diff --git a/queries/gitattributes/highlights.scm b/queries/gitattributes/highlights.scm
index ecd410972..73ec71438 100644
--- a/queries/gitattributes/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/gitattributes/highlights.scm
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 (dir_sep) @punctuation.delimiter
 
-(wildcard) @punctuation.special
-
 (quoted_pattern
-  ("\"" @character.special))
+  ("\"" @punctuation.special))
 
 (range_notation) @string.special
 
 (range_notation
   [ "[" "]" ] @punctuation.bracket)
 
+(wildcard) @character.special
+
 (range_negation) @operator
 
 (character_class) @constant
diff --git a/tests/query/highlights/gitattributes/test.gitattributes b/tests/query/highlights/gitattributes/test.gitattributes
index 5b2e12005..1d398db41 100644
--- a/tests/query/highlights/gitattributes/test.gitattributes
+++ b/tests/query/highlights/gitattributes/test.gitattributes
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 vendor/** linguist-vendored=true
 #     ^ punctuation.delimiter
-#      ^^ punctuation.special
+#      ^^ character.special
 #         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ parameter
 #                          ^ operator
 #                           ^^^^ boolean
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ vendor/** linguist-vendored=true
 #                    ^^^^^^^^^^ parameter
 
 "_\u4E00\t\56txt" encoding=UTF-16
-# <- character.special
+# <- punctuation.special
 # ^^^^^^ string.escape
 #       ^^ string.escape
 #         ^^^ string.escape
-#               ^ character.special
+#               ^ punctuation.special
 #                 ^^^^^^^^ variable.builtin
 #                         ^ operator
 #                          ^^^^^^ string