diff --git a/app/vmselect/promql/exec_test.go b/app/vmselect/promql/exec_test.go
index c61861cec..18bec093f 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/promql/exec_test.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/promql/exec_test.go
@@ -868,12 +868,23 @@ func TestExecSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 		resultExpected := []netstorage.Result{r}
 		f(q, resultExpected)
 	})
-	t.Run("time()*-1^0.5", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("time()*(-4)^0.5", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
-		q := `time()*-1^0.5`
+		q := `time()*(-4)^0.5`
 		resultExpected := []netstorage.Result{}
 		f(q, resultExpected)
 	})
+	t.Run("time()*-4^0.5", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+		q := `time()*-4^0.5`
+		r := netstorage.Result{
+			MetricName: metricNameExpected,
+			Values:     []float64{-2000, -2400, -2800, -3200, -3600, -4000},
+			Timestamps: timestampsExpected,
+		}
+		resultExpected := []netstorage.Result{r}
+		f(q, resultExpected)
+	})
 	t.Run(`alias()`, func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 		q := `alias(time(), "foobar")`
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 33c65acc6..c6cf084c1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	// like https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp/commit/996610f021ff45fdc98c2ce7884d5fa4e7f9199b
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp v1.0.4
 	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.12.2
-	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.4.0
+	github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.4.1
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.19
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2ba24cf94..07a077c17 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp v1.0.4 h1:Aw6UqmPc0v5PunYOpiiyf4hk5B9PTMswdT
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp v1.0.4/go.mod h1:m5wCmg1dJN6s1B/lp8/dcKrnnM2l3DWB2eAGZGCTK3g=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.12.2 h1:SG8iAmqavDNuh7GIdHPoGHUhDL23KeKfvSZSozucNeA=
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.12.2/go.mod h1:Z1tSfPfngDn12bTfZSCqArT3OPY3u88J12hSoOhuiRE=
-github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.4.0 h1:1CMGiUzOgR83Y+hVS83/DaHYLaR6PFw1XWcvQnHn2V8=
-github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.4.0/go.mod h1:ylO7YITho/Iw6P71oEaGyHbO94bGoGtzWfLGqFhMIg8=
+github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.4.1 h1:WbVIfRNCK7HjrzayrpAl07mkh4kiDFZuECsh57rly2Q=
+github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.4.1/go.mod h1:ylO7YITho/Iw6P71oEaGyHbO94bGoGtzWfLGqFhMIg8=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156 h1:eMwmnE/GDgah4HI848JfFxHt+iPb26b4zyfspmqY0/8=
 github.com/allegro/bigcache v1.2.1-0.20190218064605-e24eb225f156/go.mod h1:Cb/ax3seSYIx7SuZdm2G2xzfwmv3TPSk2ucNfQESPXM=
 github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.0/go.mod h1:loMXtMfwqflxFJPmdbJO0a3KNoPuLBgiu3qAvBg8x/Y=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql/parser.go b/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql/parser.go
index 309f5fb04..315186469 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql/parser.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql/parser.go
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ func (p *parser) parseSingleExprWithoutRollupSuffix() (Expr, error) {
 	case "{":
 		return p.parseMetricExpr()
 	case "-":
-		// Unary minus. Substitute -expr with (0 - expr)
+		// Unary minus. Substitute `-expr` with `0 - expr`
 		if err := p.lex.Next(); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -414,8 +414,7 @@ func (p *parser) parseSingleExprWithoutRollupSuffix() (Expr, error) {
 			},
 			Right: e,
 		}
-		pe := parensExpr{be}
-		return &pe, nil
+		return be, nil
 	case "+":
 		// Unary plus
 		if err := p.lex.Next(); err != nil {
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index fd0a3f3e6..bca31537b 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp/fasthttputil
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/fasthttp/stackless
 # github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics v1.12.2
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metrics
-# github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.4.0
+# github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql v0.4.1
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql
 github.com/VictoriaMetrics/metricsql/binaryop
 # github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.33.19