diff --git a/.aspect/rules/external_repository_action_cache/npm_translate_lock_LTE4Nzc1MDcwNjU= b/.aspect/rules/external_repository_action_cache/npm_translate_lock_LTE4Nzc1MDcwNjU=
index e5f26912be..dbbb66e23e 100755
--- a/.aspect/rules/external_repository_action_cache/npm_translate_lock_LTE4Nzc1MDcwNjU=
+++ b/.aspect/rules/external_repository_action_cache/npm_translate_lock_LTE4Nzc1MDcwNjU=
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 .npmrc=974837034
 pnpm-lock.yaml=1988059937
 yarn.lock=448809282
-package.json=-1818990980
+package.json=-1372627236
 pnpm-workspace.yaml=1711114604
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed1720c072..35bbcce481 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
           "source.ts"
         ],
         "embeddedLanguages": {
-          "text.html": "html",
+          "text.html.derivative": "html",
           "source.css": "css",
           "source.js": "javascript"
         }
@@ -174,12 +174,15 @@
       {
         "path": "./syntaxes/let-declaration.json",
         "scopeName": "template.let.ng",
-        "injectTo": [ "text.html.derivative" ]
+        "injectTo": ["text.html.derivative"]
       },
       {
         "path": "./syntaxes/template-tag.json",
         "scopeName": "template.tag.ng",
-        "injectTo": ["text.html.derivative"]
+        "injectTo": [
+          "text.html.derivative",
+          "source.ts"
+        ]
       },
       {
         "path": "./syntaxes/expression.json",
diff --git a/syntaxes/inline-template.json b/syntaxes/inline-template.json
index 04c9886424..e2e0f1fbd5 100644
--- a/syntaxes/inline-template.json
+++ b/syntaxes/inline-template.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
           "name": "string"
         }
       },
-      "contentName": "text.html",
+      "contentName": "text.html.derivative",
       "patterns": [
         {
           "include": "text.html.derivative"
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@
         {
           "include": "template.blocks.ng"
         },
-        {
-          "include": "template.tag.ng"
-        },
         {
           "include": "template.let.ng"
         }
diff --git a/syntaxes/src/inline-template.ts b/syntaxes/src/inline-template.ts
index 38294239ba..ff062833d2 100644
--- a/syntaxes/src/inline-template.ts
+++ b/syntaxes/src/inline-template.ts
@@ -37,13 +37,16 @@ export const InlineTemplate: GrammarDefinition = {
       // @ts-ignore
       end: /\1/,
       endCaptures: {0: {name: 'string'}},
-      contentName: 'text.html',
+      contentName: 'text.html.derivative',
       patterns: [
-        {include: 'text.html.derivative'},
-        {include: 'template.ng'},
-        {include: 'template.blocks.ng'},
-        {include: 'template.tag.ng'},
-        {include: 'template.let.ng'},
+        {include: 'text.html.derivative'}, {include: 'template.ng'},
+        {include: 'template.blocks.ng'}, {include: 'template.let.ng'},
+        // note: template.tag.ng isn't used here and needs to be directly injected into source.ts
+        // scopes at the top level because it relies entirely on the injectionSelector to filter its
+        // matching out of non-html tag contexts. Since we don't have any scopes that match HTML
+        // tags, we rely entirely on the text.html.derivative pattern matching and apply the tag
+        // scope via injectionSelector only rather than being able to include it in a pattern list
+        // of another match.
       ]
     }
   }
diff --git a/syntaxes/test/data/inline-template.ts.snap b/syntaxes/test/data/inline-template.ts.snap
index 5d0bdf021f..131c015cc2 100644
--- a/syntaxes/test/data/inline-template.ts.snap
+++ b/syntaxes/test/data/inline-template.ts.snap
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #          ^ inline-template.ng meta.object-literal.key.ts punctuation.separator.key-value.ts
 #           ^ inline-template.ng
 #            ^ inline-template.ng string
-#             ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html
+#             ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative
 #                        ^ inline-template.ng string
 #                         ^^ inline-template.ng
 >
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #          ^ inline-template.ng meta.object-literal.key.ts punctuation.separator.key-value.ts
 #           ^ inline-template.ng
 #            ^ inline-template.ng string
-#             ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html
+#             ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative
 #                        ^ inline-template.ng string
 #                         ^^ inline-template.ng
 >  template: "<div></div>",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #          ^ inline-template.ng meta.object-literal.key.ts punctuation.separator.key-value.ts
 #           ^ inline-template.ng
 #            ^ inline-template.ng string
-#             ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html
+#             ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative
 #                        ^ inline-template.ng string
 #                         ^^ inline-template.ng
 >  template: '<div></div>',
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #          ^ inline-template.ng meta.object-literal.key.ts punctuation.separator.key-value.ts
 #           ^ inline-template.ng
 #            ^ inline-template.ng string
-#             ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html
+#             ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative
 #                        ^ inline-template.ng string
 #                         ^^ inline-template.ng
 >
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 #               ^ inline-template.ng meta.brace.round.ts
 #                ^ inline-template.ng
 #                 ^ inline-template.ng string
-#                  ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html
+#                  ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative
 #                             ^ inline-template.ng string
 #                              ^ inline-template.ng
 #                               ^ inline-template.ng meta.brace.round.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 #             ^ inline-template.ng meta.object-literal.key.ts punctuation.separator.key-value.ts
 #              ^ inline-template.ng
 #               ^ inline-template.ng string
-#                ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html
+#                ^^^^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative
 #                           ^ inline-template.ng string
 >  /*
 #^^^^^ inline-template.ng
@@ -108,9 +108,9 @@
 #          ^ inline-template.ng meta.object-literal.key.ts punctuation.separator.key-value.ts
 #           ^ inline-template.ng
 #            ^ inline-template.ng string
-#             ^^ inline-template.ng text.html punctuation.definition.block.ts
-#               ^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html expression.ng variable.other.readwrite.ts
-#                       ^^ inline-template.ng text.html punctuation.definition.block.ts
+#             ^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative punctuation.definition.block.ts
+#               ^^^^^^^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative expression.ng variable.other.readwrite.ts
+#                       ^^ inline-template.ng text.html.derivative punctuation.definition.block.ts
 #                         ^ inline-template.ng string
 #                          ^^ inline-template.ng
 >})