diff --git a/crates/languages/src/cpp/brackets.scm b/crates/languages/src/cpp/brackets.scm
index 2149bddc6c9a7ec04667d03da75580b676e12a28..9eaebba332861ef716902b3827d4940b71f37221 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/cpp/brackets.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/cpp/brackets.scm
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ("(" @open ")" @close)
 ("[" @open "]" @close)
 ("{" @open "}" @close)
+("<" @open ">" @close)
 (("\"" @open "\"" @close) (#set! rainbow.exclude))
 (("'" @open "'" @close) (#set! rainbow.exclude))