diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 112ed8561b..54bdc98fbf 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Grammars:
 - enh(scala) add missing `do` and `then` keyword (#3323) [Nicolas Stucki][]
 - enh(scala) add missing `enum`, `export` and `given` keywords (#3328) [Nicolas Stucki][]
 - enh(scala) remove symbol syntax and fix quoted code syntax (#3324) [Nicolas Stucki][]
+- enh(scala) add `using` soft keyword (#3330) [Nicolas Stucki][]
 
 [Austin Schick]: https://github.com/austin-schick
 [Josh Goebel]: https://github.com/joshgoebel
diff --git a/src/languages/scala.js b/src/languages/scala.js
index ae84bff1f5..30c5c1d7e2 100644
--- a/src/languages/scala.js
+++ b/src/languages/scala.js
@@ -107,11 +107,22 @@ export default function(hljs) {
   const METHOD = {
     className: 'function',
     beginKeywords: 'def',
-    end: /[:={\[(\n;]/,
+    end: /(?=[:={\[(\n;])/,
     excludeEnd: true,
     contains: [ NAME ]
   };
 
+  const USING_PARAM_CLAUSE = {
+    begin: [
+      /[(]\s*/, // Opening `(` of a parameter or argument list
+      /using/,
+      /\s+(?!\))/ // Spaces not followed by `)`
+    ],
+    beginScope: {
+      2: "keyword",
+    }
+  };
+
   return {
     name: 'Scala',
     keywords: {
@@ -126,6 +137,7 @@ export default function(hljs) {
       METHOD,
       CLASS,
       hljs.C_NUMBER_MODE,
+      USING_PARAM_CLAUSE,
       ANNOTATION
     ]
   };
diff --git a/test/markup/scala/quoted-code.expect.txt b/test/markup/scala/quoted-code.expect.txt
index 74b90ece70..b0d393b4ab 100644
--- a/test/markup/scala/quoted-code.expect.txt
+++ b/test/markup/scala/quoted-code.expect.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title">f</span></span>(using <span class="hljs-type">Quotes</span>) = &#x27;{ <span class="hljs-keyword">val</span> x = <span class="hljs-number">1</span>; ${g(&#x27;x)} }
+<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title">f</span></span>(<span class="hljs-keyword">using</span> <span class="hljs-type">Quotes</span>) = &#x27;{ <span class="hljs-keyword">val</span> x = <span class="hljs-number">1</span>; ${g(&#x27;x)} }
diff --git a/test/markup/scala/using.expect.txt b/test/markup/scala/using.expect.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e56803f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/markup/scala/using.expect.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title">f</span></span>(<span class="hljs-keyword">using</span> x: <span class="hljs-type">Int</span>) = <span class="hljs-number">1</span>
+<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title">g</span></span>(<span class="hljs-keyword">using</span> <span class="hljs-type">Int</span>) = <span class="hljs-number">1</span>
+<span class="hljs-keyword">given</span> (<span class="hljs-keyword">using</span> ev: <span class="hljs-type">Ev</span>): <span class="hljs-type">Foo</span> = ???
+
+<span class="hljs-function"><span class="hljs-keyword">def</span> <span class="hljs-title">expressions</span> </span>=
+  f(<span class="hljs-keyword">using</span> <span class="hljs-number">2</span>)
+
+  <span class="hljs-comment">// not `using` keyword</span>
+  (using)
+  (using )
+  ( using )
diff --git a/test/markup/scala/using.txt b/test/markup/scala/using.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51df71d1a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/markup/scala/using.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+def f(using x: Int) = 1
+def g(using Int) = 1
+given (using ev: Ev): Foo = ???
+
+def expressions =
+  f(using 2)
+
+  // not `using` keyword
+  (using)
+  (using )
+  ( using )