diff --git a/languages.toml b/languages.toml
index 76d1f43a9..660cb4ca8 100644
--- a/languages.toml
+++ b/languages.toml
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ indent = { tab-width = 2, unit = "  " }
 
 [[grammar]]
 name = "nickel"
-source = { git = "https://github.com/nickel-lang/tree-sitter-nickel", rev = "85348774ccf7624fac72703b2264d18b6f572be6" }
+source = { git = "https://github.com/nickel-lang/tree-sitter-nickel", rev = "c4dd1420b6cfeb6103d38eb1ce5195eb81197edc" }
 
 [[language]]
 name = "nix"
diff --git a/runtime/queries/nickel/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/nickel/highlights.scm
index a204dfcac..cd458df27 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/nickel/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/nickel/highlights.scm
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 (record_operand (atom (ident) @variable))
 (let_expr
   "let" @keyword
+  "rec"? @keyword
   pat: (pattern
     (ident) @variable
   )