diff --git a/runtime/syntax/markdown.vim b/runtime/syntax/markdown.vim
index 17b61c2..44187ff 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/markdown.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/markdown.vim
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:     Markdown
-" Maintainer:   Tim Pope <vimNOSPAM@tpope.org>
+" Maintainer:   Tim Pope <https://github.com/tpope/vim-markdown>
 " Filenames:    *.markdown
-" Last Change:  2020 Jan 14
+" Last Change:  2022 Oct 13
 
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
   let main_syntax = 'markdown'
 endif
 
+if has('folding')
+  let s:foldmethod = &l:foldmethod
+  let s:foldtext = &l:foldtext
+endif
+let s:iskeyword = &l:iskeyword
+
 runtime! syntax/html.vim
 unlet! b:current_syntax
 
@@ -26,17 +32,33 @@
   if s:type =~ '\.'
     let b:{matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*')}_subtype = matchstr(s:type,'\.\zs.*')
   endif
-  exe 'syn include @markdownHighlight'.substitute(s:type,'\.','','g').' syntax/'.matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*').'.vim'
+  syn case match
+  exe 'syn include @markdownHighlight_'.tr(s:type,'.','_').' syntax/'.matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*').'.vim'
   unlet! b:current_syntax
   let s:done_include[matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*')] = 1
 endfor
 unlet! s:type
 unlet! s:done_include
 
+syn spell toplevel
+if exists('s:foldmethod') && s:foldmethod !=# &l:foldmethod
+  let &l:foldmethod = s:foldmethod
+  unlet s:foldmethod
+endif
+if exists('s:foldtext') && s:foldtext !=# &l:foldtext
+  let &l:foldtext = s:foldtext
+  unlet s:foldtext
+endif
+if s:iskeyword !=# &l:iskeyword
+  let &l:iskeyword = s:iskeyword
+endif
+unlet s:iskeyword
+
 if !exists('g:markdown_minlines')
   let g:markdown_minlines = 50
 endif
 execute 'syn sync minlines=' . g:markdown_minlines
+syn sync linebreaks=1
 syn case ignore
 
 syn match markdownValid '[<>]\c[a-z/$!]\@!' transparent contains=NONE
@@ -52,16 +74,16 @@
 
 syn match markdownHeadingRule "^[=-]\+$" contained
 
-syn region markdownH1 matchgroup=markdownH1Delimiter start="##\@!"      end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
-syn region markdownH2 matchgroup=markdownH2Delimiter start="###\@!"     end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
-syn region markdownH3 matchgroup=markdownH3Delimiter start="####\@!"    end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
-syn region markdownH4 matchgroup=markdownH4Delimiter start="#####\@!"   end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
-syn region markdownH5 matchgroup=markdownH5Delimiter start="######\@!"  end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
-syn region markdownH6 matchgroup=markdownH6Delimiter start="#######\@!" end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH1 matchgroup=markdownH1Delimiter start=" \{,3}#\s"      end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH2 matchgroup=markdownH2Delimiter start=" \{,3}##\s"     end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH3 matchgroup=markdownH3Delimiter start=" \{,3}###\s"    end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH4 matchgroup=markdownH4Delimiter start=" \{,3}####\s"   end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH5 matchgroup=markdownH5Delimiter start=" \{,3}#####\s"  end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
+syn region markdownH6 matchgroup=markdownH6Delimiter start=" \{,3}######\s" end="#*\s*$" keepend oneline contains=@markdownInline,markdownAutomaticLink contained
 
 syn match markdownBlockquote ">\%(\s\|$\)" contained nextgroup=@markdownBlock
 
-syn region markdownCodeBlock start="    \|\t" end="$" contained
+syn region markdownCodeBlock start="^\n\( \{4,}\|\t\)" end="^\ze \{,3}\S.*$" keepend
 
 " TODO: real nesting
 syn match markdownListMarker "\%(\t\| \{0,4\}\)[-*+]\%(\s\+\S\)\@=" contained
@@ -79,7 +101,7 @@
 syn region markdownUrlTitle matchgroup=markdownUrlTitleDelimiter start=+'+ end=+'+ keepend contained
 syn region markdownUrlTitle matchgroup=markdownUrlTitleDelimiter start=+(+ end=+)+ keepend contained
 
