diff --git a/plugins/code_block.rb b/plugins/code_block.rb
index f2ae3e550ed6..c70e181e2842 100644
--- a/plugins/code_block.rb
+++ b/plugins/code_block.rb
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
       @caption = nil
       @filetype = nil
       @highlight = true
-      if markup =~ /\s*lang:([\w-]+)/i
+      if markup =~ /\s*lang:(\S+)/i
         @filetype = $1
-        markup = markup.sub(/\s*lang:([\w-]+)/i,'')
+        markup = markup.sub(/\s*lang:(\S+)/i,'')
       end
       if markup =~ CaptionUrlTitle
         @file = $1
diff --git a/plugins/include_code.rb b/plugins/include_code.rb
index 1ee3223f7cfc..220466b69d1f 100644
--- a/plugins/include_code.rb
+++ b/plugins/include_code.rb
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ class IncludeCodeTag < Liquid::Tag
     def initialize(tag_name, markup, tokens)
       @title = nil
       @file = nil
-      if markup.strip =~ /\s*lang:([\w-]+)/i
+      if markup.strip =~ /\s*lang:(\S+)/i
         @filetype = $1
-        markup = markup.strip.sub(/\s*lang:([\w-]+)/i,'')
+        markup = markup.strip.sub(/lang:\S+/i,'')
       end
       if markup.strip =~ /(.*)?(\s+|^)(\/*\S+)/i
         @title = $1 || nil