diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/emmetCommon.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/emmetCommon.ts
index d3bf6412b43..e13f51377b0 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/emmetCommon.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/emmetCommon.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { fetchEditPoint } from './editPoint';
 import { fetchSelectItem } from './selectItem';
 import { evaluateMathExpression } from './evaluateMathExpression';
 import { incrementDecrement } from './incrementDecrement';
-import { LANGUAGE_MODES, getMappingForIncludedLanguages, updateEmmetExtensionsPath } from './util';
+import { LANGUAGE_MODES, getMappingForIncludedLanguages, updateEmmetExtensionsPath, getPathBaseName } from './util';
 import { reflectCssValue } from './reflectCssValue';
 
 export function activateEmmetExtension(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ export function activateEmmetExtension(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 			updateEmmetExtensionsPath();
 		}
 	}));
+
+	context.subscriptions.push(vscode.workspace.onDidSaveTextDocument((e) => {
+		const basefileName: string = getPathBaseName(e.fileName);
+		if (basefileName.startsWith('snippets') && basefileName.endsWith('.json')) {
+			updateEmmetExtensionsPath();
+		}
+	}));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/extensions/emmet/src/util.ts b/extensions/emmet/src/util.ts
index 8ef33e97a83..a92638e2a90 100644
--- a/extensions/emmet/src/util.ts
+++ b/extensions/emmet/src/util.ts
@@ -647,3 +647,9 @@ export function isNumber(obj: any): obj is number {
 export function toLSTextDocument(doc: vscode.TextDocument): LSTextDocument {
 	return LSTextDocument.create(doc.uri.toString(), doc.languageId, doc.version, doc.getText());
 }
+
+export function getPathBaseName(path: string): string {
+	const pathAfterSlashSplit = path.split('/').pop();
+	const pathAfterBackslashSplit = pathAfterSlashSplit ? pathAfterSlashSplit.split('\\').pop() : '';
+	return pathAfterBackslashSplit ?? '';
+}