-syn region markdownLinkText matchgroup=markdownLinkTextDelimiter start="!\=\[\%(\%(\_[^][]\|\[\_[^][]*\]\)*]\%( \=[[(]\)\)\@=" end="\]\%( \=[[(]\)\@=" nextgroup=markdownLink,markdownId skipwhite contains=@markdownInline,markdownLineStart
+syn region markdownLinkText matchgroup=markdownLinkTextDelimiter start="!\=\[\%(\_[^][]*\%(\[\_[^][]*\]\_[^][]*\)*]\%( \=[[(]\)\)\@=" end="\]\%( \=[[(]\)\@=" nextgroup=markdownLink,markdownId skipwhite contains=@markdownInline,markdownLineStart
 syn region markdownLink matchgroup=markdownLinkDelimiter start="(" end=")" contains=markdownUrl keepend contained
 syn region markdownId matchgroup=markdownIdDelimiter start="\[" end="\]" keepend contained
 syn region markdownAutomaticLink matchgroup=markdownUrlDelimiter start="<\%(\w\+:\|[[:alnum:]_+-]\+@\)\@=" end=">" keepend oneline
@@ -88,31 +110,38 @@
 if has('conceal') && get(g:, 'markdown_syntax_conceal', 1) == 1
   let s:concealends = ' concealends'
 endif
-exe 'syn region markdownItalic matchgroup=markdownItalicDelimiter start="\S\@<=\*\|\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\|\*\S\@=" skip="\\\*" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
-exe 'syn region markdownItalic matchgroup=markdownItalicDelimiter start="\w\@<!_\S\@=" end="\S\@<=_\w\@!" skip="\\_" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
-exe 'syn region markdownBold matchgroup=markdownBoldDelimiter start="\S\@<=\*\*\|\*\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\*\|\*\*\S\@=" skip="\\\*" contains=markdownLineStart,markdownItalic,@Spell' . s:concealends
-exe 'syn region markdownBold matchgroup=markdownBoldDelimiter start="\w\@<!__\S\@=" end="\S\@<=__\w\@!" skip="\\_" contains=markdownLineStart,markdownItalic,@Spell' . s:concealends
-exe 'syn region markdownBoldItalic matchgroup=markdownBoldItalicDelimiter start="\S\@<=\*\*\*\|\*\*\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\*\*\|\*\*\*\S\@=" skip="\\\*" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
-exe 'syn region markdownBoldItalic matchgroup=markdownBoldItalicDelimiter start="\w\@<!___\S\@=" end="\S\@<=___\w\@!" skip="\\_" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
+exe 'syn region markdownItalic matchgroup=markdownItalicDelimiter start="\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\|^$" skip="\\\*" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
+exe 'syn region markdownItalic matchgroup=markdownItalicDelimiter start="\w\@<!_\S\@=" end="\S\@<=_\w\@!\|^$" skip="\\_" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
+exe 'syn region markdownBold matchgroup=markdownBoldDelimiter start="\*\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\*\|^$" skip="\\\*" contains=markdownLineStart,markdownItalic,@Spell' . s:concealends
+exe 'syn region markdownBold matchgroup=markdownBoldDelimiter start="\w\@<!__\S\@=" end="\S\@<=__\w\@!\|^$" skip="\\_" contains=markdownLineStart,markdownItalic,@Spell' . s:concealends
+exe 'syn region markdownBoldItalic matchgroup=markdownBoldItalicDelimiter start="\*\*\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\*\*\|^$" skip="\\\*" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
+exe 'syn region markdownBoldItalic matchgroup=markdownBoldItalicDelimiter start="\w\@<!___\S\@=" end="\S\@<=___\w\@!\|^$" skip="\\_" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
+exe 'syn region markdownStrike matchgroup=markdownStrikeDelimiter start="\~\~\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\~\~\|^$" contains=markdownLineStart,@Spell' . s:concealends
 
 syn region markdownCode matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="`" end="`" keepend contains=markdownLineStart
 syn region markdownCode matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="`` \=" end=" \=``" keepend contains=markdownLineStart
-syn region markdownCode matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="^\s*````*.*$" end="^\s*````*\ze\s*$" keepend
+syn region markdownCodeBlock matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="^\s*\z(`\{3,\}\).*$" end="^\s*\z1\ze\s*$" keepend
+syn region markdownCodeBlock matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="^\s*\z(\~\{3,\}\).*$" end="^\s*\z1\ze\s*$" keepend
 
 syn match markdownFootnote "\[^[^\]]\+\]"
 syn match markdownFootnoteDefinition "^\[^[^\]]\+\]:"
 
-if main_syntax ==# 'markdown'
-  let s:done_include = {}
-  for s:type in g:markdown_fenced_languages
-    if has_key(s:done_include, matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*'))
-      continue
-    endif
-    exe 'syn region markdownHighlight'.substitute(matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*$'),'\..*','','').' matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="^\s*````*\s*\%({.\{-}\.\)\='.matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*').'}\=\S\@!.*$" end="^\s*````*\ze\s*$" keepend contains=@markdownHighlight'.substitute(matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*$'),'\.','','g') . s:concealends
-    let s:done_include[matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*')] = 1
-  endfor
-  unlet! s:type
-  unlet! s:done_include
+let s:done_include = {}
+for s:type in g:markdown_fenced_languages
+  if has_key(s:done_include, matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*'))
+    continue
+  endif
+  exe 'syn region markdownHighlight_'.substitute(matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*$'),'\..*','','').' matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="^\s*\z(`\{3,\}\)\s*\%({.\{-}\.\)\='.matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*').'}\=\S\@!.*$" end="^\s*\z1\ze\s*$" keepend contains=@markdownHighlight_'.tr(matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*$'),'.','_') . s:concealends
+  exe 'syn region markdownHighlight_'.substitute(matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*$'),'\..*','','').' matchgroup=markdownCodeDelimiter start="^\s*\z(\~\{3,\}\)\s*\%({.\{-}\.\)\='.matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*').'}\=\S\@!.*$" end="^\s*\z1\ze\s*$" keepend contains=@markdownHighlight_'.tr(matchstr(s:type,'[^=]*$'),'.','_') . s:concealends
+  let s:done_include[matchstr(s:type,'[^.]*')] = 1
+endfor
+unlet! s:type
+unlet! s:done_include
+
+if get(b:, 'markdown_yaml_head', get(g:, 'markdown_yaml_head', main_syntax ==# 'markdown'))
+  syn include @markdownYamlTop syntax/yaml.vim
+  unlet! b:current_syntax
+  syn region markdownYamlHead start="\%^---$" end="^\%(---\|\.\.\.\)\s*$" keepend contains=@markdownYamlTop,@Spell
 endif
 
 syn match markdownEscape "\\[][\\`*_{}()<>#+.!-]"
@@ -156,6 +185,8 @@
 hi def link markdownBoldDelimiter         markdownBold
 hi def link markdownBoldItalic            htmlBoldItalic
 hi def link markdownBoldItalicDelimiter   markdownBoldItalic
+hi def link markdownStrike                htmlStrike
+hi def link markdownStrikeDelimiter       markdownStrike
 hi def link markdownCodeDelimiter         Delimiter
 
 hi def link markdownEscape                Special