diff --git a/runtime/syntax/julia.yaml b/runtime/syntax/julia.yaml
index c92a0ddf..3c7c20fd 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/julia.yaml
+++ b/runtime/syntax/julia.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ rules:
       # definitions
     - identifier: "[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*[[:space:]]*[(]"
       # keywords
-    - statement: "\\b(begin|break|catch|continue|function|elseif|struct|else|end|finally|for|global|local|const|if|include|import|using|require|macro|println|return|try|type|while|module)\\b"
+    - statement: "\\b(baremodule|begin|break|catch|const|continue|do|else|elseif|end|export|finally|for|function|global|if|import|let|local|macro|module|quote|return|struct|try|using|while)\\b"
+    - statement: "\\b(abstract type|primitive type|mutable struct\\b)"
       # decorators
     - identifier.macro: "@[A-Za-z0-9_]+"
       # operators