diff --git a/src/zif_abapgit_definitions.intf.abap b/src/zif_abapgit_definitions.intf.abap
index b14ffd886..633152105 100644
--- a/src/zif_abapgit_definitions.intf.abap
+++ b/src/zif_abapgit_definitions.intf.abap
@@ -405,7 +405,8 @@ INTERFACE zif_abapgit_definitions
   CONSTANTS c_english TYPE spras VALUE 'E' ##NO_TEXT.
   CONSTANTS c_root_dir TYPE string VALUE '/' ##NO_TEXT.
   CONSTANTS c_dot_abapgit TYPE string VALUE '.abapgit.xml' ##NO_TEXT.
-  CONSTANTS c_author_regex TYPE string VALUE '^([\\\w\s\.\*\,\#@%\-_1-9\(\) ]+) <(.*)> (\d{10})\s?.\d{4}$' ##NO_TEXT.
+  CONSTANTS:
+    c_author_regex TYPE string VALUE '^([\\\w\s\.\*\,\#@%\-_1-9\(\)\[\] ]+) <(.*)> (\d{10})\s?.\d{4}$' ##NO_TEXT.
   CONSTANTS:
     BEGIN OF c_action,
       repo_refresh                  TYPE string VALUE 'repo_refresh',