diff --git a/scintilla/include/SciLexer.h b/scintilla/include/SciLexer.h
index f9a4f67ab9..2ab4e42052 100644
--- a/scintilla/include/SciLexer.h
+++ b/scintilla/include/SciLexer.h
@@ -1840,17 +1840,18 @@
 #define SCE_ZIG_NUMBER 5
 #define SCE_ZIG_OPERATOR 6
 #define SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER 7
-#define SCE_ZIG_STRING 8
-#define SCE_ZIG_MULTISTRING 9
-#define SCE_ZIG_ESCAPECHAR 10
-#define SCE_ZIG_FORMAT_SPECIFIER 11
-#define SCE_ZIG_PLACEHOLDER 12
-#define SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER 13
-#define SCE_ZIG_BUILTIN_FUNCTION 14
-#define SCE_ZIG_WORD 15
-#define SCE_ZIG_TYPE 16
-#define SCE_ZIG_FUNCTION 17
-#define SCE_ZIG_FUNCTION_DEFINITION 18
+#define SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER_STRING 8
+#define SCE_ZIG_STRING 9
+#define SCE_ZIG_MULTISTRING 10
+#define SCE_ZIG_ESCAPECHAR 11
+#define SCE_ZIG_FORMAT_SPECIFIER 12
+#define SCE_ZIG_PLACEHOLDER 13
+#define SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER 14
+#define SCE_ZIG_BUILTIN_FUNCTION 15
+#define SCE_ZIG_WORD 16
+#define SCE_ZIG_TYPE 17
+#define SCE_ZIG_FUNCTION 18
+#define SCE_ZIG_FUNCTION_DEFINITION 19
 #define SCE_MATHEMATICA_DEFAULT 0
 #define SCE_MATHEMATICA_COMMENTLINE 1
 #define SCE_MATHEMATICA_COMMENT 2
diff --git a/scintilla/include/SciLexer.iface b/scintilla/include/SciLexer.iface
index c2dd4721c5..aa96571880 100644
--- a/scintilla/include/SciLexer.iface
+++ b/scintilla/include/SciLexer.iface
@@ -3150,6 +3150,7 @@ val SCE_ZIG_TASKMARKER=
 val SCE_ZIG_NUMBER=
 val SCE_ZIG_OPERATOR=
 val SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER=
+val SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER_STRING=
 val SCE_ZIG_STRING=
 val SCE_ZIG_MULTISTRING=
 val SCE_ZIG_ESCAPECHAR=
diff --git a/scintilla/lexers/LexZig.cxx b/scintilla/lexers/LexZig.cxx
index f536180d61..cac7e80083 100644
--- a/scintilla/lexers/LexZig.cxx
+++ b/scintilla/lexers/LexZig.cxx
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ void ColouriseZigDoc(Sci_PositionU startPos, Sci_Position lengthDoc, int initSty
 			break;
 
 		case SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER:
+		case SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER_STRING:
 		case SCE_ZIG_STRING:
 		case SCE_ZIG_MULTISTRING:
 			if (sc.atLineStart) {
@@ -213,9 +214,10 @@ void ColouriseZigDoc(Sci_PositionU startPos, Sci_Position lengthDoc, int initSty
 					escSeq.digitsLeft = 9;
 					sc.Forward();
 				}
-			} else if ((sc.ch == '\'' && sc.state == SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER) || (sc.ch == '\"' && sc.state == SCE_ZIG_STRING)) {
+			} else if ((sc.ch == '\'' && sc.state == SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER)
+				|| (sc.ch == '\"' && (sc.state == SCE_ZIG_STRING || sc.state == SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER_STRING))) {
 				sc.ForwardSetState(SCE_ZIG_DEFAULT);
-			} else if (sc.state != SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER) {
+			} else if (sc.state >= SCE_ZIG_STRING) {
 				if (sc.ch == '{' || sc.ch == '}') {
 					if (sc.ch == sc.chNext) {
 						escSeq.resetEscapeState(sc.state);
@@ -306,6 +308,9 @@ void ColouriseZigDoc(Sci_PositionU startPos, Sci_Position lengthDoc, int initSty
 				sc.SetState(SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER);
 			} else if (IsADigit(sc.ch)) {
 				sc.SetState(SCE_ZIG_NUMBER);
+			} else if (sc.Match('@', '\"')) {
+				sc.SetState(SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER_STRING);
+				sc.Forward();
 			} else if ((sc.ch == '@' && IsIdentifierStartEx(sc.chNext)) || IsIdentifierStartEx(sc.ch)) {
 				sc.SetState((sc.ch == '@') ? SCE_ZIG_BUILTIN_FUNCTION : SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER);
 			} else if (IsAGraphic(sc.ch)) {
diff --git a/src/EditLexers/stlZig.cpp b/src/EditLexers/stlZig.cpp
index 0a0b56e6c5..fe9ad72c48 100644
--- a/src/EditLexers/stlZig.cpp
+++ b/src/EditLexers/stlZig.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static EDITSTYLE Styles_Zig[] = {
 	{ SCE_ZIG_FUNCTION, NP2StyleX_Function, L"fore:#A46000" },
 	{ SCE_ZIG_COMMENTLINE, NP2StyleX_Comment, L"fore:#608060" },
 	{ MULTI_STYLE(SCE_ZIG_COMMENTLINEDOC, SCE_ZIG_COMMENTLINETOP, 0, 0), NP2StyleX_DocComment, L"fore:#408040" },
-	{ MULTI_STYLE(SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER, SCE_ZIG_STRING, 0, 0), NP2StyleX_String, L"fore:#008000" },
+	{ MULTI_STYLE(SCE_ZIG_CHARACTER, SCE_ZIG_STRING, SCE_ZIG_IDENTIFIER_STRING, 0), NP2StyleX_String, L"fore:#008000" },
 	{ SCE_ZIG_MULTISTRING, NP2StyleX_RawString, L"fore:#008080" },
 	{ SCE_ZIG_ESCAPECHAR, NP2StyleX_EscapeSequence, L"fore:#0080C0" },
 	{ SCE_ZIG_FORMAT_SPECIFIER, NP2StyleX_FormatSpecifier, L"fore:#7C5AF3" },