diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml b/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
index 03c2117..836c150 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/gentoo-utils.yml
@@ -165,4 +165,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: grep for patterns
         run: |
-          git grep 'todo!|dbg!' -- '*.rs' && exit 1 || exit 0
+          git grep -E 'todo!|dbg!' -- '*.rs' && exit 1 || exit 0
diff --git a/check_commands.txt b/check_commands.txt
index 664a7ac..7a76fc1 100644
--- a/check_commands.txt
+++ b/check_commands.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ ninja rustfmt -C build
 ninja rustdoc -C build
 ninja clippy -C build
 ninja test -C build
-git grep 'todo!|dbg!' -- '*.rs' && exit 1 || exit 0
+git grep -E 'todo!|dbg!' -- '*.rs' && exit 1 || exit 0