diff --git a/runtime/queries/wxml/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/wxml/highlights.scm
index 9ce304871..5bdbd5d50 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/wxml/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/wxml/highlights.scm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
   (#offset! @string.special.url 0 1 0 -1))
 
 ; Entity references
-(entity) @string.escape
+(entity) @character.special
 
 ; Interpolation delimiters
 (interpolation_start) @punctuation.special