diff --git a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
index 66c9a3eb..b565e862 100644
--- a/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
+++ b/lua/lazyvim/plugins/treesitter.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ return {
     version = false, -- last release is way too old and doesn't work on Windows
     build = ":TSUpdate",
     event = { "BufReadPost", "BufNewFile" },
+    cmd = { "TSUpdateSync" },
     dependencies = {
       {
         "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter-textobjects",