diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bdfefff19d82915daddb6e72ab6b3779a24318a6..93fe2a758b5e609999f8c1c204cb82481f8479cf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ self-test-on-merge-request:
     ### analyse test output
 
     # some helper variables - "|| true" to prevent failures from grep not finding anything
-    - evs_non_be_flag=$(echo $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE | grep -c --ignore-case "\[evs[ -]non[ -]*be\]") || true
+    - evs_non_be_flag=$(echo $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE | grep -c --ignore-case "\[evs[ -]*non[ -]*be\]") || true
     - non_be_flag=$(echo $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE | grep -c --ignore-case "\[non[ -]*be\]") || true
     - run_errors=$(cat test_output.txt test_output_evs.txt | grep -c "test conditions had run errors") || true
     - bitexact=$(cat test_output.txt | grep -c "All [0-9]* tests are bitexact") || true