diff --git a/queries/ocaml/highlights.scm b/queries/ocaml/highlights.scm
index 17a5d15c0f9..eb41fbb2621 100644
--- a/queries/ocaml/highlights.scm
+++ b/queries/ocaml/highlights.scm
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 [
   (conversion_specification)
   (pretty_printing_indication)
-] @punctuation.special
+] @string.special
 
 ; Keywords
 ;---------