diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index c3804a45..f9f9620e 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ return {
   },
   python = {
     install_info = {
-      revision = '710796b8b877a970297106e5bbc8e2afa47f86ec',
+      revision = '293fdc02038ee2bf0e2e206711b69c90ac0d413f',
       url = 'https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-python',
     },
     maintainers = { '@stsewd', '@theHamsta' },
diff --git a/runtime/queries/python/highlights.scm b/runtime/queries/python/highlights.scm
index 00250de1..e5b9ac3a 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/python/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/python/highlights.scm
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@
 [
   "try"
   "except"
-  "except*"
   "raise"
   "finally"
 ] @keyword.exception