diff --git a/packages/common/src/types/TreeSitter.ts b/packages/common/src/types/TreeSitter.ts
index 5127df6a9e..04fadef98e 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/types/TreeSitter.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/types/TreeSitter.ts
@@ -28,4 +28,10 @@ export interface TreeSitter {
    * @returns The query if that language is already loaded
    */
   createQuery(languageId: string, source: string): Query | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * FIXME: On newer vscode versions the latex Tree sitter parser throws memory errors
+   * https://github.com/cursorless-dev/cursorless/issues/2879
+   */
+  disableLatexMsg?: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/languages/LanguageDefinitions.ts b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/languages/LanguageDefinitions.ts
index a0c255816a..a9bc151f8e 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-engine/src/languages/LanguageDefinitions.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-engine/src/languages/LanguageDefinitions.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ export class LanguageDefinitionsImpl
       return;
     }
 
+    if (languageId === "latex" && this.treeSitter.disableLatexMsg != null) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
     const definition =
       (await LanguageDefinition.create(
         this.ide,
@@ -151,6 +155,10 @@ export class LanguageDefinitionsImpl
     const definition = this.languageDefinitions.get(languageId);
 
     if (definition == null) {
+      if (languageId === "latex" && this.treeSitter.disableLatexMsg != null) {
+        throw Error(this.treeSitter.disableLatexMsg);
+      }
+
       throw new Error(
         "Expected language definition entry is missing for languageId " +
           languageId,
diff --git a/packages/cursorless-vscode/src/extension.ts b/packages/cursorless-vscode/src/extension.ts
index 9293574f1b..c550b48bc2 100644
--- a/packages/cursorless-vscode/src/extension.ts
+++ b/packages/cursorless-vscode/src/extension.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import { registerCommands } from "./registerCommands";
 import { revisualizeOnCustomRegexChange } from "./revisualizeOnCustomRegexChange";
 import { storedTargetHighlighter } from "./storedTargetHighlighter";
 import { vscodeApi } from "./vscodeApi";
+import * as semver from "semver";
 
 /**
  * Extension entrypoint called by VSCode on Cursorless startup.
@@ -266,6 +267,10 @@ function createTreeSitter(parseTreeApi: ParseTreeApi): TreeSitter {
 
     loadLanguage: parseTreeApi.loadLanguage,
     createQuery: parseTreeApi.createQuery,
+
+    disableLatexMsg: semver.lt(vscode.version, "1.98.0")
+      ? undefined
+      : "Latex is disabled on vscode versions >= 1.98.0. See https://github.com/cursorless-dev/cursorless/issues/2879",
   };
 }