diff --git a/assets/README.md b/assets/README.md
index f07a07fd..f4992ca9 100644
--- a/assets/README.md
+++ b/assets/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,5 @@ themes (`bat cache --clear`).
 
 The following files have been manually modified after converting from a `.tmLanguage` file:
 
-* `VimL.sublime-syntax` => added `.vimrc` file type.
 * `Dart.sublime-syntax` => removed `#regex.dart` include.
 * `INI.sublime-syntax` => added `.hgrc` and `hgrc` file types.
diff --git a/assets/syntaxes/VimL b/assets/syntaxes/VimL
index b453aff6..ed40c3bc 160000
--- a/assets/syntaxes/VimL
+++ b/assets/syntaxes/VimL
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b453aff6f783769b6b895986da605a2db0db7379
+Subproject commit ed40c3bc814cd0c8107dbbb8fcd95946b33217f0
diff --git a/assets/syntaxes/VimL.sublime-syntax b/assets/syntaxes/VimL.sublime-syntax
index a45766f2..f2b202c3 100644
--- a/assets/syntaxes/VimL.sublime-syntax
+++ b/assets/syntaxes/VimL.sublime-syntax
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ contexts:
     - match: \b(if|while|for|try|return|throw|end(if|for|while|try)?|au(g|group)|else(if|)?|do|in|catch|finally|:)\b
       scope: keyword.control.viml
   number_hex:
-    - match: "#[0-9a-f]{6}"
+    - match: "0x[0-9a-f]+"
       scope: constant.numeric.hex
   number_int:
     - match: '-?\d+'