diff --git a/vim-sh-syntax.patch b/vim-sh-syntax.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cd3373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim-sh-syntax.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/runtime/syntax/sh.vim b/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
+index 13d74db..4f7fafb 100644
+--- a/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
++++ b/runtime/syntax/sh.vim
+@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ syn match   shEscape	contained	'\%(^\)\@!\%(\\\\\)*\\.'	nextgroup=shComment
+ " systems too, however, so the following syntax will flag $(..) as
+ " an Error under /bin/sh.  By consensus of vimdev'ers!
+ if exists("b:is_kornshell") || exists("b:is_bash") || exists("b:is_posix")
+- syn region shCommandSub matchgroup=shCmdSubRegion start="\$(\ze[^(]\|$"  skip='\\\\\|\\.' end=")"  contains=@shCommandSubList
++ syn region shCommandSub matchgroup=shCmdSubRegion start="\$(\ze[^(]"  skip='\\\\\|\\.' end=")"  contains=@shCommandSubList
+  syn region shArithmetic matchgroup=shArithRegion  start="\$((" skip='\\\\\|\\.' end="))" contains=@shArithList
+  syn region shArithmetic matchgroup=shArithRegion  start="\$\[" skip='\\\\\|\\.' end="\]" contains=@shArithList
+  syn match  shSkipInitWS contained	"^\s\+"
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index a876dcc..8145605 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Summary: The VIM editor
 URL:     http://www.vim.org/
 Name: vim
 Version: %{baseversion}.%{patchlevel}
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 Epoch: 2
 License: Vim and MIT
 Source0: ftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/unix/vim-%{baseversion}-%{patchlevel}.tar.bz2
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ Patch3003: vim-python3-tests.patch
 Patch3004: vim-crypto-warning.patch
 # don't ever set mouse (Fedora downstream patch)
 Patch3005: vim-8.0-copy-paste.patch
+# 2169641 - Syntax highlight for sh files broken
+Patch3006: vim-sh-syntax.patch
 
 
 # uses autoconf in spec file
@@ -386,6 +388,7 @@ perl -pi -e "s,bin/nawk,bin/awk,g" runtime/tools/mve.awk
 %patch3003 -p1 -b .python-tests
 %patch3004 -p1 -b .fips-warning
 %patch3005 -p1 -b .copypaste
+%patch3006 -p1 -b .sh-syntax
 
 %build
 cd src
@@ -1003,6 +1006,9 @@ touch %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/vimfiles/doc/tags
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 14 2023 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 2:9.0.1293-2
+- 2169641 - Syntax highlight for sh files broken
+
 * Thu Feb 09 2023 Zdenek Dohnal <zdohnal@redhat.com> - 2:9.0.1293-1
 - patchlevel 1293