diff --git a/components/prism-python.js b/components/prism-python.js
index 9cf2fcca12..0dba9bbc91 100644
--- a/components/prism-python.js
+++ b/components/prism-python.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Prism.languages.python = {
 	'builtin': /\b(?:__import__|abs|all|any|apply|ascii|basestring|bin|bool|buffer|bytearray|bytes|callable|chr|classmethod|cmp|coerce|compile|complex|delattr|dict|dir|divmod|enumerate|eval|execfile|file|filter|float|format|frozenset|getattr|globals|hasattr|hash|help|hex|id|input|int|intern|isinstance|issubclass|iter|len|list|locals|long|map|max|memoryview|min|next|object|oct|open|ord|pow|property|range|raw_input|reduce|reload|repr|reversed|round|set|setattr|slice|sorted|staticmethod|str|sum|super|tuple|type|unichr|unicode|vars|xrange|zip)\b/,
 	'boolean': /\b(?:False|None|True)\b/,
 	'number': /\b0(?:b(?:_?[01])+|o(?:_?[0-7])+|x(?:_?[a-f0-9])+)\b|(?:\b\d+(?:_\d+)*(?:\.(?:\d+(?:_\d+)*)?)?|\B\.\d+(?:_\d+)*)(?:e[+-]?\d+(?:_\d+)*)?j?(?!\w)/i,
-	'operator': /[-+%=]=?|!=|\*\*?=?|\/\/?=?|<[<=>]?|>[=>]?|[&|^~]/,
+	'operator': /[-+%=]=?|!=|:=|\*\*?=?|\/\/?=?|<[<=>]?|>[=>]?|[&|^~]/,
 	'punctuation': /[{}[\];(),.:]/
 };
 
