diff --git a/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage b/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage
index 552aec21007..d9429dcf6a0 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage
+++ b/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage
@@ -3597,7 +3597,7 @@
 					<key>match</key>
 					<string>(`+)([^`]|(?!(?&lt;!`)\1(?!`))`)*+(\1)</string>
 					<key>name</key>
-					<string>markup.inline.raw.markdown</string>
+					<string>markup.inline.raw.string.markdown</string>
 				</dict>
 			</dict>
 		</dict>
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.base b/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.base
index 4c48b6741fe..4783abf8b0f 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.base
+++ b/extensions/markdown/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.base
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@
 					<key>match</key>
 					<string>(`+)([^`]|(?!(?&lt;!`)\1(?!`))`)*+(\1)</string>
 					<key>name</key>
-					<string>markup.inline.raw.markdown</string>
+					<string>markup.inline.raw.string.markdown</string>
 				</dict>
 			</dict>
 		</dict>