diff --git a/_specifications/lsp/3.18/language/callHierarchy.md b/_specifications/lsp/3.18/language/callHierarchy.md
index 6567d119b..95595e1d5 100644
--- a/_specifications/lsp/3.18/language/callHierarchy.md
+++ b/_specifications/lsp/3.18/language/callHierarchy.md
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ interface CallHierarchyClientCapabilities {
 	 * capability as well.
 	 */
 	dynamicRegistration?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether the client supports reference tags.
+     * @since 3.18.0
+     */
+    referenceItemSupport?: boolean;
 }
 ```
 
@@ -69,6 +75,19 @@ _Response_:
 <div class="anchorHolder"><a href="#callHierarchyItem" name="callHierarchyItem" class="linkableAnchor"></a></div>
 
 ```typescript
+export namespace ReferenceTag {
+	/**
+	 * Determines a read access to the referenced symbol.
+	 */
+	export const Read = 1;
+	/**
+	 * Determines a write access to the referenced symbol.
+	 */
+	export const Write = 2;
+}
+
+export type ReferenceTag = 1 | 2;
+
 export interface CallHierarchyItem {
 	/**
 	 * The name of this item.
@@ -85,6 +104,11 @@ export interface CallHierarchyItem {
 	 */
 	tags?: SymbolTag[];
 
+	/**
+	 * Reference tags of this item.
+	 */
+	referenceTags?: ReferenceTag[];
+
 	/**
 	 * More detail for this item, e.g. the signature of a function.
 	 */
diff --git a/_specifications/lsp/3.18/language/references.md b/_specifications/lsp/3.18/language/references.md
index e7d2e0303..d3dc8d611 100644
--- a/_specifications/lsp/3.18/language/references.md
+++ b/_specifications/lsp/3.18/language/references.md
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ export interface ReferenceClientCapabilities {
 	 * Whether references supports dynamic registration.
 	 */
 	dynamicRegistration?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Determines whether the client supports reference tags.
+     * @since 3.18.0
+     */
+    referenceItemSupport?: boolean;
 }
 ```
 
@@ -62,6 +68,6 @@ export interface ReferenceContext {
 }
 ```
 _Response_:
-* result: [`Location`](#location)[] \| `null`
-* partial result: [`Location`](#location)[]
+* result: [`Location`](#location)[] \| [`Reference`](#reference)[] \| `null`
+* partial result: [`Location`](#location)[] \| [`Reference`](#reference)[]
 * error: code and message set in case an exception happens during the reference request.
diff --git a/_specifications/lsp/3.18/metaModel/metaModel.json b/_specifications/lsp/3.18/metaModel/metaModel.json
index a69917b1a..c05fdf075 100644
--- a/_specifications/lsp/3.18/metaModel/metaModel.json
+++ b/_specifications/lsp/3.18/metaModel/metaModel.json
@@ -3043,6 +3043,18 @@
 					"optional": true,
 					"documentation": "Tags for this item."
 				},
+				{
+					"name": "referenceTags",
+					"type": {
+						"kind": "array",
+						"element": {
+							"kind": "reference",
+							"name": "ReferenceTag"
+						}
+					},
+					"optional": true,
+					"documentation": "Reference tags for this item, i.e. determines the operations on the referenced symbol, read, write or both"
+				},
 				{
 					"name": "detail",
 					"type": {
@@ -12722,6 +12734,16 @@
 					},
 					"optional": true,
 					"documentation": "Whether references supports dynamic registration."
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "referenceItemSupport",
+					"type": {
+						"kind": "reference",
+						"name": "ClientReferenceTagSupportOption"
+					},
+					"optional": true,
+					"documentation": "Determines whether the client supports reference tags.",
+					"since": "3.18.0"
 				}
 			],
 			"documentation": "Client Capabilities for a {@link ReferencesRequest}."
@@ -13153,6 +13175,16 @@
 					},
 					"optional": true,
 					"documentation": "Whether implementation supports dynamic registration. If this is set to `true`\nthe client supports the new `(TextDocumentRegistrationOptions & StaticRegistrationOptions)`\nreturn value for the corresponding server capability as well."
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "referenceItemSupport",
+					"type": {
+						"kind": "reference",
+						"name": "ClientReferenceTagSupportOption"
+					},
+					"optional": true,
+					"documentation": "Determines whether the client supports reference tags.",
+					"since": "3.18.0"
 				}
 			],
 			"documentation": "@since 3.16.0",
@@ -14573,6 +14605,27 @@
 			"documentation": "Symbol tags are extra annotations that tweak the rendering of a symbol.\n\n@since 3.16",
 			"since": "3.16"
 		},
+		{
+			"name": "RferenceTag",
+			"type": {
+				"kind": "base",
+				"name": "uinteger"
+			},
+			"values": [
+				{
+					"name": "Read",
+					"value": 1,
+					"documentation": "Determines a read access to the referenced symbol."
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "Write",
+					"value": 2,
+					"documentation": "Determines a write access to the referenced symbol."
+				}
+			],
+			"documentation": "Reference tags are extra annotations that provide additional information about references.\n\n@since 3.18",
+			"since": "3.18"
+		},
 		{
 			"name": "UniquenessLevel",
 			"type": {
diff --git a/_specifications/lsp/3.18/types/reference.md b/_specifications/lsp/3.18/types/reference.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d6b53f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_specifications/lsp/3.18/types/reference.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#### <a href="#reference" name="reference" class="anchor">Reference</a>
+
+Represents a reference inside the workspace. A reference has a location and can have one or more tags.
+```typescript
+interface Reference {
+	location: Location;
+	referenceTags?: ReferenceTag[];
+}
+```