diff --git a/crates/languages/src/javascript/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/javascript/highlights.scm
index 938ee78e7fc06f118e7604e0cb5ec134d4e42095..5561dc31d56d52e6b4d6f71c07137537953410f6 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/javascript/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/javascript/highlights.scm
@@ -360,3 +360,4 @@
 (jsx_self_closing_element (["<" "/>"]) @punctuation.bracket.jsx)
 (jsx_attribute "=" @punctuation.delimiter.jsx)
 (jsx_text) @text.jsx
+(html_character_reference) @string.special
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/tsx/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/tsx/highlights.scm
index 1339baabf254c02fba689e01755762328fa21193..a96bf96281fd90a77a3411d1ad909f22c12ac0df 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/tsx/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/tsx/highlights.scm
@@ -424,3 +424,4 @@
 (jsx_self_closing_element (["<" "/>"]) @punctuation.bracket.jsx)
 (jsx_attribute "=" @punctuation.delimiter.jsx)
 (jsx_text) @text.jsx
+(html_character_reference) @string.special
diff --git a/extensions/html/languages/html/highlights.scm b/extensions/html/languages/html/highlights.scm
index 1cc0601b764554c37ac28a45e988997b267b32fc..bb3b43e813929de705605e3ecc3e0b1052c48297 100644
--- a/extensions/html/languages/html/highlights.scm
+++ b/extensions/html/languages/html/highlights.scm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   (attribute_value)
 ] @string
 (comment) @comment
+(entity) @string.special
 
 "=" @punctuation.delimiter.html