diff --git a/runtime/queries/c/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/c/highlights.scm
index bd6857fd17..ea65075f29 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/c/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/c/highlights.scm
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
   ";"
   ":"
   ","
+  "."
   "::"
 ] @punctuation.delimiter
 
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@
   "<<"
   ">>"
   "->"
-  "."
   "<"
   "<="
   ">="