diff --git a/lib/manager/gitlabci-include/index.ts b/lib/manager/gitlabci-include/index.ts
index 5b104316c6cce7fd8e703e42d406af9acb156ff6..9fa1f4d99fe3e41744dcf9eeb4203a3ba0d0ce43 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gitlabci-include/index.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/gitlabci-include/index.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ import { extractPackageFile } from './extract';
 export { extractPackageFile };
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
-  fileMatch: ['^\\.gitlab-ci\\.yml$'],
+  fileMatch: ['\\.gitlab-ci\\.yml$'],
 };