diff --git a/.packit.yml b/.packit.yml
index e1ace861dd..ebc553443b 100644
--- a/.packit.yml
+++ b/.packit.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ actions:
     # Drop backported patches from the specfile, but keep the downstream-only ones
     # - Patch0000-0499: backported patches from upstream
     # - Patch0500-9999: downstream-only patches
-    - "sed -ri '/^Patch0[0-4][0-9]{2}+\\:.+\\.patch/d' .packit_rpm/systemd.spec"
+    - "sed -ri '/^Patch0[0-4]?[0-9]{0,2}\\:.+\\.patch/d' .packit_rpm/systemd.spec"
     # Build the RPMs with -Werror to catch possible compiler warnings. Since
     # --werror in meson doesn't seem to work with -Db_lto=true [0], let's use
     # -Dc_args= and -Dcpp_args= instead.