diff --git a/bash-tpl b/bash-tpl
index ddca420..eaf7416 100755
--- a/bash-tpl
+++ b/bash-tpl
@@ -424,19 +424,19 @@ function escape_regex() {
 	local e="${!1}"
 	# Escape '\' first since we'll be adding more after
 	e="${e//\\/\\\\}"
-	e="${e//'$'/'\$'}"
-	e="${e//'*'/'\*'}"
-	e="${e//'+'/'\+'}"
-	e="${e//'.'/'\.'}"
-	e="${e//'?'/'\?'}"
-	e="${e//'^'/'\^'}"
-	e="${e//'|'/'\|'}"
-	e="${e//'('/'\('}"
-	e="${e//')'/'\)'}"
-	e="${e//'['/'\['}"
-	e="${e//']'/'\]'}"
-	e="${e//'{'/'\{'}"
-	e="${e//'}'/'\}'}"
+	e="${e//'$'/\\$}"
+	e="${e//'*'/\\*}"
+	e="${e//'+'/\\+}"
+	e="${e//'.'/\\.}"
+	e="${e//'?'/\\?}"
+	e="${e//'^'/\\^}"
+	e="${e//'|'/\\|}"
+	e="${e//'('/\\(}"
+	e="${e//')'/\\)}"
+	e="${e//'['/\\[}"
+	e="${e//']'/\\]}"
+	e="${e//'{'/\\{}"
+	e="${e//'}'/\}}"
 	printf -v "${1}" "%s" "${e}"
 }
 
diff --git a/test/template-regexes.bats b/test/template-regexes.bats
index 5834d4a..aae9987 100644
--- a/test/template-regexes.bats
+++ b/test/template-regexes.bats
@@ -1395,9 +1395,12 @@ setup() {
 	[[ '<%$%>'       =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]
 	[[ '<%$ %>'      =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]
 	[[ '<%$  %>'     =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2016
 	[[ '<%$tag%>'    =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]
 	[[ '<%$ tag%>'   =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2016
 	[[ '<%$tag %>'   =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2016
 	[[ '<%$ $tag %>' =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]
 	[[ '<%$$ $%>'    =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]
 	[[ '<%$$ $ %>'   =~ $TAG_STATEMENT_REGEX ]]