diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/utils.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/utils.py
index e77001f6a1d10bb..77b1fd1eed81abe 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/utils.py
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ def is_soft_keyword_used(*tokens: TI | None) -> bool:
     trace("is_soft_keyword_used{t}", t=tokens)
     match tokens:
         case (
-            None | TI(T.NEWLINE) | TI(T.INDENT) | TI(string=":"),
+            None | TI(T.NEWLINE | T.NL | T.INDENT | T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":"),
             TI(string="match"),
             TI(T.NUMBER | T.STRING | T.FSTRING_START | T.TSTRING_START)
             | TI(T.OP, string="(" | "*" | "-" | "+" | "[" | "{" | "~" | "...")
         ):
             return True
         case (
-            None | TI(T.NEWLINE) | TI(T.INDENT) | TI(string=":"),
+            None | TI(T.NEWLINE | T.NL | T.INDENT | T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":"),
             TI(string="match"),
             TI(T.NAME, string=s)
         ):
@@ -281,14 +281,14 @@ def is_soft_keyword_used(*tokens: TI | None) -> bool:
                 return s in keyword_first_sets_match
             return True
         case (
-            None | TI(T.NEWLINE) | TI(T.INDENT) | TI(T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":"),
+            None | TI(T.NEWLINE | T.NL | T.INDENT | T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":"),
             TI(string="case"),
             TI(T.NUMBER | T.STRING | T.FSTRING_START | T.TSTRING_START)
             | TI(T.OP, string="(" | "*" | "-" | "+" | "[" | "{")
         ):
             return True
         case (
-            None | TI(T.NEWLINE) | TI(T.INDENT) | TI(T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":"),
+            None | TI(T.NEWLINE | T.NL | T.INDENT | T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":"),
             TI(string="case"),
             TI(T.NAME, string=s)
         ):
@@ -298,13 +298,13 @@ def is_soft_keyword_used(*tokens: TI | None) -> bool:
         case (TI(string="case"), TI(string="_"), TI(string=":")):
             return True
         case (
-            None | TI(T.NEWLINE) | TI(T.INDENT) | TI(T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":"),
+            None | TI(T.NEWLINE | T.NL | T.INDENT | T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":"),
             TI(string="type"),
             TI(T.NAME, string=s)
         ):
             return not keyword.iskeyword(s)
         case (
-            None | TI(T.NEWLINE) | TI(T.INDENT) | TI(T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":" | ";"),
+            None | TI(T.NEWLINE | T.NL | T.INDENT | T.DEDENT) | TI(string=":" | ";"),
             TI(string="lazy"),
             TI(string="import") | TI(string="from")
         ):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_utils.py b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_utils.py
index e87d14304c82257..1cb9961e0082ede 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_utils.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pyrepl/test_utils.py
@@ -160,6 +160,67 @@ def test_gen_colors_keyword_highlighting(self):
                     actual_highlights.append((span_text, color.tag))
                 self.assertEqual(actual_highlights, expected_highlights)
 
+    def test_gen_colors_soft_keywords_after_blank_lines(self):
+        cases = [
+            (
+                "def f(): pass\n",
+                "match -1:\n    case _: pass",
+                ["match", "case", "_"],
+            ),
+            (
+                "def f(): pass\n",
+                "match value:\n    case _: pass",
+                ["match", "case", "_"],
+            ),
+            (
+                "match value:\n    case 0: pass\n",
+                "    case -1: pass",
+                ["match", "case", "case"],
+            ),
+            (
+                "match value:\n    case 0: pass\n",
+                "    case other: pass",
+                ["match", "case", "case"],
+            ),
+            ("def f(): pass\n", "type Alias = int", ["type"]),
+            ("def f(): pass\n", "lazy import mod", ["lazy"]),
+            ("def f(): pass\n", "lazy from mod import name", ["lazy"]),
+        ]
+        for prefix, statement, expected in cases:
+            for blank_line in ("\n", "    \n", "# comment\n"):
+                code = prefix + blank_line + statement
+                with self.subTest(code=code):
+                    actual = [
+                        code[color.span.start:color.span.end + 1]
+                        for color in gen_colors(code)
+                        if color.tag == "soft_keyword"
+                    ]
+                    self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+    def test_gen_colors_match_after_dedent(self):
+        for subject in ("-1", "value"):
+            for separator in ("", "\n", "# comment\n"):
+                code = (
+                    "if x:\n    pass\n"
+                    f"{separator}match {subject}:\n    case _: pass"
+                )
+                with self.subTest(code=code):
+                    actual = [
+                        code[color.span.start:color.span.end + 1]
+                        for color in gen_colors(code)
+                        if color.tag == "soft_keyword"
+                    ]
+                    self.assertEqual(actual, ["match", "case", "_"])
+
+    def test_gen_colors_soft_keyword_names_in_brackets(self):
+        for opening, closing in ("()", "[]", "{}"):
+            for name in ("match", "case"):
+                code = f"{opening}\n{name} - 1\n{closing}"
+                with self.subTest(code=code):
+                    self.assertNotIn(
+                        "soft_keyword", [color.tag for color in gen_colors(code)]
+                    )
+
     def test_gen_colors_command_highlighting(self):
         cases = [
             # highlights bare command names (after stripping whitespaces)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-23-30-00.gh-issue-159973.Ks9nLm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-23-30-00.gh-issue-159973.Ks9nLm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..506c71ca82bdbae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-23-30-00.gh-issue-159973.Ks9nLm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix soft keyword highlighting after blank lines, comment-only lines, and
+dedents in the :ref:`interactive shell <tut-interactive>`. Patch by Bartosz
+Sławecki.