diff --git a/src/slang-utils/create-parser.ts b/src/slang-utils/create-parser.ts
index 8f511d739..8d90b680e 100644
--- a/src/slang-utils/create-parser.ts
+++ b/src/slang-utils/create-parser.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ function parserAndOutput(
   };
 }
 
+function createError(
+  { parseOutput }: { parseOutput: ParseOutput },
+  reason: string
+): Error {
+  return new Error(
+    `We encountered the following syntax error:\n\n\t${parseOutput.errors()[0].message}\n\n${reason}`
+  );
+}
+
 export function createParser(
   text: string,
   options: ParserOptions<AstNode>
@@ -30,34 +39,41 @@ export function createParser(
     const result = parserAndOutput(text, compiler);
 
     if (!result.parseOutput.isValid())
-      throw new Error(
-        `We encountered the following syntax error:\n\n\t${
-          result.parseOutput.errors()[0].message
-        }\n\nBased on the compiler option provided, we inferred your code to be using Solidity version ${
+      throw createError(
+        result,
+        `Based on the compiler option provided, we inferred your code to be using Solidity version ${
           result.parser.languageVersion
         }. If you would like to change that, specify a different version in your \`.prettierrc\` file.`
       );
 
     return result;
   }
+
   const inferredRanges: string[] = LanguageFacts.inferLanguageVersions(text);
   const inferredLength = inferredRanges.length;
 
-  if (inferredLength === 0) {
-    throw new Error(
-      `We couldn't infer a Solidity version base on the pragma statements in your code. If you would like to change that, update the pragmas in your source file, or specify a version in your \`.prettierrc\` file.`
+  if (inferredLength === 0 || inferredLength === supportedLength) {
+    const result = parserAndOutput(
+      text,
+      supportedVersions[supportedLength - 1]
     );
+
+    if (!result.parseOutput.isValid())
+      throw createError(
+        result,
+        `We couldn't infer a Solidity version based on the pragma statements in your code so we defaulted to ${
+          result.parser.languageVersion
+        }. You might be attempting to use a syntax not yet supported by Slang or you might want to specify a version in your \`.prettierrc\` file.`
+      );
+    return result;
   }
-  const result = parserAndOutput(
-    text,
-    inferredRanges[inferredLength === supportedLength ? inferredLength - 1 : 0]
-  );
+
+  const result = parserAndOutput(text, inferredRanges[0]);
 
   if (!result.parseOutput.isValid())
-    throw new Error(
-      `We encountered the following syntax error:\n\n\t${
-        result.parseOutput.errors()[0].message
-      }\n\nBased on the pragma statements, we inferred your code to be using Solidity version ${
+    throw createError(
+      result,
+      `Based on the pragma statements, we inferred your code to be using Solidity version ${
         result.parser.languageVersion
       }. If you would like to change that, update the pragmas in your source file, or specify a version in your \`.prettierrc\` file.`
     );
diff --git a/tests/unit/slang-utils/create-parser.test.js b/tests/unit/slang-utils/create-parser.test.js
index d8c04cb08..ed318b31e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/slang-utils/create-parser.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/slang-utils/create-parser.test.js
@@ -16,14 +16,6 @@ describe('inferLanguage', function () {
       source: `pragma solidity 0.8.1;`,
       version: '0.8.1'
     },
-    {
-      description: 'With nightly commit',
-      source: `pragma solidity 0.8.18-ci.2023.1.17+commit.e7b959af;`,
-      version: '0.8.18',
-      // TODO: unskip this test when addresses this issue
-      // https://github.com/NomicFoundation/slang/issues/1346
-      skip: true
-    },
     {
       description: 'Caret range and pinned version',
       source: `pragma solidity ^0.8.0; pragma solidity 0.8.2;`,
@@ -84,9 +76,7 @@ describe('inferLanguage', function () {
       description:
         'should use the latest version if the range is outside the supported versions',
       source: `pragma solidity ^10.0.0;`,
-      version: latestSupportedVersion,
-      // TODO: unskip this test when slack fixes the error with ranges outside the supported versions.
-      skip: true
+      version: latestSupportedVersion
     }
   ];
 
@@ -120,9 +110,44 @@ describe('inferLanguage', function () {
     expect(parser.languageVersion).toEqual('0.8.0');
   });
 
-  test('should throw an error if there are incompatible ranges', function () {
+  test('should throw if compiler option does not match the syntax', function () {
+    expect(() =>
+      createParser(`contract Foo {byte bar;}`, { compiler: '0.8.0' })
+    ).toThrow(
+      'Based on the compiler option provided, we inferred your code to be using Solidity version'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('should throw if pragma is outside the supported version and the syntax does not match with the latest supported version', function () {
+    expect(() =>
+      createParser(`pragma solidity 10.0.0;contract Foo {byte bar;}`, options)
+    ).toThrow(
+      "We couldn't infer a Solidity version based on the pragma statements"
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('should throw if there is no pragma and the syntax does not match with the latest supported version', function () {
+    expect(() => createParser(`contract Foo {byte bar;}`, options)).toThrow(
+      "We couldn't infer a Solidity version based on the pragma statements"
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('should throw an error if there are incompatible ranges and the syntax does not match with the latest supported version', function () {
+    expect(() =>
+      createParser(
+        `pragma solidity ^0.8.0; pragma solidity 0.7.6;contract Foo {byte bar;}`,
+        options
+      )
+    ).toThrow(
+      "We couldn't infer a Solidity version based on the pragma statements"
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('should throw an error if the pragma statement is and the syntax do not match', function () {
     expect(() =>
-      createParser(`pragma solidity ^0.8.0; pragma solidity 0.7.6;`, options)
-    ).toThrow();
+      createParser(`pragma solidity ^0.8.0;contract Foo {byte bar;}`, options)
+    ).toThrow(
+      'Based on the pragma statements, we inferred your code to be using Solidity version'
+    );
   });
 });