diff --git a/components/prism-json.js b/components/prism-json.js
index 6ae91b4c13..70f0622b8e 100644
--- a/components/prism-json.js
+++ b/components/prism-json.js
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@ Prism.languages.json = {
 	'punctuation': /[{}[\],]/,
 	'operator': /:/,
 	'boolean': /\b(?:true|false)\b/,
-	'null': /\bnull\b/
+	'null': {
+		pattern: /\bnull\b/,
+		alias: 'keyword'
+	}
 };
 
 Prism.languages.jsonp = Prism.languages.json;
diff --git a/components/prism-json.min.js b/components/prism-json.min.js
index 4c3c1faab4..2dfd523497 100644
--- a/components/prism-json.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-json.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.json={comment:/\/\/.*|\/\*[\s\S]*?(?:\*\/|$)/,property:{pattern:/"(?:\\.|[^\\"\r\n])*"(?=\s*:)/,greedy:!0},string:{pattern:/"(?:\\.|[^\\"\r\n])*"(?!\s*:)/,greedy:!0},number:/-?\d+\.?\d*(e[+-]?\d+)?/i,punctuation:/[{}[\],]/,operator:/:/,"boolean":/\b(?:true|false)\b/,"null":/\bnull\b/},Prism.languages.jsonp=Prism.languages.json;
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+Prism.languages.json={comment:/\/\/.*|\/\*[\s\S]*?(?:\*\/|$)/,property:{pattern:/"(?:\\.|[^\\"\r\n])*"(?=\s*:)/,greedy:!0},string:{pattern:/"(?:\\.|[^\\"\r\n])*"(?!\s*:)/,greedy:!0},number:/-?\d+\.?\d*(e[+-]?\d+)?/i,punctuation:/[{}[\],]/,operator:/:/,"boolean":/\b(?:true|false)\b/,"null":{pattern:/\bnull\b/,alias:"keyword"}},Prism.languages.jsonp=Prism.languages.json;
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