diff --git a/extensions/fsharp/cgmanifest.json b/extensions/fsharp/cgmanifest.json
index ba75f69541e..75e24896d8e 100644
--- a/extensions/fsharp/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/extensions/fsharp/cgmanifest.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 				"git": {
 					"name": "ionide/ionide-fsgrammar",
 					"repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/ionide/ionide-fsgrammar",
-					"commitHash": "b38420f8569aa662b4862beb407a02e527e866c1"
+					"commitHash": "c62c78404d0b2c14816aae61ac0688663a5990a3"
 				}
 			},
 			"license": "MIT",
diff --git a/extensions/fsharp/syntaxes/fsharp.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/fsharp/syntaxes/fsharp.tmLanguage.json
index 9594d1b6ce8..8ba555b7772 100644
--- a/extensions/fsharp/syntaxes/fsharp.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/fsharp/syntaxes/fsharp.tmLanguage.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"If you want to provide a fix or improvement, please create a pull request against the original repository.",
 		"Once accepted there, we are happy to receive an update request."
 	],
-	"version": "https://github.com/ionide/ionide-fsgrammar/commit/b38420f8569aa662b4862beb407a02e527e866c1",
+	"version": "https://github.com/ionide/ionide-fsgrammar/commit/c62c78404d0b2c14816aae61ac0688663a5990a3",
 	"name": "fsharp",
 	"scopeName": "source.fsharp",
 	"patterns": [
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@
 		},
 		"abstract_definition": {
 			"name": "abstract.definition.fsharp",
-			"begin": "\\b(static)?\\s+(abstract)\\s+(member)?(\\s+\\[\\<.*\\>\\])?\\s*([_[:alpha:]0-9,\\._`\\s]+)(<)?",
+			"begin": "\\b(static\\s+)?(abstract)\\s+(member)?(\\s+\\[\\<.*\\>\\])?\\s*([_[:alpha:]0-9,\\._`\\s]+)(<)?",
 			"end": "\\s*(with)\\b|=|$",
 			"beginCaptures": {
 				"1": {
diff --git a/extensions/go/cgmanifest.json b/extensions/go/cgmanifest.json
index 39db8ac979f..ae7228fa1ae 100644
--- a/extensions/go/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/extensions/go/cgmanifest.json
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 				"git": {
 					"name": "go-syntax",
 					"repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/worlpaker/go-syntax",
-					"commitHash": "b40fb01f2cf48bc24e6f4030373311b0402b158e"
+					"commitHash": "ce0d1d19653dc264d8e53f97cb45cc8d1689f221"
 				}
 			},
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"description": "The file syntaxes/go.tmLanguage.json is from https://github.com/worlpaker/go-syntax, which in turn was derived from https://github.com/jeff-hykin/better-go-syntax.",
-			"version": "0.7.6"
+			"version": "0.7.7"
 		}
 	],
 	"version": 1
diff --git a/extensions/go/syntaxes/go.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/go/syntaxes/go.tmLanguage.json
index bc56a1b97ee..8ae31fdbe31 100644
--- a/extensions/go/syntaxes/go.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/go/syntaxes/go.tmLanguage.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"If you want to provide a fix or improvement, please create a pull request against the original repository.",
 		"Once accepted there, we are happy to receive an update request."
 	],
-	"version": "https://github.com/worlpaker/go-syntax/commit/b40fb01f2cf48bc24e6f4030373311b0402b158e",
+	"version": "https://github.com/worlpaker/go-syntax/commit/ce0d1d19653dc264d8e53f97cb45cc8d1689f221",
 	"name": "Go",
 	"scopeName": "source.go",
 	"patterns": [
@@ -2192,7 +2192,7 @@
 							]
 						}
 					},
-					"end": "(?:(?<=\\])((?:\\s+)(?:(?:(?:[\\*\\[\\]]+)?(?:\\<\\-\\s*)?\\bchan\\b(?:\\s*\\<\\-)?\\s*)+)?(?:(?!(?:[\\[\\]\\*]+)?(?:\\bstruct\\b|\\binterface\\b|\\bfunc\\b))[\\w\\.\\-\\*\\[\\]]+(?:\\,\\s+[\\w\\.\\[\\]\\*]+)*))?)",
+					"end": "(?:(?<=\\])((?:\\s+)(?:\\=\\s*)?(?:(?:(?:[\\*\\[\\]]+)?(?:\\<\\-\\s*)?\\bchan\\b(?:\\s*\\<\\-)?\\s*)+)?(?:(?!(?:[\\[\\]\\*]+)?(?:\\bstruct\\b|\\binterface\\b|\\bfunc\\b))[\\w\\.\\-\\*\\[\\]]+(?:\\,\\s*[\\w\\.\\[\\]\\*]+)*))?)",
 					"endCaptures": {
 						"1": {
 							"patterns": [
diff --git a/extensions/latex/cgmanifest.json b/extensions/latex/cgmanifest.json
index 3c7203d5d2a..609d875ac2f 100644
--- a/extensions/latex/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/extensions/latex/cgmanifest.json
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 				"git": {
 					"name": "jlelong/vscode-latex-basics",
 					"repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/jlelong/vscode-latex-basics",
-					"commitHash": "969429cb9230a63f9155987f069acd4234d10e1a"
+					"commitHash": "56e2dc967e6bafafc1acfeeb80af42b8328b021a"
 				}
 			},
 			"license": "MIT",
-			"version": "1.9.0",
+			"version": "1.7.0",
 			"description": "The files in syntaxes/ were originally part of https://github.com/James-Yu/LaTeX-Workshop. They have been extracted in the hope that they can useful outside of the LaTeX-Workshop extension.",
 			"licenseDetail": [
 				"Copyright (c) vscode-latex-basics authors",
diff --git a/extensions/latex/syntaxes/LaTeX.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/latex/syntaxes/LaTeX.tmLanguage.json
index bc97a73bda8..e06d8553846 100644
--- a/extensions/latex/syntaxes/LaTeX.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/latex/syntaxes/LaTeX.tmLanguage.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"If you want to provide a fix or improvement, please create a pull request against the original repository.",
 		"Once accepted there, we are happy to receive an update request."
 	],
-	"version": "https://github.com/jlelong/vscode-latex-basics/commit/969429cb9230a63f9155987f069acd4234d10e1a",
+	"version": "https://github.com/jlelong/vscode-latex-basics/commit/59971565a7065dbb617576c04add9d891b056319",
 	"name": "LaTeX",
 	"scopeName": "text.tex.latex",
 	"patterns": [
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@
 					]
 				}
 			},
-			"contentName": "punctuation.definition.comment.latex",
+			"contentName": "comment.line.percentage.latex",
 			"end": "(\\\\end\\{\\2\\})",
 			"name": "meta.function.verbatim.latex"
 		},
diff --git a/extensions/latex/syntaxes/TeX.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/latex/syntaxes/TeX.tmLanguage.json
index 0cb03e61466..b3a32817482 100644
--- a/extensions/latex/syntaxes/TeX.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/latex/syntaxes/TeX.tmLanguage.json
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 		"If you want to provide a fix or improvement, please create a pull request against the original repository.",
 		"Once accepted there, we are happy to receive an update request."
 	],
-	"version": "https://github.com/jlelong/vscode-latex-basics/commit/5d7c2a4e451a932b776f6d9342087be6a1e8c0a1",
+	"version": "https://github.com/jlelong/vscode-latex-basics/commit/df6ef817c932d24da5cc72927344a547e463cc65",
 	"name": "TeX",
 	"scopeName": "text.tex",
 	"patterns": [
 		{
-			"begin": "(?<=^\\s*)((\\\\)iffalse)",
+			"begin": "(?<=^\\s*)((\\\\)iffalse)(?!\\s*[{}]\\s*\\\\fi)",
 			"beginCaptures": {
 				"1": {
 					"name": "keyword.control.tex"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 				}
 			},
 			"contentName": "comment.line.percentage.tex",
-			"end": "(?<=^\\s*)((\\\\)(?:else|fi))",
+			"end": "((\\\\)(?:else|fi))",
 			"endCaptures": {
 				"1": {
 					"name": "keyword.control.tex"
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 				{
 					"include": "#comment"
 				},
+				{
+					"include": "#braces"
+				},
 				{
 					"include": "#conditionals"
 				}
diff --git a/extensions/perl/cgmanifest.json b/extensions/perl/cgmanifest.json
index cd175abe37d..b7c850dd1aa 100644
--- a/extensions/perl/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/extensions/perl/cgmanifest.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 				"git": {
 					"name": "textmate/perl.tmbundle",
 					"repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/textmate/perl.tmbundle",
-					"commitHash": "a85927a902d6e5d7805f56a653f324d34dfad53a"
+					"commitHash": "d9841a0878239fa43f88c640f8d458590f97e8f5"
 				}
 			},
 			"licenseDetail": [
diff --git a/extensions/r/cgmanifest.json b/extensions/r/cgmanifest.json
index b1ccd271d81..7f012c6076e 100644
--- a/extensions/r/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/extensions/r/cgmanifest.json
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 				"git": {
 					"name": "REditorSupport/vscode-R",
 					"repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R",
-					"commitHash": "ad966f3b2de8a83594f90aa5b51f5b569cf02c08"
+					"commitHash": "c937cdd39982995d8ee1f1125919f7c2d150b35d"
 				}
 			},
 			"license": "MIT",
-			"version": "2.8.1"
+			"version": "2.8.4"
 		}
 	],
 	"version": 1
diff --git a/extensions/r/syntaxes/r.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/r/syntaxes/r.tmLanguage.json
index d50ab5b6d78..dcdc9622bf7 100644
--- a/extensions/r/syntaxes/r.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/r/syntaxes/r.tmLanguage.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"If you want to provide a fix or improvement, please create a pull request against the original repository.",
 		"Once accepted there, we are happy to receive an update request."
