diff --git a/extensions/yaml/package.json b/extensions/yaml/package.json
index d19c507bdfe47..2b0ee01396413 100644
--- a/extensions/yaml/package.json
+++ b/extensions/yaml/package.json
@@ -57,25 +57,31 @@
         "path": "./syntaxes/yaml.tmLanguage.json"
       },
       {
-				"scopeName": "source.yaml.1.3",
-				"path": "./syntaxes/yaml-1.3.tmLanguage.json"
-			},
-			{
-				"scopeName": "source.yaml.1.2",
-				"path": "./syntaxes/yaml-1.2.tmLanguage.json"
-			},
-			{
-				"scopeName": "source.yaml.1.1",
-				"path": "./syntaxes/yaml-1.1.tmLanguage.json"
-			},
-			{
-				"scopeName": "source.yaml.1.0",
-				"path": "./syntaxes/yaml-1.0.tmLanguage.json"
-			},
+        "scopeName": "source.yaml.1.3",
+        "path": "./syntaxes/yaml-1.3.tmLanguage.json"
+      },
+      {
+        "scopeName": "source.yaml.1.2",
+        "path": "./syntaxes/yaml-1.2.tmLanguage.json"
+      },
+      {
+        "scopeName": "source.yaml.1.1",
+        "path": "./syntaxes/yaml-1.1.tmLanguage.json"
+      },
+      {
+        "scopeName": "source.yaml.1.0",
+        "path": "./syntaxes/yaml-1.0.tmLanguage.json"
+      },
       {
         "language": "yaml",
         "scopeName": "source.yaml",
-        "path": "./syntaxes/yaml.tmLanguage.json"
+        "path": "./syntaxes/yaml.tmLanguage.json",
+        "unbalancedBracketScopes": [
+          "invalid.illegal",
+          "meta.scalar.yaml",
+          "storage.type.tag.shorthand.yaml",
+          "keyword.control.flow"
+        ]
       }
     ],
     "configurationDefaults": {