diff --git a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/languagefeatures.cpp b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/languagefeatures.cpp
index d76f03f0b68..29cc1b01c83 100644
--- a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/languagefeatures.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/languagefeatures.cpp
@@ -491,10 +491,24 @@ void SemanticHighlightToken::appendToByteArray(QByteArray &byteArray) const
     byteArray.append(char((scope & 0x00ff)));
 }
 
+Utils::variant<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier, TextDocumentIdentifier>
+SemanticHighlightingParams::textDocument() const
+{
+    VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier textDocument = fromJsonValue<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier>(
+        value(textDocumentKey));
+    ErrorHierarchy error;
+    if (!textDocument.isValid(&error)) {
+        return TextDocumentIdentifier(textDocument);
+    } else {
+        return textDocument;
+    }
+}
+
 bool SemanticHighlightingParams::isValid(ErrorHierarchy *error) const
 {
-    return check<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier>(error, textDocumentKey)
-            && checkArray<SemanticHighlightingInformation>(error, linesKey);
+    return checkVariant<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier, TextDocumentIdentifier>(error,
+                                                                                 textDocumentKey)
+           && checkArray<SemanticHighlightingInformation>(error, linesKey);
 }
 
 } // namespace LanguageServerProtocol
diff --git a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/languagefeatures.h b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/languagefeatures.h
index bee7cbd04f6..e9a1bdd537e 100644
--- a/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/languagefeatures.h
+++ b/src/libs/languageserverprotocol/languagefeatures.h
@@ -841,8 +841,9 @@ class LANGUAGESERVERPROTOCOL_EXPORT SemanticHighlightingParams : public JsonObje
 public:
     using JsonObject::JsonObject;
 
-    VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier textDocument() const
-    { return typedValue<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier>(textDocumentKey); }
+    Utils::variant<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier, TextDocumentIdentifier> textDocument() const;
+    void setTextDocument(const TextDocumentIdentifier &textDocument)
+    { insert(textDocumentKey, textDocument); }
     void setTextDocument(const VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier &textDocument)
     { insert(textDocumentKey, textDocument); }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp b/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
index 851acd8668a..6cf6ac709b7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/client.cpp
@@ -1215,9 +1215,18 @@ void Client::handleDiagnostics(const PublishDiagnosticsParams &params)
 
 void Client::handleSemanticHighlight(const SemanticHighlightingParams &params)
 {
-    const DocumentUri &uri = params.textDocument().uri();
+    DocumentUri uri;
+    LanguageClientValue<int> version;
+    auto textDocument = params.textDocument();
+
+    if (Utils::holds_alternative<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier>(textDocument)) {
+        uri = Utils::get<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier>(textDocument).uri();
+        version = Utils::get<VersionedTextDocumentIdentifier>(textDocument).version();
+    } else {
+        uri = Utils::get<TextDocumentIdentifier>(textDocument).uri();
+    }
+
     m_highlights[uri].clear();
-    const LanguageClientValue<int> &version = params.textDocument().version();
     TextEditor::TextDocument *doc = TextEditor::TextDocument::textDocumentForFilePath(
         uri.toFilePath());