diff --git a/.buildkite/pull-requests.org-wide.json b/.buildkite/pull-requests.org-wide.json
index 9b39fd9fe060..fa7d2ddb737c 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pull-requests.org-wide.json
+++ b/.buildkite/pull-requests.org-wide.json
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
       "allowed_list": ["github-actions[bot]", "renovate[bot]", "mergify[bot]", "dependabot[bot]", "elastic-renovate-prod[bot]", "elastic-observability-automation[bot]", "elastic-vault-github-plugin-prod[bot]"],
       "build_on_commit": true,
       "build_on_comment": true,
-      "trigger_comment_regex": "^run docs-build ?(?<rebuild_opt>rebuild)? ?(?<warn_opt>warnlinkcheck)? ?(?<skip_opt>skiplinkcheck)?\s*?$",
-      "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^buildkite test this ?(?<rebuild_opt>rebuild)? ?(?<warn_opt>warnlinkcheck)? ?(?<skip_opt>skiplinkcheck)?\s*?$",
+      "trigger_comment_regex": "^run docs-build ?(?<rebuild_opt>rebuild)? ?(?<warn_opt>warnlinkcheck)? ?(?<skip_opt>skiplinkcheck)?\\s*?$",
+      "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^buildkite test this ?(?<rebuild_opt>rebuild)? ?(?<warn_opt>warnlinkcheck)? ?(?<skip_opt>skiplinkcheck)?\\s*?$",
       "skip_ci_labels": [
         "skip docs-build"
       ],
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
       "allowed_list": ["github-actions[bot]", "renovate[bot]", "mergify[bot]"],
       "build_on_commit": true,
       "build_on_comment": true,
-      "trigger_comment_regex": "^run docs-build ?(?<rebuild_opt>rebuild)? ?(?<warn_opt>warnlinkcheck)? ?(?<skip_opt>skiplinkcheck)?\s*?$",
-      "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^buildkite test this ?(?<rebuild_opt>rebuild)? ?(?<warn_opt>warnlinkcheck)? ?(?<skip_opt>skiplinkcheck)?\s*?$",
+      "trigger_comment_regex": "^run docs-build ?(?<rebuild_opt>rebuild)? ?(?<warn_opt>warnlinkcheck)? ?(?<skip_opt>skiplinkcheck)?\\s*?$",
+      "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^buildkite test this ?(?<rebuild_opt>rebuild)? ?(?<warn_opt>warnlinkcheck)? ?(?<skip_opt>skiplinkcheck)?\\s*?$",
       "skip_ci_labels": [
         "skip docs-build"
       ],
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@
       "allowed_list": ["github-actions[bot]", "renovate[bot]", "mergify[bot]"],
       "build_on_commit": true,
       "build_on_comment": true,
-      "trigger_comment_regex": "^run docs-test\s*?$",
-      "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^run docs-test\s*?$",
+      "trigger_comment_regex": "^run docs-test\\s*?$",
+      "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^run docs-test\\s*?$",
       "skip_ci_labels": [],
       "skip_ci_on_only_changed": [],
       "always_require_ci_on_changed": [],