diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index 1db526c65..4dd818dba 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ return {
   },
   r = {
     install_info = {
-      revision = '0e6ef7741712c09dc3ee6e81c42e919820cc65ef',
+      revision = '8ac99ed1e7ad319737fc11dde20c07d1e1942383',
       url = 'https://github.com/r-lib/tree-sitter-r',
     },
     maintainers = { '@ribru17' },
diff --git a/runtime/queries/r/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/r/highlights.scm
index c849dd838..91ef69bc9 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/r/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/r/highlights.scm
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ function: (extract_operator
 (function_definition
   name: "\\" @operator)
 
-(return) @keyword.return
+((identifier) @keyword.return
+  (#eq? @keyword.return "return"))
 
 [
   "if"