diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 0012b4b61f1fee3964410d5a59f7b284095b3bce..bd1b17f62cc9ec667d9f1cdd6f2eb11592ae97a9 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
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-        "wpackagist-plugin/wp-syntax": "1.1",
+        "wpackagist-plugin/wp-syntax": "1.2",
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diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 63547c63f12990f0f4ec7e145a4da4dcfad1e8c8..1a90c92c087c14a6c504989ebb84fd69dc39bcee 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
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+    "content-hash": "47d89a58150f6ddd95a3d1758de4395b",
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@@ -1420,15 +1420,15 @@
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+            "version": "1.2",
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                 "url": "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-syntax/",
-                "reference": "tags/1.1"
+                "reference": "tags/1.2"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-syntax.1.1.zip"
+                "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-syntax.1.2.zip"
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