diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/dashboard.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/dashboard.go
index 86bd0f5a9fa2..52753fb36f7b 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/dashboard.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/dashboard.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var (
 	dashboardExposedPort int
 	// Matches: "127.0.0.1:8001" or "127.0.0.1 40012" etc.
 	// TODO(tstromberg): Get kubectl to implement a stable supported output format.
-	hostPortRe = regexp.MustCompile(`127.0.0.1(:| )\d{4,}`)
+	hostPortRe = regexp.MustCompile(`127\.0\.0\.1(:| )\d{4,}`)
 )
 
 // dashboardCmd represents the dashboard command