diff --git a/internal/test/env/env.go b/internal/test/env/env.go
index 3c0deb26798..5426eacfa53 100644
--- a/internal/test/env/env.go
+++ b/internal/test/env/env.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var (
 	logger                 = record.NewLogger(record.WithThreshold(pointer.Int(1)), record.WithWriter(ginkgo.GinkgoWriter))
 	scheme                 = runtime.NewScheme()
 	env                    *envtest.Environment
-	clusterAPIVersionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\W)sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api v(.+)`)
+	clusterAPIVersionRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^(\W)sigs\.k8s\.io/cluster-api v(.+)`)
 )
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/internal/test/env/env_test.go b/internal/test/env/env_test.go
index fae15fb53f3..5181094d556 100644
--- a/internal/test/env/env_test.go
+++ b/internal/test/env/env_test.go
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ func TestGetFilePathToCAPICRDs(t *testing.T) {
 	_, filename, _, _ := goruntime.Caller(0) //nolint:dogsled // Ignore "declaration has 3 blank identifiers" check.
 	root := path.Join(path.Dir(filename), "..", "..", "..")
 	g := gomega.NewWithT(t)
-	g.Expect(getFilePathToCAPICRDs(root)).To(gomega.MatchRegexp("(.+)/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api@v(.+)/config/crd/bases"))
+	g.Expect(getFilePathToCAPICRDs(root)).To(gomega.MatchRegexp(`(.+)/pkg/mod/sigs\.k8s\.io/cluster-api@v(.+)/config/crd/bases`))
 }