diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 703128a2..e6b82d99 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_SNAKEMAKE_LINT}" == "true" ]; then
   # Lint the files with snakefmt #
   ################################
   # LintCodebase "FILE_TYPE" "LINTER_NAME" "LINTER_CMD" "FILE_TYPES_REGEX" "FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE" "FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE" "FILE_ARRAY"
-  LintCodebase "SNAKEMAKE_LINT" "snakemake" "snakemake --lint -s" "\(Snakefile|.*\.smk\)\$" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}" "${FILE_ARRAY_SNAKEMAKE[@]}"
+  LintCodebase "SNAKEMAKE_LINT" "snakemake" "snakemake --lint -s" ".*\(Snakefile\|\.smk\)\$" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}" "${FILE_ARRAY_SNAKEMAKE[@]}"
 
 fi
 
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT}" == "true" ]; then
   # Lint the files with snakefmt #
   ################################
   # LintCodebase "FILE_TYPE" "LINTER_NAME" "LINTER_CMD" "FILE_TYPES_REGEX" "FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE" "FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE" "FILE_ARRAY"
-  LintCodebase "SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT" "snakefmt" "snakefmt --config ${SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT_LINTER_RULES} --check --compact-diff" "\(Snakefile|.*\.smk\)\$" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}" "${FILE_ARRAY_SNAKEMAKE[@]}"
+  LintCodebase "SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT" "snakefmt" "snakefmt --config ${SNAKEMAKE_SNAKEFMT_LINTER_RULES} --check --compact-diff" ".*\(Snakefile\|\.smk\)\$" "${FILTER_REGEX_INCLUDE}" "${FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE}" "${FILE_ARRAY_SNAKEMAKE[@]}"
 fi
 
 ######################