diff --git a/types/highlight.js/index.d.ts b/types/highlight.js/index.d.ts
index 7ae5d613fe..90cd27d90e 100644
--- a/types/highlight.js/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/highlight.js/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Type definitions for highlight.js v9.1.0
+// Type definitions for highlight.js v9.12
 // Project: https://github.com/isagalaev/highlight.js
 // Definitions by: Niklas Mollenhauer <https://github.com/nikeee>, Jeremy Hull <https://github.com/sourrust>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ declare namespace hljs
 		name: string,
 		value: string,
 		ignore_illegals?: boolean,
-		continuation?: boolean) : IHighlightResult;
+		continuation?: ICompiledMode) : IHighlightResult;
 	export function highlightAuto(
 		value: string,
 		languageSubset?: string[]) : IAutoHighlightResult;
@@ -156,4 +156,4 @@ declare namespace hljs
 
 declare module 'highlight.js' {
 	export = hljs;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}