diff --git a/.packit.yaml b/.packit.yaml
index c6189a3..4e73c7c 100644
--- a/.packit.yaml
+++ b/.packit.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ downstream_package_name: awscli2
 upstream_project_url: https://github.com/aws/aws-cli
 
 # react only to v2 tags
-upstream_tag_include: "^2\..+"
+upstream_tag_include: "^2\\..+"
 
 specfile_path: awscli2.spec