diff --git a/tools/check_qml_syntax b/tools/check_qml_syntax
index 6923de99e..008798dbe 100755
--- a/tools/check_qml_syntax
+++ b/tools/check_qml_syntax
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ while read file; do
   if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
     so_far_so_good=1
   fi
-done < <(git diff --name-only --cached --diff-filter=d | grep -E '\.qml|js|js\.spec$')
+done < <(git diff --name-only --cached --diff-filter=d | grep -E '\.(qml|js|js\.spec)$')
 
 if [[ $so_far_so_good == 0 ]]; then
   printf "${GREEN}Done. No qml error found.\n"
diff --git a/tools/test_qml b/tools/test_qml
index 8ffa6f82b..30b0a68b7 100755
--- a/tools/test_qml
+++ b/tools/test_qml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if ! [ -x "$( command -v "$TEST_RUNNER" )" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
-git diff --name-only --cached --diff-filter=d | grep -Eq '\.qml|js|js\.spec$'
+git diff --name-only --cached --diff-filter=d | grep -Eq '\.(qml|js|js\.spec)$'
 if [[ $? != 0 ]] ; then
   exit 0
 fi