diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c830bdb9e..53b1269345 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 - Added support for `dash` syntax, see #1654 (@mohamed-abdelnour)
 - Added support for `XAML` syntax, see #1590 and #1655 (@mohamed-abdelnour)
+- Apply `DotENV` syntax also for `.env.default` and `.env.defaults` files, see #1669
 
 
 ## New themes
diff --git a/assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/DotENV b/assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/DotENV
index a1c917633d..58201ba2ab 160000
--- a/assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/DotENV
+++ b/assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/DotENV
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a1c917633d3f3c4222cdcfac5b46831abff54d65
+Subproject commit 58201ba2abbbe6a12b2f6d0595efea3b388c1e38
diff --git a/assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/DotENV.sublime-syntax b/assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/DotENV.sublime-syntax
index dc03626c6f..708a5a828c 100644
--- a/assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/DotENV.sublime-syntax
+++ b/assets/syntaxes/02_Extra/DotENV.sublime-syntax
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 name: DotENV
 file_extensions:
   - .env
-  - .envrc
   - .env.dist
   - .env.local
   - .env.sample
@@ -19,8 +18,11 @@ file_extensions:
   - .env.production
   - .env.production.local
   - .env.dusk.local
-  - .flaskenv
   - .env.staging
+  - .env.default
+  - .env.defaults
+  - .envrc
+  - .flaskenv
 scope: source.env
 contexts:
   main: