diff --git a/components/prism-less.js b/components/prism-less.js
index 0ed468c543..712488a6c8 100644
--- a/components/prism-less.js
+++ b/components/prism-less.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Prism.languages.less = Prism.languages.extend('css', {
 		}
 	},
 
-	'property': /(\b|\B)(?:@\{[\w-]+\}|[\w-])+(?:\+_?)?(?=\s*:)/i,
+	'property': /(?:@\{[\w-]+\}|[\w-])+(?:\+_?)?(?=\s*:)/i,
 	'punctuation': /[{}();:,]/,
 	'operator': /[+\-*\/]/
 });
diff --git a/components/prism-less.min.js b/components/prism-less.min.js
index e470eab9b0..c3847a769a 100644
--- a/components/prism-less.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-less.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.less=Prism.languages.extend("css",{comment:[/\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\//,{pattern:/(^|[^\\])\/\/.*/,lookbehind:!0}],atrule:{pattern:/@[\w-]+?(?:\([^{}]+\)|[^(){};])*?(?=\s*\{)/i,inside:{punctuation:/[:()]/}},selector:{pattern:/(?:@\{[\w-]+\}|[^{};\s@])(?:@\{[\w-]+\}|\([^{}]*\)|[^{};@])*?(?=\s*\{)/,inside:{variable:/@+[\w-]+/}},property:/(\b|\B)(?:@\{[\w-]+\}|[\w-])+(?:\+_?)?(?=\s*:)/i,punctuation:/[{}();:,]/,operator:/[+\-*\/]/}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("less","punctuation",{"function":Prism.languages.less.function}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("less","property",{variable:[{pattern:/@[\w-]+\s*:/,inside:{punctuation:/:/}},/@@?[\w-]+/],"mixin-usage":{pattern:/([{;]\s*)[.#](?!\d)[\w-]+.*?(?=[(;])/,lookbehind:!0,alias:"function"}});
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+Prism.languages.less=Prism.languages.extend("css",{comment:[/\/\*[\w\W]*?\*\//,{pattern:/(^|[^\\])\/\/.*/,lookbehind:!0}],atrule:{pattern:/@[\w-]+?(?:\([^{}]+\)|[^(){};])*?(?=\s*\{)/i,inside:{punctuation:/[:()]/}},selector:{pattern:/(?:@\{[\w-]+\}|[^{};\s@])(?:@\{[\w-]+\}|\([^{}]*\)|[^{};@])*?(?=\s*\{)/,inside:{variable:/@+[\w-]+/}},property:/(?:@\{[\w-]+\}|[\w-])+(?:\+_?)?(?=\s*:)/i,punctuation:/[{}();:,]/,operator:/[+\-*\/]/}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("less","punctuation",{"function":Prism.languages.less.function}),Prism.languages.insertBefore("less","property",{variable:[{pattern:/@[\w-]+\s*:/,inside:{punctuation:/:/}},/@@?[\w-]+/],"mixin-usage":{pattern:/([{;]\s*)[.#](?!\d)[\w-]+.*?(?=[(;])/,lookbehind:!0,alias:"function"}});
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