Update runtime files
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/scala.vim b/runtime/syntax/scala.vim
index c5a175f..89a936a 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/scala.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/scala.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
" Maintainer: Derek Wyatt
" URL: https://github.com/derekwyatt/vim-scala
" License: Same as Vim
-" Last Change: 20 May 2016
+" Last Change: 2021 Aug 11
+" by Jesse Atkinson, PR #8746
" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
if !exists('main_syntax')
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@
syn match scalaEscapedChar /\\[\\"'ntbrf]/
syn match scalaUnicodeChar /\\u[A-Fa-f0-9]\{4}/
hi link scalaChar Character
-hi link scalaEscapedChar Function
+hi link scalaEscapedChar Special
hi link scalaUnicodeChar Special
syn match scalaOperator "||"