diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4fbec70be6..bfb4557be0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Language Improvements:
 - fix(csharp) prevent modifier keywords wrongly flagged as `title` (#2683) [Josh Goebel][]
 - enh(axapta) Update keyword list for Axapta (X++) (#2686) [Ryan Jonasson][]
 - fix(fortran) FORTRAN 77-style comments (#2677) [Philipp Engel][]
+- fix(c-like) Correctly highlight modifiers (`final`) in class declaration (#2696) [Josh Goebel][]
 
 [David Pine]: https://github.com/IEvangelist
 [Josh Goebel]: https://github.com/yyyc514
diff --git a/src/languages/c-like.js b/src/languages/c-like.js
index 11fad83a89..cfc040c7fb 100644
--- a/src/languages/c-like.js
+++ b/src/languages/c-like.js
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ export default function(hljs) {
         className: 'class',
         beginKeywords: 'class struct', end: /[{;:]/,
         contains: [
+          { beginKeywords: "final" },
           {begin: /</, end: />/, contains: ['self']}, // skip generic stuff
           hljs.TITLE_MODE
         ]