diff --git a/languages.toml b/languages.toml
index 9b0a16126..970c943f9 100644
--- a/languages.toml
+++ b/languages.toml
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ indent = { tab-width = 4, unit = "\t" }
 
 [[grammar]]
 name = "git-config"
-source = { git = "https://github.com/the-mikedavis/tree-sitter-git-config", rev = "0e4f0baf90b57e5aeb62dcdbf03062c6315d43ea" }
+source = { git = "https://github.com/the-mikedavis/tree-sitter-git-config", rev = "9c2a1b7894e6d9eedfe99805b829b4ecd871375e" }
 
 [[language]]
 name = "git-attributes"
diff --git a/runtime/queries/git-config/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/git-config/highlights.scm
index 84767edc6..456639ce3 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/git-config/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/git-config/highlights.scm
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@
 [
   "["
   "]"
-  "\""
 ] @punctuation.bracket
 
-"=" @punctuation.delimiter
+["=" "\\"] @punctuation.delimiter
+
+(escape_sequence) @constant.character.escape
 
 (comment) @comment