diff --git a/dom0-updates/qubes-receive-updates b/dom0-updates/qubes-receive-updates
index 84a7486d..c9612679 100755
--- a/dom0-updates/qubes-receive-updates
+++ b/dom0-updates/qubes-receive-updates
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ comps_file = None
 if os.path.exists('/usr/share/qubes/Qubes-comps.xml'):
     comps_file = '/usr/share/qubes/Qubes-comps.xml'
 
-package_regex = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9._+-]{1,128}\.rpm$")
+package_regex = re.compile(r"^[A-Za-z0-9._+^-]{1,128}\.rpm$")
 # example valid outputs:
 #  .....rpm: digests signatures OK
 # example INVALID outputs: