diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index fddf158..894c127 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           TTL_MIN=${SELF_REVIEW_TTL_MIN}
 
           COMMENTS=$(curl -sS -H "Authorization: token $GITEA_TOKEN" "$API/repos/$REPO/issues/$PR/comments?limit=200")
-          HAS_SR=$(echo "$COMMENTS" | jq -r --arg sha "$SHA" '[.[] | select(.user.login=="rodin") | select(.body|contains("Self-review against "+$sha)) | select(.body|test("(?im)^###\s+Doc consistency\b"))] | length')
+          HAS_SR=$(echo "$COMMENTS" | jq -r --arg sha "$SHA" '[.[] | select(.user.login=="rodin") | select(.body|contains("Self-review against "+$sha)) | select(.body|test("(?im)^###\\s+Doc consistency\\b"))] | length')
 
           if [ "$HAS_SR" -gt 0 ]; then
             ALLOW=true