diff --git a/packages/vscode-apollo/syntaxes/graphql.json b/packages/vscode-apollo/syntaxes/graphql.json
index 2ec8cc51aa..65d5d25a57 100644
--- a/packages/vscode-apollo/syntaxes/graphql.json
+++ b/packages/vscode-apollo/syntaxes/graphql.json
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
     },
     "graphql-variable-assignment": {
       "begin": "\\s(=)",
-      "end": "(?=.)",
+      "end": "(?=[\n.])",
       "applyEndPatternLast": 1,
       "beginCaptures": {
         "1": { "name": "punctuation.assignment.graphql" }