diff --git a/queries/bash/highlights.scm b/queries/bash/highlights.scm
index 187197dc3..c49aed84f 100644
--- a/queries/bash/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/bash/highlights.scm
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+(simple_expansion) @none
+(expansion
+  "${" @punctuation.special
+  "}" @punctuation.special) @none
 [
  "("
  ")"