diff --git a/plugins/file-highlight/prism-file-highlight.js b/plugins/file-highlight/prism-file-highlight.js
index 1f34abb00e..6dee6c4c3f 100644
--- a/plugins/file-highlight/prism-file-highlight.js
+++ b/plugins/file-highlight/prism-file-highlight.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 			var src = pre.getAttribute('data-src');
 
 			var language, parent = pre;
-			var lang = /\blang(?:uage)?-(?!\*)([\w-]+)\b/i;
+			var lang = /\blang(?:uage)?-([\w-]+)\b/i;
 			while (parent && !lang.test(parent.className)) {
 				parent = parent.parentNode;
 			}
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@
 
 	document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', self.Prism.fileHighlight);
 
-})();
+})();
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diff --git a/plugins/file-highlight/prism-file-highlight.min.js b/plugins/file-highlight/prism-file-highlight.min.js
index 5faa78a867..301fa878d7 100644
--- a/plugins/file-highlight/prism-file-highlight.min.js
+++ b/plugins/file-highlight/prism-file-highlight.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-!function(){"undefined"!=typeof self&&self.Prism&&self.document&&document.querySelector&&(self.Prism.fileHighlight=function(){var t={js:"javascript",py:"python",rb:"ruby",ps1:"powershell",psm1:"powershell",sh:"bash",bat:"batch",h:"c",tex:"latex"};Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("pre[data-src]")).forEach(function(e){for(var a,n=e.getAttribute("data-src"),r=e,o=/\blang(?:uage)?-(?!\*)([\w-]+)\b/i;r&&!o.test(r.className);)r=r.parentNode;if(r&&(a=(e.className.match(o)||[,""])[1]),!a){var s=(n.match(/\.(\w+)$/)||[,""])[1];a=t[s]||s}var l=document.createElement("code");l.className="language-"+a,e.textContent="",l.textContent="Loading…",e.appendChild(l);var i=new XMLHttpRequest;i.open("GET",n,!0),i.onreadystatechange=function(){4==i.readyState&&(i.status<400&&i.responseText?(l.textContent=i.responseText,Prism.highlightElement(l)):l.textContent=i.status>=400?"✖ Error "+i.status+" while fetching file: "+i.statusText:"✖ Error: File does not exist or is empty")},i.send(null)}),Prism.plugins.toolbar&&Prism.plugins.toolbar.registerButton("download-file",function(t){var e=t.element.parentNode;if(e&&/pre/i.test(e.nodeName)&&e.hasAttribute("data-src")&&e.hasAttribute("data-download-link")){var a=e.getAttribute("data-src"),n=document.createElement("a");return n.textContent=e.getAttribute("data-download-link-label")||"Download",n.setAttribute("download",""),n.href=a,n}})},document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",self.Prism.fileHighlight))}();
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+!function(){"undefined"!=typeof self&&self.Prism&&self.document&&document.querySelector&&(self.Prism.fileHighlight=function(){var t={js:"javascript",py:"python",rb:"ruby",ps1:"powershell",psm1:"powershell",sh:"bash",bat:"batch",h:"c",tex:"latex"};Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll("pre[data-src]")).forEach(function(e){for(var a,n=e.getAttribute("data-src"),r=e,o=/\blang(?:uage)?-([\w-]+)\b/i;r&&!o.test(r.className);)r=r.parentNode;if(r&&(a=(e.className.match(o)||[,""])[1]),!a){var s=(n.match(/\.(\w+)$/)||[,""])[1];a=t[s]||s}var l=document.createElement("code");l.className="language-"+a,e.textContent="",l.textContent="Loading…",e.appendChild(l);var i=new XMLHttpRequest;i.open("GET",n,!0),i.onreadystatechange=function(){4==i.readyState&&(i.status<400&&i.responseText?(l.textContent=i.responseText,Prism.highlightElement(l)):l.textContent=i.status>=400?"✖ Error "+i.status+" while fetching file: "+i.statusText:"✖ Error: File does not exist or is empty")},i.send(null)}),Prism.plugins.toolbar&&Prism.plugins.toolbar.registerButton("download-file",function(t){var e=t.element.parentNode;if(e&&/pre/i.test(e.nodeName)&&e.hasAttribute("data-src")&&e.hasAttribute("data-download-link")){var a=e.getAttribute("data-src"),n=document.createElement("a");return n.textContent=e.getAttribute("data-download-link-label")||"Download",n.setAttribute("download",""),n.href=a,n}})},document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",self.Prism.fileHighlight))}();
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diff --git a/prism.js b/prism.js
index 239a1e7c17..2baadce878 100644
--- a/prism.js
+++ b/prism.js
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ Prism.languages.js = Prism.languages.javascript;
 			var src = pre.getAttribute('data-src');
 
 			var language, parent = pre;
-			var lang = /\blang(?:uage)?-(?!\*)([\w-]+)\b/i;
+			var lang = /\blang(?:uage)?-([\w-]+)\b/i;
 			while (parent && !lang.test(parent.className)) {
 				parent = parent.parentNode;
 			}
@@ -872,4 +872,4 @@ Prism.languages.js = Prism.languages.javascript;
 
 	document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', self.Prism.fileHighlight);
 
-})();
+})();
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