diff --git a/runtime/syntax/sh.vim b/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
index 8305394..efe0bcb 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 " Language:		shell (sh) Korn shell (ksh) bash (sh)
 " Maintainer:		Charles E. Campbell  <NdrOchipS@PcampbellAfamily.Mbiz>
 " Previous Maintainer:	Lennart Schultz <Lennart.Schultz@ecmwf.int>
-" Last Change:		Oct 21, 2015
-" Version:		141
+" Last Change:		Nov 09, 2015
+" Version:		142
 " URL:		http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#SYNTAX_SH
 " For options and settings, please use:      :help ft-sh-syntax
 " This file includes many ideas from Eric Brunet (eric.brunet@ens.fr)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 syn cluster shArithList	contains=@shArithParenList,shParenError
 syn cluster shCaseEsacList	contains=shCaseStart,shCase,shCaseBar,shCaseIn,shComment,shDeref,shDerefSimple,shCaseCommandSub,shCaseExSingleQuote,shCaseSingleQuote,shCaseDoubleQuote,shCtrlSeq,@shErrorList,shStringSpecial,shCaseRange
 syn cluster shCaseList	contains=@shCommandSubList,shCaseEsac,shColon,shCommandSub,shComment,shDo,shEcho,shExpr,shFor,shHereDoc,shIf,shRedir,shSetList,shSource,shStatement,shVariable,shCtrlSeq
-syn cluster shCommandSubList	contains=shAlias,shArithmetic,shCmdParenRegion,shCtrlSeq,shDeref,shDerefSimple,shDoubleQuote,shEcho,shEscape,shExDoubleQuote,shExpr,shExSingleQuote,shNumber,shOperator,shOption,shPosnParm,shSingleQuote,shSpecial,shStatement,shSubSh,shTest,shVariable
+syn cluster shCommandSubList	contains=shAlias,shArithmetic,shComment,shCmdParenRegion,shCtrlSeq,shDeref,shDerefSimple,shDoubleQuote,shEcho,shEscape,shExDoubleQuote,shExpr,shExSingleQuote,shNumber,shOperator,shOption,shPosnParm,shSingleQuote,shSpecial,shStatement,shSubSh,shTest,shVariable
 syn cluster shCurlyList	contains=shNumber,shComma,shDeref,shDerefSimple,shDerefSpecial
 syn cluster shDblQuoteList	contains=shCommandSub,shDeref,shDerefSimple,shEscape,shPosnParm,shCtrlSeq,shSpecial
 syn cluster shDerefList	contains=shDeref,shDerefSimple,shDerefVar,shDerefSpecial,shDerefWordError,shDerefPPS
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
 if !exists("g:sh_no_error")
  syn match  shDerefWordError	"[^}$[]"	contained
 endif
-syn match  shDerefSimple	"\$\k\+\|\d"
+syn match  shDerefSimple	"\$\%(\k\+\|\d\)"
 syn region shDeref	matchgroup=PreProc start="\${" end="}"	contains=@shDerefList,shDerefVarArray
 syn match  shDerefSimple	"\$[-#*@!?]"
 syn match  shDerefSimple	"\$\$"