diff --git a/runtime/filetype.vim b/runtime/filetype.vim
index 6e9f0b222..fbccf2299 100644
--- a/runtime/filetype.vim
+++ b/runtime/filetype.vim
@@ -2919,6 +2919,7 @@ au BufNewFile,BufRead *.y			call dist#ft#FTy()
 
 " Yaml
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.yaml,*.yml,*.eyaml		setf yaml
+au BufNewFile,BufRead */.kube/config	setf yaml
 
 " Raml
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.raml			setf raml
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_filetype.vim b/src/testdir/test_filetype.vim
index cca619bfa..09fc184ca 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_filetype.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_filetype.vim
@@ -885,7 +885,8 @@ def s:GetFilenameChecks(): dict<list<string>>
     xsd: ['file.xsd'],
     xslt: ['file.xsl', 'file.xslt'],
     yacc: ['file.yy', 'file.yxx', 'file.y++'],
-    yaml: ['file.yaml', 'file.yml', 'file.eyaml', 'any/.bundle/config', '.clangd', '.clang-format', '.clang-tidy', 'file.mplstyle', 'matplotlibrc', 'yarn.lock'],
+    yaml: ['file.yaml', 'file.yml', 'file.eyaml', 'any/.bundle/config', '.clangd', '.clang-format', '.clang-tidy', 'file.mplstyle', 'matplotlibrc', 'yarn.lock',
+           '/home/user/.kube/config'],
     yang: ['file.yang'],
     yuck: ['file.yuck'],
     z8a: ['file.z8a'],
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index ceb17ac42..4e5864f09 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    853,
 /**/
     852,
 /**/