaymsg -t get_bar_config | jq -r '.[]'))
       COMPREPLY=($(compgen -W "${bars[*]}" -- "$cur"))
       return
       ;;
diff --git a/completions/zsh/_swaybar b/completions/zsh/_swaybar
index 4fdfdd8a6..af2cee956 100644
--- a/completions/zsh/_swaybar
+++ b/completions/zsh/_swaybar
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Completion script for swaybar
 #
 
-local bars=($(swaymsg -t get_bar_config | sed -e '/^\[/,/\]$/{//d;s/^ *"\(.*\)",\?.*$/\1/}'))
+local bars=($(swaymsg -t get_bar_config | jq -r '.[]'))
 
 _arguments -s \
 	'(-h --help)'{-h,--help}'[Show help message and quit]' \