diff --git a/extensions/haskell/languages/haskell/highlights.scm b/extensions/haskell/languages/haskell/highlights.scm
index aca744f5cd50d6da088f0d647e9c3020dcbbe9b7..3ffc6512b8f07cab630dea554b8350a2819c29c0 100644
--- a/extensions/haskell/languages/haskell/highlights.scm
+++ b/extensions/haskell/languages/haskell/highlights.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 (integer) @number
 (exp_negation) @number
 (exp_literal (float)) @float
-(char) @character
+(char) @string
 (string) @string
 
 (con_unit) @symbol  ; unit, as in ()
diff --git a/extensions/purescript/languages/purescript/highlights.scm b/extensions/purescript/languages/purescript/highlights.scm
index b6e969af7881c4391322ad6e7b770586c597c5bb..fe2db3115d01dce748349c20fe75cf10a155f60a 100644
--- a/extensions/purescript/languages/purescript/highlights.scm
+++ b/extensions/purescript/languages/purescript/highlights.scm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 (integer) @number
 (exp_negation) @number
 (exp_literal (number)) @float
-(char) @character
+(char) @string
 [
   (string)
   (triple_quote_string)
diff --git a/extensions/zig/languages/zig/highlights.scm b/extensions/zig/languages/zig/highlights.scm
index 20c256eb6342839a007993f0a39f3f7ba69743d7..c4be851e88c6a631933b0a7583aca5fb4831f628 100644
--- a/extensions/zig/languages/zig/highlights.scm
+++ b/extensions/zig/languages/zig/highlights.scm
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
 
 ; Literals
 
-(character) @character
+(character) @string
 
 ([
   (string)