diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/checkers/json_c.py b/cve_bin_tool/checkers/json_c.py
index 2b2facfafb..d326809d82 100644
--- a/cve_bin_tool/checkers/json_c.py
+++ b/cve_bin_tool/checkers/json_c.py
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ class JsonCChecker(Checker):
     VERSION_PATTERNS = [
         r"json-c-([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)",
         r"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)\r?\njson-c",
-        r"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)[a-zA-Z0-9,% *!_()='+:\"\.\-\\\r\n]*json_tokener_error",
+        r"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.?[0-9]*)[a-zA-Z0-9,% *!_()='+:\"\.\-\\\r\n]* json_tokener_error",
     ]
     VENDOR_PRODUCT = [("json-c", "json-c"), ("json-c_project", "json-c")]