diff --git a/dist/motoko.es.min.js b/dist/motoko.es.min.js
index d3d3003..27e155d 100644
--- a/dist/motoko.es.min.js
+++ b/dist/motoko.es.min.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 var hljsGrammar=(()=>{"use strict";return e=>{const a=["true","false","null"]
 ;return{name:"Motoko",aliases:["motoko","mo"],keywords:{
 $pattern:"[a-zA-Z_]\\w*",
-keyword:["actor","and","async","assert","await","break","case","catch","class","continue","debug","debug_show","do","else","false","finally","flexible","for","from_candid","func","if","ignore","in","import","label","let","loop","module","not","null","object","or","private","public","query","return","shared","stable","switch","system","throw","to_candid","true","try","type","var","while","with"].filter((e=>!a.includes(e)&&"async"!==e)).join(" "),
+keyword:["actor","and","async","assert","await","break","case","catch","class","continue","debug","debug_show","do","else","false","finally","flexible","for","from_candid","func","if","ignore","in","import","label","let","loop","module","not","null","object","or","persistent","private","public","query","return","shared","stable","switch","system","throw","to_candid","transient","true","try","type","var","while","with"].filter((e=>!a.includes(e)&&"async"!==e)).join(" "),
 literal:a.join(" "),
 built_in:"async Any None Null Bool Int Int8 Int16 Int32 Int64 Nat Nat8 Nat16 Nat32 Nat64 Float Char Text Blob Error Principal"
 },illegal:"</",contains:[e.C_LINE_COMMENT_MODE,e.COMMENT("/\\*","\\*/",{
diff --git a/dist/motoko.min.js b/dist/motoko.min.js
index fc4e56e..c87b18f 100644
--- a/dist/motoko.min.js
+++ b/dist/motoko.min.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 (()=>{var e=(()=>{"use strict";return e=>{const n=["true","false","null"]
 ;return{name:"Motoko",aliases:["motoko","mo"],keywords:{
 $pattern:"[a-zA-Z_]\\w*",
-keyword:["actor","and","async","assert","await","break","case","catch","class","continue","debug","debug_show","do","else","false","finally","flexible","for","from_candid","func","if","ignore","in","import","label","let","loop","module","not","null","object","or","private","public","query","return","shared","stable","switch","system","throw","to_candid","true","try","type","var","while","with"].filter((e=>!n.includes(e)&&"async"!==e)).join(" "),
+keyword:["actor","and","async","assert","await","break","case","catch","class","continue","debug","debug_show","do","else","false","finally","flexible","for","from_candid","func","if","ignore","in","import","label","let","loop","module","not","null","object","or","persistent","private","public","query","return","shared","stable","switch","system","throw","to_candid","transient","true","try","type","var","while","with"].filter((e=>!n.includes(e)&&"async"!==e)).join(" "),
 literal:n.join(" "),
 built_in:"async Any None Null Bool Int Int8 Int16 Int32 Int64 Nat Nat8 Nat16 Nat32 Nat64 Float Char Text Blob Error Principal"
 },illegal:"</",contains:[e.C_LINE_COMMENT_MODE,e.COMMENT("/\\*","\\*/",{
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3ce6aa3..b3a6748 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "highlightjs-motoko",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "highlightjs-motoko",
-      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "version": "1.0.4",
       "license": "Apache-2.0"
     }
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac098db..5bce3e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "highlightjs-motoko",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "description": "highlight.js syntax definition for the Motoko programming language",
   "author": "DFINITY Foundation",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/src/languages/motoko.js b/src/languages/motoko.js
index f20f761..eefcece 100644
--- a/src/languages/motoko.js
+++ b/src/languages/motoko.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ function hljsDefineMotoko(hljs) {
         'null',
         'object',
         'or',
+        'persistent',
         'private',
         'public',
         'query',
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ function hljsDefineMotoko(hljs) {
         'system',
         'throw',
         'to_candid',
+        'transient',
         'true',
         'try',
         'type',