diff --git a/assets/themes/ayu/ayu.json b/assets/themes/ayu/ayu.json
index 0ffbb9f61e..f71048caaf 100644
--- a/assets/themes/ayu/ayu.json
+++ b/assets/themes/ayu/ayu.json
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#a6a5a0ff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#d2a6ffff",
             "font_style": null,
@@ -702,6 +707,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#73777bff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#a37accff",
             "font_style": null,
@@ -1088,6 +1098,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#b4b3aeff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#dfbfffff",
             "font_style": null,
diff --git a/assets/themes/gruvbox/gruvbox.json b/assets/themes/gruvbox/gruvbox.json
index f0f0358b76..fc11cac55f 100644
--- a/assets/themes/gruvbox/gruvbox.json
+++ b/assets/themes/gruvbox/gruvbox.json
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#83a598ff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#e5d5adff",
             "font_style": null,
@@ -725,6 +730,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#83a598ff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#e5d5adff",
             "font_style": null,
@@ -1125,6 +1135,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#83a598ff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#e5d5adff",
             "font_style": null,
@@ -1525,6 +1540,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#066578ff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#413d3aff",
             "font_style": null,
@@ -1925,6 +1945,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#066578ff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#413d3aff",
             "font_style": null,
@@ -2325,6 +2350,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#066578ff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#413d3aff",
             "font_style": null,
diff --git a/assets/themes/one/one.json b/assets/themes/one/one.json
index 33f6d3c622..7cc8c96a23 100644
--- a/assets/themes/one/one.json
+++ b/assets/themes/one/one.json
@@ -321,6 +321,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#d07277ff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#b1574bff",
             "font_style": null,
@@ -715,6 +720,11 @@
             "font_style": null,
             "font_weight": null
           },
+          "punctuation.markup": {
+            "color": "#d3604fff",
+            "font_style": null,
+            "font_weight": null
+          },
           "punctuation.special": {
             "color": "#b92b46ff",
             "font_style": null,
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/markdown-inline/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/markdown-inline/highlights.scm
index 61c3e34c62..3c9f6fbcc3 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/markdown-inline/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/markdown-inline/highlights.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
-(emphasis) @emphasis
-(strong_emphasis) @emphasis.strong
-(code_span) @text.literal
-(link_text) @link_text
-(link_label) @link_text
-(link_destination) @link_uri
+(emphasis) @emphasis.markup
+(strong_emphasis) @emphasis.strong.markup
+(code_span) @text.literal.markup
+(strikethrough) @strikethrough.markup
+
+[
+  (inline_link)
+  (shortcut_link)
+  (collapsed_reference_link)
+  (full_reference_link)
+  (image)
+  (link_text)
+  (link_label)
+] @link_text.markup
+
+(inline_link ["(" ")"] @link_uri.markup)
+(image ["(" ")"] @link_uri.markup)
+[
+  (link_destination)
+  (uri_autolink)
+  (email_autolink)
+] @link_uri.markup
diff --git a/crates/languages/src/markdown/highlights.scm b/crates/languages/src/markdown/highlights.scm
index 6b9fa34822..707bcc0816 100644
--- a/crates/languages/src/markdown/highlights.scm
+++ b/crates/languages/src/markdown/highlights.scm
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
+[
+  (paragraph)
+  (indented_code_block)
+  (pipe_table)
+] @text
+
 [
   (atx_heading)
   (setext_heading)
-] @title
+  (thematic_break)
+] @title.markup
+(setext_heading (paragraph) @title.markup)
 
 [
   (list_marker_plus)
@@ -9,8 +17,18 @@
   (list_marker_star)
   (list_marker_dot)
   (list_marker_parenthesis)
-] @punctuation.list_marker
+] @punctuation.list_marker.markup
 
-(fenced_code_block
-  (info_string
-    (language) @text.literal))
+(block_quote_marker) @punctuation.markup
+(pipe_table_header "|" @punctuation.markup)
+(pipe_table_row "|" @punctuation.markup)
+(pipe_table_delimiter_row "|" @punctuation.markup)
+(pipe_table_delimiter_cell "-" @punctuation.markup)
+
+[
+  (fenced_code_block_delimiter)
+  (info_string)
+] @punctuation.embedded.markup
+
+(link_reference_definition) @link_text.markup
+(link_destination) @link_uri.markup