 	],
-	"version": "https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/commit/ad966f3b2de8a83594f90aa5b51f5b569cf02c08",
+	"version": "https://github.com/REditorSupport/vscode-R/commit/c937cdd39982995d8ee1f1125919f7c2d150b35d",
 	"name": "R",
 	"scopeName": "source.r",
 	"patterns": [
@@ -158,14 +158,6 @@
 				{
 					"match": "\\b([[:alnum:]_]+)(?=::)",
 					"name": "entity.namespace.r"
-				},
-				{
-					"match": "\\b([[:alnum:]._]+)\\b",
-					"name": "variable.other.r"
-				},
-				{
-					"match": "(`[^`]+`)",
-					"name": "variable.other.r"
 				}
 			]
 		},
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/test/colorize-results/test_r.json b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/test/colorize-results/test_r.json
index 128918635b5..44936307a05 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/test/colorize-results/test_r.json
+++ b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/test/colorize-results/test_r.json
@@ -476,21 +476,7 @@
 		}
 	},
 	{
-		"c": "x",
-		"t": "source.r variable.other.r",
-		"r": {
-			"dark_plus": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"light_plus": "variable: #001080",
-			"dark_vs": "default: #D4D4D4",
-			"light_vs": "default: #000000",
-			"hc_black": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"dark_modern": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"hc_light": "variable: #001080",
-			"light_modern": "variable: #001080"
-		}
-	},
-	{
-		"c": ", ",
+		"c": "x, y",
 		"t": "source.r",
 		"r": {
 			"dark_plus": "default: #D4D4D4",
@@ -503,20 +489,6 @@
 			"light_modern": "default: #3B3B3B"
 		}
 	},
-	{
-		"c": "y",
-		"t": "source.r variable.other.r",
-		"r": {
-			"dark_plus": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"light_plus": "variable: #001080",
-			"dark_vs": "default: #D4D4D4",
-			"light_vs": "default: #000000",
-			"hc_black": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"dark_modern": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"hc_light": "variable: #001080",
-			"light_modern": "variable: #001080"
-		}
-	},
 	{
 		"c": ")",
 		"t": "source.r punctuation.section.parens.end.r",
@@ -560,35 +532,7 @@
 		}
 	},
 	{
-		"c": "  ",
-		"t": "source.r",
-		"r": {
-			"dark_plus": "default: #D4D4D4",
-			"light_plus": "default: #000000",
-			"dark_vs": "default: #D4D4D4",
-			"light_vs": "default: #000000",
-			"hc_black": "default: #FFFFFF",
-			"dark_modern": "default: #CCCCCC",
-			"hc_light": "default: #292929",
-			"light_modern": "default: #3B3B3B"
-		}
-	},
-	{
-		"c": "x",
-		"t": "source.r variable.other.r",
-		"r": {
-			"dark_plus": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"light_plus": "variable: #001080",
-			"dark_vs": "default: #D4D4D4",
-			"light_vs": "default: #000000",
-			"hc_black": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"dark_modern": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"hc_light": "variable: #001080",
-			"light_modern": "variable: #001080"
-		}
-	},
-	{
-		"c": " ",
+		"c": "  x ",
 		"t": "source.r",
 		"r": {
 			"dark_plus": "default: #D4D4D4",
@@ -616,7 +560,7 @@
 		}
 	},
 	{
-		"c": " ",
+		"c": " y",
 		"t": "source.r",
 		"r": {
 			"dark_plus": "default: #D4D4D4",
@@ -629,20 +573,6 @@
 			"light_modern": "default: #3B3B3B"
 		}
 	},
-	{
-		"c": "y",
-		"t": "source.r variable.other.r",
-		"r": {
-			"dark_plus": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"light_plus": "variable: #001080",
-			"dark_vs": "default: #D4D4D4",
-			"light_vs": "default: #000000",
-			"hc_black": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"dark_modern": "variable: #9CDCFE",
-			"hc_light": "variable: #001080",
-			"light_modern": "variable: #001080"
-		}
-	},
 	{
 		"c": "}",
 		"t": "source.r punctuation.section.braces.end.r",