diff --git a/extensions/markdown-basics/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/markdown-basics/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.json
index bd6a00303ee..3cc1a0ccaad 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-basics/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-basics/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"If you want to provide a fix or improvement, please create a pull request against the original repository.",
 		"Once accepted there, we are happy to receive an update request."
 	],
-	"version": "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-markdown-tm-grammar/commit/6b98eb377656fb175692f9e972bc6e88881eafd8",
+	"version": "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-markdown-tm-grammar/commit/98d4a7b3eb094a162c6978bb8df63cbbfe015c55",
 	"name": "Markdown",
 	"scopeName": "text.html.markdown",
 	"patterns": [
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@
 					"include": "source.yaml"
 				}
 			],
-			"while": "^(?!(-{3}|\\.{3})\\s*$)"
+			"end": "(^|\\G)-{3}|\\.{3}\\s*$\""
 		},
 		"inline": {
 			"patterns": [