diff --git a/rc/filetype/elixir.kak b/rc/filetype/elixir.kak
index e62ca429..0c40aeb9 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/elixir.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/elixir.kak
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex '[A-Z][\w_]+\b' 0:module
 add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex '(:[\w_]+)(\.)' 1:module
 add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex '\b_\b' 0:default
 add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex '\b_[\w_]+\b' 0:default
-add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex '~[a-zA-Z]\(.*\)' 0:string
+add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex '~[a-zA-Z]\(.*?[^\\]\)' 0:string
 add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex \b(true|false|nil)\b 0:value
 add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex (->|<-|<<|>>|=>) 0:builtin
 add-highlighter shared/elixir/code/ regex \b(require|alias|use|import)\b 0:keyword