diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/regex-managers.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/regex-managers.ts
index 47e16cd9185982c2feb5e30593c658acfdb9e1ae..d31989b2ec4c8c1c6d19f01ca689aca43376ce3f 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/regex-managers.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/regex-managers.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
         customType: 'regex',
         datasourceTemplate:
           '{{#if datasource}}{{{datasource}}}{{else}}maven{{/if}}',
-        fileMatch: ['^pom\\.xml$'],
+        fileMatch: ['(^|/)pom\\.xml$'],
         matchStrings: [
           '<!--\\s?renovate:( datasource=(?<datasource>[a-z-.]+?))? depName=(?<depName>[^\\s]+?)(?: packageName=(?<packageName>[^\\s]+?))?(?: versioning=(?<versioning>[a-z-0-9]+?))?\\s+-->\\s+<.+\\.version>(?<currentValue>.+)<\\/.+\\.version>',
         ],