diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index ea48f3ad..3abe166a 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ return {
   },
   matlab = {
     install_info = {
-      revision = '93020b226bf341de02336cdf1c19a7ce0b509cf2',
+      revision = '96a3e8fb0a4ebd0db64db6b52043483937e9ca3a',
       url = 'https://github.com/acristoffers/tree-sitter-matlab',
     },
     maintainers = { '@acristoffers' },
diff --git a/runtime/queries/matlab/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/matlab/highlights.scm
index 91fdae2a..66ec6946 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/matlab/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/matlab/highlights.scm
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@
   (identifier) @function)
 
 (validation_functions
-  (property_name
-    (identifier) @function))
+  (identifier) @function)
 
 (command
   (command_name) @function.call)
@@ -205,7 +204,11 @@
 
 (number) @number
 
-(boolean) @boolean
+((identifier) @boolean
+  (#eq? @boolean "true"))
+
+((identifier) @boolean
+  (#eq? @boolean "false"))
 
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