diff --git a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantParens.scala b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantParens.scala
index 9e761cdb09..e09f3abb82 100644
--- a/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantParens.scala
+++ b/scalafmt-core/shared/src/main/scala/org/scalafmt/rewrite/RedundantParens.scala
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ class RedundantParens(implicit val ftoks: FormatTokens)
   private def okToReplaceOther(
       t: Tree,
   )(implicit style: ScalafmtConfig): Boolean = t match {
-    case _: Lit | _: Member.Apply | _: Term.Interpolate |
-        _: Term.PartialFunction => true
+    case _: Lit => !t.parent.exists(_.is[Term.Ref]) ||
+      !t.tokens.headOption.exists(_.is[Token.Ident]) // unary
+    case _: Term.ApplyUnary => !t.parent.exists(_.is[Term.Ref])
+    case _: Member.Apply | _: Term.Interpolate | _: Term.PartialFunction => true
     case t: Term.Select => ftoks.tokenBefore(t.name).left.is[Token.Dot]
-    case _: Ref => true // Ref must be after Select
+    case _: Ref => true // Ref must be after Select and ApplyUnary
     case t: Term.Match => style.dialect.allowMatchAsOperator &&
       ftoks.tokenAfter(t.expr).right.is[Token.Dot] && // like select
       ftoks.tokenBefore(t.cases).left.is[Token.LeftBrace]
diff --git a/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantParens.stat b/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantParens.stat
index 61ac666fbb..d8554ed2a2 100644
--- a/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantParens.stat
+++ b/scalafmt-tests/src/test/resources/rewrite/RedundantParens.stat
@@ -1480,9 +1480,9 @@ object a {
 }
 >>>
 object a {
-  ~validByte.toByte
-  +validByte.toByte
-  -validByte.toByte
+  (~validByte).toByte
+  (+validByte).toByte
+  (-validByte).toByte
 }
 <<< #4116 2 int literal
 object a {
@@ -1492,9 +1492,9 @@ object a {
 }
 >>>
 object a {
-  ~1.toByte
-  +1.toByte
-  -1.toByte
+  (~1).toByte
+  (+1).toByte
+  (-1).toByte
 }
 <<< #4116 3 bool literal
 object a {
@@ -1505,8 +1505,8 @@ object a {
 >>>
 object a {
   false.toByte
-  !true.toByte
-  ~true.toByte
+  (!true).toByte
+  (~true).toByte
 }
 <<< #4116 3.1 !!bool literal
 object a {
@@ -1514,16 +1514,9 @@ object a {
   (!(!true)).toByte
 }
 >>>
-test does not parse: [dialect scala213] `;` expected but `true` found
 object a {
-  ! !true
-     ^
-  ! !true.toByte
-}
-====== full result: ======
-object a {
-  ! !true
-  ! !true.toByte
+  !(!true)
+  (!(!true)).toByte
 }
 <<< #4116 4 string literal
 object a {
@@ -1534,8 +1527,8 @@ object a {
 >>>
 object a {
   "foo".toByte
-  !"bar".toByte
-  ~"baz".toByte
+  (!"bar").toByte
+  (~"baz").toByte
 }
 <<< #4116 5 char literal
 object a {
@@ -1546,6 +1539,6 @@ object a {
 >>>
 object a {
   '\n'.toByte
-  !'\r'.toByte
-  ~'\f'.toByte
+  (!'\r').toByte
+  (~'\f').toByte
 }