diff --git a/examples/DDDigi/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/DDDigi/CMakeLists.txt
index 2dbab54555f73adf79a95e4485265e56e1113e52..2f087f771c8dbf09771669894648ecdc54fade87 100644
--- a/examples/DDDigi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/DDDigi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dd4hep_add_test_reg( DDDigi_framework
   COMMAND    "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/run_test_DDDigi.sh"
   EXEC_ARGS  python ${DDDigiexamples_INSTALL}/scripts/TestFramework.py
   REQUIRES   DDDigi
-  REGEX_PASS "+++ 10 Events out of 10 processed."
+  REGEX_PASS "\\+\\+\\+ 10 Events out of 10 processed."
   REGEX_FAIL "Error;ERROR;Exception"
   )
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