diff --git a/components/prism-python.min.js b/components/prism-python.min.js
index ddddefdd0a..9b7cbee9e3 100644
--- a/components/prism-python.min.js
+++ b/components/prism-python.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Prism.languages.python={comment:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])#.*/,lookbehind:!0},"string-interpolation":{pattern:/(?:f|fr|rf)(?:("""|''')[\s\S]*?\1|("|')(?:\\.|(?!\2)[^\\\r\n])*\2)/i,greedy:!0,inside:{interpolation:{pattern:/((?:^|[^{])(?:\{\{)*)\{(?!\{)(?:[^{}]|\{(?!\{)(?:[^{}]|\{(?!\{)(?:[^{}])+\})+\})+\}/,lookbehind:!0,inside:{"format-spec":{pattern:/(:)[^:(){}]+(?=\}$)/,lookbehind:!0},"conversion-option":{pattern:/![sra](?=[:}]$)/,alias:"punctuation"},rest:null}},string:/[\s\S]+/}},"triple-quoted-string":{pattern:/(?:[rub]|br|rb)?("""|''')[\s\S]*?\1/i,greedy:!0,alias:"string"},string:{pattern:/(?:[rub]|br|rb)?("|')(?:\\.|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/i,greedy:!0},function:{pattern:/((?:^|\s)def[ \t]+)[a-zA-Z_]\w*(?=\s*\()/g,lookbehind:!0},"class-name":{pattern:/(\bclass\s+)\w+/i,lookbehind:!0},decorator:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)@\w+(?:\.\w+)*/im,lookbehind:!0,alias:["annotation","punctuation"],inside:{punctuation:/\./}},keyword:/\b(?:and|as|assert|async|await|break|class|continue|def|del|elif|else|except|exec|finally|for|from|global|if|import|in|is|lambda|nonlocal|not|or|pass|print|raise|return|try|while|with|yield)\b/,builtin:/\b(?:__import__|abs|all|any|apply|ascii|basestring|bin|bool|buffer|bytearray|bytes|callable|chr|classmethod|cmp|coerce|compile|complex|delattr|dict|dir|divmod|enumerate|eval|execfile|file|filter|float|format|frozenset|getattr|globals|hasattr|hash|help|hex|id|input|int|intern|isinstance|issubclass|iter|len|list|locals|long|map|max|memoryview|min|next|object|oct|open|ord|pow|property|range|raw_input|reduce|reload|repr|reversed|round|set|setattr|slice|sorted|staticmethod|str|sum|super|tuple|type|unichr|unicode|vars|xrange|zip)\b/,boolean:/\b(?:False|None|True)\b/,number:/\b0(?:b(?:_?[01])+|o(?:_?[0-7])+|x(?:_?[a-f0-9])+)\b|(?:\b\d+(?:_\d+)*(?:\.(?:\d+(?:_\d+)*)?)?|\B\.\d+(?:_\d+)*)(?:e[+-]?\d+(?:_\d+)*)?j?(?!\w)/i,operator:/[-+%=]=?|!=|\*\*?=?|\/\/?=?|<[<=>]?|>[=>]?|[&|^~]/,punctuation:/[{}[\];(),.:]/},Prism.languages.python["string-interpolation"].inside.interpolation.inside.rest=Prism.languages.python,Prism.languages.py=Prism.languages.python;
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+Prism.languages.python={comment:{pattern:/(^|[^\\])#.*/,lookbehind:!0},"string-interpolation":{pattern:/(?:f|fr|rf)(?:("""|''')[\s\S]*?\1|("|')(?:\\.|(?!\2)[^\\\r\n])*\2)/i,greedy:!0,inside:{interpolation:{pattern:/((?:^|[^{])(?:\{\{)*)\{(?!\{)(?:[^{}]|\{(?!\{)(?:[^{}]|\{(?!\{)(?:[^{}])+\})+\})+\}/,lookbehind:!0,inside:{"format-spec":{pattern:/(:)[^:(){}]+(?=\}$)/,lookbehind:!0},"conversion-option":{pattern:/![sra](?=[:}]$)/,alias:"punctuation"},rest:null}},string:/[\s\S]+/}},"triple-quoted-string":{pattern:/(?:[rub]|br|rb)?("""|''')[\s\S]*?\1/i,greedy:!0,alias:"string"},string:{pattern:/(?:[rub]|br|rb)?("|')(?:\\.|(?!\1)[^\\\r\n])*\1/i,greedy:!0},function:{pattern:/((?:^|\s)def[ \t]+)[a-zA-Z_]\w*(?=\s*\()/g,lookbehind:!0},"class-name":{pattern:/(\bclass\s+)\w+/i,lookbehind:!0},decorator:{pattern:/(^[\t ]*)@\w+(?:\.\w+)*/im,lookbehind:!0,alias:["annotation","punctuation"],inside:{punctuation:/\./}},keyword:/\b(?:and|as|assert|async|await|break|class|continue|def|del|elif|else|except|exec|finally|for|from|global|if|import|in|is|lambda|nonlocal|not|or|pass|print|raise|return|try|while|with|yield)\b/,builtin:/\b(?:__import__|abs|all|any|apply|ascii|basestring|bin|bool|buffer|bytearray|bytes|callable|chr|classmethod|cmp|coerce|compile|complex|delattr|dict|dir|divmod|enumerate|eval|execfile|file|filter|float|format|frozenset|getattr|globals|hasattr|hash|help|hex|id|input|int|intern|isinstance|issubclass|iter|len|list|locals|long|map|max|memoryview|min|next|object|oct|open|ord|pow|property|range|raw_input|reduce|reload|repr|reversed|round|set|setattr|slice|sorted|staticmethod|str|sum|super|tuple|type|unichr|unicode|vars|xrange|zip)\b/,boolean:/\b(?:False|None|True)\b/,number:/\b0(?:b(?:_?[01])+|o(?:_?[0-7])+|x(?:_?[a-f0-9])+)\b|(?:\b\d+(?:_\d+)*(?:\.(?:\d+(?:_\d+)*)?)?|\B\.\d+(?:_\d+)*)(?:e[+-]?\d+(?:_\d+)*)?j?(?!\w)/i,operator:/[-+%=]=?|!=|:=|\*\*?=?|\/\/?=?|<[<=>]?|>[=>]?|[&|^~]/,punctuation:/[{}[\];(),.:]/},Prism.languages.python["string-interpolation"].inside.interpolation.inside.rest=Prism.languages.python,Prism.languages.py=Prism.languages.python;
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diff --git a/tests/languages/python/operator_feature.test b/tests/languages/python/operator_feature.test
index 6785336627..dd6f20dfbf 100644
--- a/tests/languages/python/operator_feature.test
+++ b/tests/languages/python/operator_feature.test
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 > >= >>
 = ==
 !=
+:=
 & | ^ ~
 
 ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -21,9 +22,10 @@
 	["operator", ">"], ["operator", ">="], ["operator", ">>"],
 	["operator", "="], ["operator", "=="],
 	["operator", "!="],
+	["operator", ":="],
 	["operator", "&"], ["operator", "|"], ["operator", "^"], ["operator", "~"]
 ]
 
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-Checks for all operators.
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+Checks for all operators.