diff --git a/tools/sigma/backends/datadog.py b/tools/sigma/backends/datadog.py
index 174f25641..1be89ff80 100644
--- a/tools/sigma/backends/datadog.py
+++ b/tools/sigma/backends/datadog.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class DatadogLogsBackend(SingleTextQueryBackend):
 
     # The escaped characters list comes from https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/search_syntax/#escaping-of-special-characters.
     specialCharactersRegexp = re.compile(
-        r'([\+\-\=\&\|\>\<\!\(\)\{\}\[\]\^"\~\?\:\\\/]+)'
+        r'([+\-=&|><!(){}\[\]^"~?:\\/]+)'
     )
     whitespacesRegexp = re.compile(r"\s+")