diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index c23cc954c..6e6eb465d 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ return {
   },
   diff = {
     install_info = {
-      revision = '2520c3f934b3179bb540d23e0ef45f75304b5fed',
+      revision = '13d75f946a724293c654e1e2b35ac8f3c01c7731',
       url = 'https://github.com/tree-sitter-grammars/tree-sitter-diff',
     },
     maintainers = { '@gbprod' },
diff --git a/runtime/queries/diff/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/diff/highlights.scm
index 54c57a807..2589fbe04 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/diff/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/diff/highlights.scm
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 
 (filename) @string.special.path
 
+(special) @string.special
+
+"\\" @punctuation.special
+
 (mode) @number
 
 ([