diff --git a/cves/CVE-2020-7961.yaml b/cves/CVE-2020-7961.yaml
index 1b29597e2c..1fc6071a96 100644
--- a/cves/CVE-2020-7961.yaml
+++ b/cves/CVE-2020-7961.yaml
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ requests:
         part: body
         regex:
           - "Microsoft Windows (.*)"
-          - "kern.ostype: (.*)"
+          - "kern\\.ostype: (.*)"
           - "Distributor ID: (.*)"
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