diff --git a/Oras/Content/DigestUtility.cs b/Oras/Content/DigestUtility.cs
index d5b4ea9..1f384ae 100644
--- a/Oras/Content/DigestUtility.cs
+++ b/Oras/Content/DigestUtility.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ internal static class DigestUtility
         /// <summary>
         /// digestRegexp checks the digest.
         /// </summary>
-        private const string digestRegexp = @"[a-z0-9]+(?:[.+_-][a-z0-9]+)*:[a-zA-Z0-9=_-]+";
+        private const string digestRegexPattern = @"[a-z0-9]+(?:[.+_-][a-z0-9]+)*:[a-zA-Z0-9=_-]+";
+        static Regex digestRegex = new Regex(digestRegexPattern, RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// ParseDigest verifies the digest header and throws an exception if it is invalid.
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ internal static class DigestUtility
         /// <param name="digest"></param>
         internal static string ParseDigest(string digest)
         {
-            if (!Regex.IsMatch(digest, digestRegexp))
+            if (!digestRegex.IsMatch(digest))
             {
                 throw new InvalidDigestException($"Invalid digest: {digest}");
             }
diff --git a/Oras/Remote/RemoteReference.cs b/Oras/Remote/RemoteReference.cs
index be2b32a..2d4aef2 100644
--- a/Oras/Remote/RemoteReference.cs
+++ b/Oras/Remote/RemoteReference.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Oras.Content;
 using Oras.Exceptions;
 using System;
+using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace Oras.Remote
@@ -36,14 +37,18 @@ public class RemoteReference
         /// - https://github.com/distribution/distribution/blob/v2.7.1/reference/regexp.go#L53
         /// - https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/blob/v1.0.1/spec.md#pulling-manifests
         /// </summary>
-        private const string repositoryRegexp = @"^[a-z0-9]+(?:(?:[._]|__|[-]*)[a-z0-9]+)*(?:/[a-z0-9]+(?:(?:[._]|__|[-]*)[a-z0-9]+)*)*$";
+        private const string repositoryRegexPattern = @"^[a-z0-9]+(?:(?:[._]|__|[-]*)[a-z0-9]+)*(?:/[a-z0-9]+(?:(?:[._]|__|[-]*)[a-z0-9]+)*)*$";
+
+        private static Regex repositoryRegex = new Regex(repositoryRegexPattern, RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
         /// <summary>
         /// tagRegexp checks the tag name.
         /// The docker and OCI spec have the same regular expression.
         /// Reference: https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/blob/v1.0.1/spec.md#pulling-manifests
         /// </summary>
-        private const string tagRegexp = @"^[\w][\w.-]{0,127}$";
+        private const string tagRegexPattern = @"^[\w][\w.-]{0,127}$";
+
+        private static Regex tagRegex = new Regex(tagRegexPattern, RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
         public static RemoteReference ParseReference(string artifact)
         {
@@ -124,7 +129,7 @@ public void ValidateReferenceAsDigest()
         /// <returns></returns>
         public void ValidateRepository()
         {
-            if (!Regex.IsMatch(Repository, repositoryRegexp))
+            if (!repositoryRegex.IsMatch(Repository))
             {
                 throw new InvalidReferenceException("Invalid Respository");
             }
@@ -146,7 +151,7 @@ public void ValidateRegistry()
 
         public void ValidateReferenceAsTag()
         {
-            if (!Regex.IsMatch(Reference, tagRegexp))
+            if (!tagRegex.IsMatch(Reference))
             {
                 throw new InvalidReferenceException("Invalid Tag");
             }