diff --git a/.changeset/silver-dancers-heal.md b/.changeset/silver-dancers-heal.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3be56e555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silver-dancers-heal.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'gitbook': patch
+---
+
+Disable C/C++ highlight temporarily
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index c9c2b40b2..59ef693f7 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/package.json b/packages/gitbook/package.json
index f5242313f..b9d3b71f5 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/package.json
+++ b/packages/gitbook/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         "remark-rehype": "^11.1.0",
         "rison": "^0.1.1",
         "server-only": "^0.0.1",
-        "shiki": "^1.26.1",
+        "shiki": "^1.27.2",
         "tailwind-merge": "^2.2.0",
         "tailwind-shades": "^1.1.2",
         "unified": "^11.0.4",
diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/components/DocumentView/CodeBlock/highlight.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/components/DocumentView/CodeBlock/highlight.ts
index a7b6d4b03..c3d6ee054 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/components/DocumentView/CodeBlock/highlight.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/components/DocumentView/CodeBlock/highlight.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ function getLanguageForSyntax(syntax: string): BundledLanguage | null {
     // Normalize the syntax to lowercase.
     syntax = syntax.toLowerCase();
 
+    // Temporary disable highlighting for C/C++ code blocks
+    // @see https://github.com/shikijs/shiki/issues/893
+    if (syntax === 'cpp' || syntax === 'c') {
+        return null;
+    }
+
     // Check if the syntax is a bundled language.
     if (checkIsBundledLanguage(syntax)) {
         return syntax;