diff --git a/lua/telescope/previewers/buffer_previewer.lua b/lua/telescope/previewers/buffer_previewer.lua
index feb95f0..fad5dc9 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/previewers/buffer_previewer.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/previewers/buffer_previewer.lua
@@ -1124,8 +1124,9 @@ previewers.buffers = defaulter(function(opts)
           -- only set if winid and rows are matching
           pcall(vim.api.nvim_buf_set_extmark, bufnr, ns_previewer, lnum - 1, 0, {
             end_col = #line,
+            virt_text = { { line, "TelescopePreviewLine" } },
             virt_text_pos = "overlay",
-            hl_group = "TelescopePreviewLine",
+            hl_mode = "combine",
             ephemeral = true,
             priority = 101, -- 1 higher than treesitter
           })