diff --git a/pontos/changelog/conventional_commits.py b/pontos/changelog/conventional_commits.py
index daf5c07ba..ba3756988 100644
--- a/pontos/changelog/conventional_commits.py
+++ b/pontos/changelog/conventional_commits.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def sort_commits(self, commits: List[str]):
                 commit = commit.split(' ', maxsplit=1)
                 for commit_type in commit_types:
                     reg = re.compile(
-                        f'{commit_type["message"]} ?[:-|]', flags=re.I
+                        fr'{commit_type["message"]}\s?[:|-]', flags=re.I
                     )
                     match = reg.match(commit[1])
                     if match:
diff --git a/tests/changelog/test_conventional_commits.py b/tests/changelog/test_conventional_commits.py
index a2c845d14..6c36a9fc9 100644
--- a/tests/changelog/test_conventional_commits.py
+++ b/tests/changelog/test_conventional_commits.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ def test_changelog_builder(self):
         git_log = (
             '1234567 Add: foo bar\n'
             '8abcdef Add: bar baz\n'
+            '8abcd3f Add bar baz\n'
+            '8abcd3d Adding bar baz\n'
             '1337abc Change: bar to baz\n'
             '42a42a4 Remove: foo bar again\n'
             'fedcba8 Test: bar baz testing\n'