diff --git a/runtime/queries/json/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/json/highlights.scm
index 69005074d..554d3b2b8 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/json/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/json/highlights.scm
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 (null) @constant.builtin
 (number) @constant.numeric
 
-(pair
-  key: (_) @variable.other.member)
-
 (string) @string
 (escape_sequence) @constant.character.escape
 
+(pair
+  key: (_) @variable.other.member)
+
 "," @punctuation.delimiter
 [
   "["
diff --git a/runtime/queries/json5/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/json5/highlights.scm
index 3ec4ee296..a19b30722 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/json5/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/json5/highlights.scm
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 (null) @constant.builtin
 (number) @constant.numeric
 
-(member
-  name: (_) @variable.other.member)
-
 (string) @string
 (comment) @comment
 
+(member
+  name: (_) @variable.other.member)
+
 "," @punctuation.delimiter
 [
   "["