diff --git a/crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm
index 46c970e69d97a232dc9d83aa6b9470de74f74833..2798bc7734fe11826a949bfa87076f221c7e5f5b 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/c/highlights.scm
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
   (char_literal)
 ] @string
 
+(escape_sequence) @string.escape
+
 (comment) @comment
 
 (number_literal) @number
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
index af906e67122333b6e1834f1280d4458189daf105..44631ca0e0e8040e10151b503b9982e5fa52deb9 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/cpp/highlights.scm
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ type: (primitive_type) @type.builtin
   (raw_string_literal)
 ] @string
 
+(escape_sequence) @string.escape
+
 [
   ","
   ":"