diff --git a/rc/base/rust.kak b/rc/base/rust.kak
index 3573cf7d..d6a32a29 100644
--- a/rc/base/rust.kak
+++ b/rc/base/rust.kak
@@ -22,14 +22,18 @@ add-highlighter shared/rust/comment fill comment
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b[A-z0-9_]+! 0:meta
 # the number literals syntax is defined here:
 # https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference.html#number-literals
-add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:self|true|false|[0-9][_0-9]*(?:\.[0-9][_0-9]*|(?:\.[0-9][_0-9]*)?E[\+\-][_0-9]+)(?:f(?:32|64))?|(?:0x[_0-9a-fA-F]+|0o[_0-7]+|0b[_01]+|[0-9][_0-9]*)(?:(?:i|u)(?:8|16|32|64|size))?)\b 0:value
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:self|true|false|[0-9][_0-9]*(?:\.[0-9][_0-9]*|(?:\.[0-9][_0-9]*)?E[\+\-][_0-9]+)(?:f(?:32|64))?|(?:0x[_0-9a-fA-F]+|0o[_0-7]+|0b[_01]+|[0-9][_0-9]*)(?:(?:i|u|f)(?:8|16|32|64|128|size))?)\b 0:value
 add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:&&|\|\|)\b 0:operator
 # the language keywords are defined here, but many of them are reserved and unused yet:
 # https://doc.rust-lang.org/grammar.html#keywords
-add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:crate|use|extern)\b 0:meta
-add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:let|as|fn|return|match|if|else|loop|for|in|while|break|continue|move|box|where|impl|pub|unsafe)\b 0:keyword
-add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:mod|trait|struct|enum|type|mut|ref|static|const)\b 0:attribute
-add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:u8|u16|u32|u64|usize|i8|i16|i32|i64|isize|f32|f64|bool|char|str|Self)\b 0:type
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex (?:#!?\[.*?\]) 0:meta
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:let|as|fn|return|match|if|else|loop|for|in|while|break|continue|move|box|where|impl|dyn|pub|unsafe)\b 0:keyword
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:trait|struct|enum|type|mut|ref|static|const)\b 0:attribute
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:u8|u16|u32|u64|u128|usize|i8|i16|i32|i64|i128|isize|f32|f64|bool|char|str|Self)\b 0:type
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \b(?:mod|crate|use|extern)\b 0:module
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex \$\w+\b 0:variable
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex "'\\\\?.'" 0:value
+add-highlighter shared/rust/code regex "'\w+[^']" 0:meta
 
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