diff --git a/syntaxes/GDScript.tmLanguage.json b/syntaxes/GDScript.tmLanguage.json
index 2eac23ed2..2d2f65932 100644
--- a/syntaxes/GDScript.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/syntaxes/GDScript.tmLanguage.json
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
 				{ "include": "#operators" },
 				{ "include": "#lambda_declaration" },
 				{ "include": "#class_declaration" },
+				{ "include": "#variable_declaration_name" },
 				{ "include": "#variable_declaration" },
 				{ "include": "#signal_declaration_bare" },
 				{ "include": "#signal_declaration" },
@@ -332,6 +333,14 @@
 				{ "include": "#keywords" }
 			]
 		},
+		"variable_declaration_name": {
+			"name": "meta.variable.declaration.name.gdscript",
+			"begin": "(?<=\\b(var|const)\\s+)",
+			"end": "(?!\\s*:=)(?!\\w*)|([A-Za-z_]\\w*)",
+			"patterns": [
+				{ "include": "#any_variable" }
+			]
+		},
 		"getter_setter_godot4": {
 			"patterns": [
 				{
@@ -444,7 +453,7 @@
 			]
 		},
 		"annotations": {
-			"match": "(@)(export|export_group|export_color_no_alpha|export_custom|export_dir|export_enum|export_exp_easing|export_file|export_flags|export_flags_2d_navigation|export_flags_2d_physics|export_flags_2d_render|export_flags_3d_navigation|export_flags_3d_physics|export_flags_3d_render|export_global_dir|export_global_file|export_multiline|export_node_path|export_placeholder|export_range|export_storage|icon|onready|rpc|tool|warning_ignore|static_unload)\\b",
+			"match": "(@)(export|export_group|export_color_no_alpha|export_custom|export_dir|export_enum|export_exp_easing|export_tool_button|export_file|export_flags|export_flags_2d_navigation|export_flags_2d_physics|export_flags_2d_render|export_flags_3d_navigation|export_flags_3d_physics|export_flags_3d_render|export_global_dir|export_global_file|export_multiline|export_node_path|export_placeholder|export_range|export_storage|icon|onready|rpc|tool|warning_ignore|static_unload)\\b",
 			"captures": {
 				"1": { "name": "entity.name.function.decorator.gdscript" },
 				"2": { "name": "entity.name.function.decorator.gdscript" }
@@ -688,3 +697,4 @@
 		}
 	}
 }
+