diff --git a/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/logqlpattern.go b/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/logqlpattern.go
index d5a2ddab..07ea6d3a 100644
--- a/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/logqlpattern.go
+++ b/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/logqlpattern.go
@@ -46,7 +46,16 @@ const (
 	LineFilterFlags = DisallowNamed
 )
 
-// Parse parses pattern.
+// MustParse is like [Parse] but panics if the expression cannot be parsed.
+func MustParse(input string, flags ParseFlags) Pattern {
+	p, err := Parse(input, flags)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+// Parse parses LogQL pattern.
 func Parse(input string, flags ParseFlags) (p Pattern, _ error) {
 	if !utf8.ValidString(input) {
 		return p, errors.New("pattern is invalid UTF-8")
diff --git a/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/match.go b/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/match.go
index bc05a3f5..32cf2e06 100644
--- a/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/match.go
+++ b/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/match.go
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 package logqlpattern
 
-import (
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/logql"
-)
+import "strings"
 
 // Match matches given pattern against input string.
-func Match(p Pattern, input string, match func(label logql.Label, value string)) bool {
+func Match[Label ~string](p Pattern, input string, match func(label Label, value string)) bool {
 	parts := p.Parts
 	if len(parts) == 0 && input == "" {
 		return true
@@ -24,7 +20,7 @@ func Match(p Pattern, input string, match func(label logql.Label, value string))
 			}
 		case Capture:
 			var (
-				label = logql.Label(part.Value)
+				label = Label(part.Value)
 				value string
 			)
 			if i+1 < len(parts) {
diff --git a/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/match_test.go b/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/match_test.go
index a6d450f7..1aa85fab 100644
--- a/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/match_test.go
+++ b/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern/match_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/logql"
 )
 
 var matchTests = []struct {
@@ -145,8 +143,8 @@ func TestMatch(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
 			matches := map[string]string{}
-			fullMatch := Match(compiled, tt.input, func(label logql.Label, value string) {
-				matches[string(label)] = value
+			fullMatch := Match(compiled, tt.input, func(label, value string) {
+				matches[label] = value
 			})
 			require.Equal(t, tt.match, matches)
 			require.Equal(t, tt.full, fullMatch)
@@ -164,6 +162,6 @@ func FuzzMatch(f *testing.F) {
 			t.Skipf("Invalid pattern %q: %+v", pattern, err)
 			return
 		}
-		Match(compiled, input, func(logql.Label, string) {})
+		Match(compiled, input, func(string, string) {})
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/logql/logqlengine/pattern.go b/internal/logql/logqlengine/pattern.go
index f0c4041b..9979fa83 100644
--- a/internal/logql/logqlengine/pattern.go
+++ b/internal/logql/logqlengine/pattern.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package logqlengine
 
 import (
-	"github.com/go-faster/errors"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 
 	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/logql"
@@ -16,14 +15,7 @@ type PatternExtractor struct {
 }
 
 func buildPatternExtractor(stage *logql.PatternLabelParser) (Processor, error) {
-	compiled, err := logqlpattern.Parse(stage.Pattern, logqlpattern.ExtractorFlags)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "parse pattern %q", stage.Pattern)
-	}
-
-	return &PatternExtractor{
-		pattern: compiled,
-	}, nil
+	return &PatternExtractor{pattern: stage.Pattern}, nil
 }
 
 // Process implements Processor.
diff --git a/internal/logql/parser_pipeline.go b/internal/logql/parser_pipeline.go
index a58fb22b..571b3327 100644
--- a/internal/logql/parser_pipeline.go
+++ b/internal/logql/parser_pipeline.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-faster/errors"
 
 	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/logql/lexer"
+	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern"
 )
 
 func (p *parser) parsePipeline(allowUnwrap bool) (stages []PipelineStage, err error) {
@@ -49,12 +50,18 @@ func (p *parser) parsePipeline(allowUnwrap bool) (stages []PipelineStage, err er
 				}
 				stages = append(stages, p)
 			case lexer.Pattern:
-				pattern, err := p.parseString()
+				pattern, patternTok, err := p.consumeText(lexer.String)
 				if err != nil {
 					return stages, err
 				}
-				// FIXME(tdakkota): parse pattern?
-				stages = append(stages, &PatternLabelParser{Pattern: pattern})
+				compiled, err := logqlpattern.Parse(pattern, logqlpattern.ExtractorFlags)
+				if err != nil {
+					return nil, &ParseError{
+						Pos: patternTok.Pos,
+						Err: errors.Wrap(err, "pattern"),
+					}
+				}
+				stages = append(stages, &PatternLabelParser{Pattern: compiled})
 			case lexer.Unpack:
 				stages = append(stages, &UnpackLabelParser{})
 			case lexer.LineFormat:
diff --git a/internal/logql/parser_test.go b/internal/logql/parser_test.go
index e8aecdbf..1d772778 100644
--- a/internal/logql/parser_test.go
+++ b/internal/logql/parser_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern"
 )
 
 func ptrTo[T any](v T) *T {
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ var tests = []TestCase{
 						1: "method",
 					},
 				},
-				&PatternLabelParser{Pattern: "<ip>"},
+				&PatternLabelParser{Pattern: logqlpattern.MustParse("<ip>", logqlpattern.ExtractorFlags)},
 				&UnpackLabelParser{},
 				&LineFormat{Template: "{{ . }}"},
 				&DecolorizeExpr{},
@@ -1177,6 +1179,7 @@ var tests = []TestCase{
 	{`{foo = "bar"} | label_format status=foo,status=bar`, nil, true},
 
 	// Invalid regexp.
+	//
 	{`{foo=~"\\"}`, nil, true},
 	{`{} |~ "\\"`, nil, true},
 	{`{} |~ ".+" or "\\"`, nil, true},
@@ -1187,6 +1190,15 @@ var tests = []TestCase{
 	{`{} | regexp "(?P<method>\\w+)(?P<method>\\w+)"`, nil, true},
 	// Invalid capture name.
 	{`{} | regexp "(?P<0a>\\w+)"`, nil, true},
+
+	// Invalid pattern.
+	//
+	// No capture.
+	{`{} | pattern "a"`, nil, true},
+	// Duplicate capture.
+	{`{} | pattern "<a> foo <a>"`, nil, true},
+	// Consecutive capture.
+	{`{} | pattern "<a><b>"`, nil, true},
 }
 
 func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/internal/logql/pipeline.go b/internal/logql/pipeline.go
index a3745212..db658e83 100644
--- a/internal/logql/pipeline.go
+++ b/internal/logql/pipeline.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/dustin/go-humanize"
+
+	"github.com/go-faster/oteldb/internal/logql/logqlengine/logqlpattern"
 )
 
 // PipelineStage is a LogQL pipeline stage.
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ type RegexpLabelParser struct {
 //
 // See https://grafana.com/docs/loki/latest/logql/log_queries/#pattern.
 type PatternLabelParser struct {
-	Pattern string
+	Pattern logqlpattern.Pattern
 }
 
 // UnpackLabelParser unpacks data from promtail.