diff --git a/apollo/rpmworker/repomd.py b/apollo/rpmworker/repomd.py
index defc26f..0aa8812 100644
--- a/apollo/rpmworker/repomd.py
+++ b/apollo/rpmworker/repomd.py
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import aiohttp
 import yaml
 
 NVRA_RE = re.compile(
-    r"^(\S+)-([\w~%.+]+)-(\w+(?:\.[\w~%+]+)+?)(?:\.(\w+))?(?:\.rpm)?$"
+    r"^(\S+)-([\w~%.+^]+)-(\w+(?:\.[\w~%+]+)+?)(?:\.(\w+))?(?:\.rpm)?$"
 )
 NEVRA_RE = re.compile(
-    r"^(\S+)-(?:(\d)+:)([\w~%.+]+)-(\w+(?:\.[\w~%+]+)+?)(?:\.(\w+))?(?:\.rpm)?$"
+    r"^(\S+)-(?:(\d)+:)([\w~%.+^]+)-(\w+(?:\.[\w~%+]+)+?)(?:\.(\w+))?(?:\.rpm)?$"
 )
 EPOCH_RE = re.compile(r"(\d+):")
 DIST_RE = re.compile(r"(\.el\d(?:_\d|))")