diff --git a/lib/manager/gitlabci/index.ts b/lib/manager/gitlabci/index.ts
index a37df1e2146725ebf14ffee02c51b9ace9aafab9..3abbab03721ffae735e7d8c1483fa55c2a87100f 100644
--- a/lib/manager/gitlabci/index.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/gitlabci/index.ts
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ const language = LANGUAGE_DOCKER;
 export { extractPackageFile, language };
 
 export const defaultConfig = {
-  fileMatch: ['^\\.gitlab-ci\\.yml$'],
+  fileMatch: ['\\.gitlab-ci\\.yml$'],
 };