diff --git a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
index a76195b5..88732ab1 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-treesitter/parsers.lua
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ return {
   },
   matlab = {
     install_info = {
-      revision = 'da410185c1fabf823ab92798590f9a6606e5699b',
+      revision = '93020b226bf341de02336cdf1c19a7ce0b509cf2',
       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 d2ab6053..91fdae2a 100644
--- a/runtime/queries/matlab/highlights.scm
+++ b/runtime/queries/matlab/highlights.scm
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@
   (identifier) @function)
 
 (validation_functions
-  (identifier) @function)
+  (property_name
+    (identifier) @function))
 
 (command
   (command_name) @function.call)