diff --git a/lua/nvim-tree/renderer/decorator/git.lua b/lua/nvim-tree/renderer/decorator/git.lua
index 65a8df18b7f..41a5d2fdf25 100644
--- a/lua/nvim-tree/renderer/decorator/git.lua
+++ b/lua/nvim-tree/renderer/decorator/git.lua
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function GitDecorator:build_file_folder_hl_by_xy()
     ["RM"] = "NvimTreeGitFileRenamedHL",
     [" R"] = "NvimTreeGitFileRenamedHL",
     ["!!"] = "NvimTreeGitFileIgnoredHL",
-    [" A"] = "none",
+    [" A"] = "NvimTreeGitFileNewHL",
   }
 
   self.folder_hl_by_xy = {}