diff --git a/rc/filetype/toml.kak b/rc/filetype/toml.kak
index d4adf3aa..bc78b0dd 100644
--- a/rc/filetype/toml.kak
+++ b/rc/filetype/toml.kak
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ provide-module toml %{
 add-highlighter shared/toml regions
 add-highlighter shared/toml/code default-region group
 add-highlighter shared/toml/comment region '#'   $           fill comment
-add-highlighter shared/toml/string1 region  '"""' (?<!\\)(\\\\)*""" fill string
-add-highlighter shared/toml/string2 region  "'''" "'''"             fill string
-add-highlighter shared/toml/string3 region  '"'   (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"   fill string
-add-highlighter shared/toml/string4 region  "'"   "'"               fill string
+add-highlighter shared/toml/string1 region  '"""' (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"""(?!") fill string
+add-highlighter shared/toml/string2 region  "'''" "'''(?!')"             fill string
+add-highlighter shared/toml/string3 region  '"'   (?<!\\)(\\\\)*"        fill string
+add-highlighter shared/toml/string4 region  "'"   "'"                    fill string
 
 add-highlighter shared/toml/code/ regex \
     "^\h*\[\[?([A-Za-z0-9._-]*)\]\]?" 1:title