diff --git a/crates/languages/src/javascript/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/javascript/highlights.scm
index 938ee78e7f..5561dc31d5 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 1339baabf2..a96bf96281 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 1cc0601b76..bb3b43e813 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