diff --git a/crates/languages/src/markdown/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/markdown/highlights.scm
index 1a471a848dfe0c9457ab23ba9dbf3fd9e8438f7d..76254c2472d98dc58a6efdccef41d9ec677a1b77 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/markdown/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/markdown/highlights.scm
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
   (list_marker_parenthesis)
 ] @punctuation.list_marker.markup
 
-(block_quote_marker) @punctuation.markup
+[
+  (block_quote_marker)
+  (block_continuation)
+] @punctuation.markup
 
 (pipe_table_header
   "|" @punctuation.markup)