diff --git a/runtime/syntax/python.vim b/runtime/syntax/python.vim
index 138a04b461..4d0c8d4581 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/python.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/python.vim
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 " Language:	Python
 " Maintainer:	Zvezdan Petkovic <zpetkovic@acm.org>
 " Last Change:	2025 Sep 08
+" 2025 Sep 25 by Vim Project: fix wrong type highlighting #18394
 " Credits:	Neil Schemenauer <nas@python.ca>
 "		Dmitry Vasiliev
 "		Rob B
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ if !exists("python_no_builtin_highlight")
   syn keyword pythonBuiltin	setattr slice sorted staticmethod str sum super
   syn keyword pythonBuiltin	tuple vars zip __import__
   " only match `type` as a builtin when it's not followed by an identifier
-  syn match   pythonBuiltin	"\<type\ze\(\s\+\h\w*\)\@!"
+  syn match   pythonBuiltin	"\<type\>\ze\(\s\+\h\w*\)\@!"
   " avoid highlighting attributes as builtins
   syn match   pythonAttribute	/\.\h\w*/hs=s+1
 	\ contains=ALLBUT,pythonBuiltin,pythonClass,pythonFunction,pythonType,pythonAsync