diff --git a/plugin/syntastic.vim b/plugin/syntastic.vim
index c21cbc22..67f46c3b 100644
--- a/plugin/syntastic.vim
+++ b/plugin/syntastic.vim
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if has('reltime')
     let g:syntastic_start = reltime()
 endif
 
-let g:syntastic_version = '3.4.0-37'
+let g:syntastic_version = '3.4.0-39'
 
 " Sanity checks {{{1
 
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/dart/dartanalyzer.vim b/syntax_checkers/dart/dartanalyzer.vim
index edf71df3..9ff55a4a 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/dart/dartanalyzer.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/dart/dartanalyzer.vim
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_dart_dartanalyzer_GetHighlightRegex(error)
     if a:error['len']
         let lcol = a:error['col'] - 1
         let rcol = a:error['col'] + a:error['len']
-        let ret = '\%>' . lcol . 'c\%<' . rcol . 'c'
+        let ret = '\%>' . lcol . 'c.*\%<' . rcol . 'c'
     else
         let ret = ''
     endif
diff --git a/syntax_checkers/haxe/haxe.vim b/syntax_checkers/haxe/haxe.vim
index 90589420..fd2385f9 100644
--- a/syntax_checkers/haxe/haxe.vim
+++ b/syntax_checkers/haxe/haxe.vim
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function! SyntaxCheckers_haxe_haxe_GetLocList() dict
             \ 'cwd': fnamemodify(hxml, ':h') })
 
         for e in loclist
-            let e['hl'] = '\%>' . e['col'] . 'c\%<' . (e['nr'] + 1) . 'c'
+            let e['hl'] = '\%>' . e['col'] . 'c.*\%<' . (e['nr'] + 1) . 'c'
             let e['col'] += 1
             let e['nr'] = 0
         endfor