diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 81f71ed4..ef20f6d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ on:
     tags:
 #       SemVer regex taken from https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string
 #       Added option to start with a v for cases like v0.0.1
-      - '^v?(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<minor>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9]\d*)(?:-(?P<prerelease>(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?'
+      - '^(v?)(?P<major>0|[1-9]\\d*)\\.(?P<minor>0|[1-9]\\d*)\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9]\\d*)(?:-(?P<prerelease>(?:0|[1-9]\\d*|\\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?'
+
 
 concurrency:
   group: ci-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}