diff --git a/crates/typst-syntax/src/ast.rs b/crates/typst-syntax/src/ast.rs
index 547d53cd8..c51eaeec8 100644
--- a/crates/typst-syntax/src/ast.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-syntax/src/ast.rs
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ impl Shorthand<'_> {
         ("--", '\u{2013}'),
         ("---", '\u{2014}'),
         ("-?", '\u{00AD}'),
+        ("-!", '\u{2011}'),
     ];
 
     /// Get the shorthanded character.
diff --git a/crates/typst-syntax/src/lexer.rs b/crates/typst-syntax/src/lexer.rs
index 82f65cd36..59a89d138 100644
--- a/crates/typst-syntax/src/lexer.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-syntax/src/lexer.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ impl Lexer<'_> {
             '-' if self.s.eat_if("--") => SyntaxKind::Shorthand,
             '-' if self.s.eat_if('-') => SyntaxKind::Shorthand,
             '-' if self.s.eat_if('?') => SyntaxKind::Shorthand,
+            '-' if self.s.eat_if('!') => SyntaxKind::Shorthand,
             '-' if self.s.at(char::is_numeric) => SyntaxKind::Shorthand,
             '*' if !self.in_word() => SyntaxKind::Star,
             '_' if !self.in_word() => SyntaxKind::Underscore,
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ impl Lexer<'_> {
             match s.eat() {
                 Some(' ') if s.at(char::is_alphanumeric) => {}
                 Some('/') if !s.at(['/', '*']) => {}
-                Some('-') if !s.at(['-', '?']) => {}
+                Some('-') if !s.at(['-', '?', '!']) => {}
                 Some('.') if !s.at("..") => {}
                 Some('h') if !s.at("ttp://") && !s.at("ttps://") => {}
                 Some('@') if !s.at(is_valid_in_label_literal) => {}
diff --git a/tests/ref/shorthand-nbsp-and-shy-hyphen.png b/tests/ref/shorthand-nbsp-and-shy-hyphen.png
index e6984bb79..ad5a92a13 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/shorthand-nbsp-and-shy-hyphen.png and b/tests/ref/shorthand-nbsp-and-shy-hyphen.png differ
diff --git a/tests/suite/layout/inline/linebreak.typ b/tests/suite/layout/inline/linebreak.typ
index 86a900252..7de01490a 100644
--- a/tests/suite/layout/inline/linebreak.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/layout/inline/linebreak.typ
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Expialigoricmetrioxidation.
 
 --- linebreak-hyphen-nbsp ---
 // Test for non-breaking space and hyphen.
-There are non\u{2011}breaking~characters.
+There are non-!breaking~characters.
 
 --- linebreak-narrow-nbsp ---
 // Test for narrow non-breaking space.
diff --git a/tests/suite/syntax/shorthand.typ b/tests/suite/syntax/shorthand.typ
index 7d1782b9f..696a794e0 100644
--- a/tests/suite/syntax/shorthand.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/syntax/shorthand.typ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Test shorthands for unicode codepoints.
 
 --- shorthand-nbsp-and-shy-hyphen ---
-The non-breaking space~does work, soft-?hyphen also does.
+The non-breaking space~does work, soft-?hyphen does, and non-!breaking hyphen also does.
 
 --- shorthand-nbsp-width ---
 // Make sure non-breaking and normal space always
diff --git a/tools/support/typst.tmLanguage.json b/tools/support/typst.tmLanguage.json
index 104df060e..a8e85bc91 100644
--- a/tools/support/typst.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/tools/support/typst.tmLanguage.json
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
           "name": "punctuation.definition.nonbreaking-space.typst",
           "match": "~"
         },
+        {
+          "name": "punctuation.definition.nonbreaking-hyphen.typst",
+          "match": "-!"
+        },
         {
           "name": "punctuation.definition.shy.typst",
           "match": "-\\?"