diff --git a/rc/filetype/hare.kak b/rc/filetype/hare.kak
index beaf5652..5df3b522 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/hare.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/hare.kak
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ provide-module hare %§
     add-highlighter shared/hare/code/ regex "\buse\b" 0:meta
 
     # functions
-    add-highlighter shared/hare/code/ regex "\b([a-zA-Z_]*)\h*\(" 1:function
+    add-highlighter shared/hare/code/ regex "\b([0-9a-zA-Z_]*)\h*\(" 1:function
 
     # attributes
     add-highlighter shared/hare/code/ regex "@(offset|init|fini|test|noreturn|symbol)\b" 0:attribute
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ provide-module hare %§
     add-highlighter shared/hare/code/ regex "\b[0-9]+([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?(?=f)" 0:value
 
     # constants
-    add-highlighter shared/hare/code/ regex "\b[A-Z0-9_]*\b" 0:value
+    add-highlighter shared/hare/code/ regex "\b[0-9A-Z_]*\b" 0:value
 
     # control flow
     add-highlighter shared/hare/code/ regex "\b(for|if|else|switch|match|return|break|continue|defer|yield|case|static)\b" 0:keyword