diff --git a/extensions/javascript/package.json b/extensions/javascript/package.json
index f3f8a537dd0..e3a087bfc92 100644
--- a/extensions/javascript/package.json
+++ b/extensions/javascript/package.json
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
         },
         "tokenTypes": {
           "meta.template.expression": "other",
+          "meta.template.expression string": "string",
+          "meta.template.expression comment": "comment",
           "entity.name.type.instance.jsdoc": "other",
           "entity.name.function.tagged-template": "other",
           "meta.import string.quoted": "other",
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@
         },
         "tokenTypes": {
           "meta.template.expression": "other",
+          "meta.template.expression string": "string",
+          "meta.template.expression comment": "comment",
           "entity.name.type.instance.jsdoc": "other",
           "entity.name.function.tagged-template": "other",
           "meta.import string.quoted": "other",
diff --git a/extensions/typescript-basics/package.json b/extensions/typescript-basics/package.json
index b3c1b42f7e4..0f51d88cf07 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript-basics/package.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript-basics/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
         "path": "./syntaxes/TypeScript.tmLanguage.json",
         "tokenTypes": {
           "meta.template.expression": "other",
+          "meta.template.expression string": "string",
+          "meta.template.expression comment": "comment",
           "entity.name.type.instance.jsdoc": "other",
           "entity.name.function.tagged-template": "other",
           "meta.import string.quoted": "other",
@@ -78,6 +80,8 @@
         },
         "tokenTypes": {
           "meta.template.expression": "other",
+          "meta.template.expression string": "string",
+          "meta.template.expression comment": "comment",
           "entity.name.type.instance.jsdoc": "other",
           "entity.name.function.tagged-template": "other",
           "meta.import string.quoted": "other",