diff --git a/default.json b/default.json
index 8033dfa..c165416 100644
--- a/default.json
+++ b/default.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
       "description": "Update _version variables in Ansible",
       "fileMatch": ["(.*).ya?ml$"],
       "matchStrings": [
-        "# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>[a-z-]+)(?: depName=(?<depName>.+?))? packageName=(?<packageName>.+?)(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[a-z-]+))?\s(?<packageVariable>[A-Z_]+_VERSION):(?<currentValue>.+?)"
+        "# renovate: datasource=(?<datasource>[a-z-]+)(?: depName=(?<depName>.+?))? packageName=(?<packageName>.+?)(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[a-z-]+))?\\s(?<packageVariable>[A-Z_]+_VERSION):(?<currentValue>.+?)"
       ],
       "extractVersionTemplate": "^v(?<version>.*)$"
     },