diff --git a/operators/constellation-node-operator/internal/cloud/gcp/client/disks.go b/operators/constellation-node-operator/internal/cloud/gcp/client/disks.go
index a8d244c20e..862de3f153 100644
--- a/operators/constellation-node-operator/internal/cloud/gcp/client/disks.go
+++ b/operators/constellation-node-operator/internal/cloud/gcp/client/disks.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	diskSourceRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/([^/]+)/zones/([^/]+)/disks/([^/]+)$`)
-	computeAPIBase  = regexp.MustCompile(`^https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/(.+)$`)
+	diskSourceRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^https://www\.googleapis\.com/compute/v1/projects/([^/]+)/zones/([^/]+)/disks/([^/]+)$`)
+	computeAPIBase  = regexp.MustCompile(`^https://www\.googleapis\.com/compute/v1/(.+)$`)
 )
 
 // diskSourceToDiskReq converts a disk source URI to a disk request.
diff --git a/operators/constellation-node-operator/internal/cloud/gcp/client/disks_test.go b/operators/constellation-node-operator/internal/cloud/gcp/client/disks_test.go
index f92ea8f633..fd2d6e8be4 100644
--- a/operators/constellation-node-operator/internal/cloud/gcp/client/disks_test.go
+++ b/operators/constellation-node-operator/internal/cloud/gcp/client/disks_test.go
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ func TestDiskSourceToDiskReq(t *testing.T) {
 			diskSource: "invalid://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
 			wantErr:    true,
 		},
+		"url dots in regex are escaped": {
+			diskSource: "https://wwwAgoogleapisAcom/compute/v1/projects/project/zones/zone/disks/disk",
+			wantErr:    true,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
@@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ func TestURINormalize(t *testing.T) {
 			imageURI:       "projects/project/global/images/image",
 			wantNormalized: "projects/project/global/images/image",
 		},
+		"url dots in regex are escaped": {
+			imageURI:       "https://wwwAgoogleapisAcom/compute/v1/projects/project/global/images/image",
+			wantNormalized: "https://wwwAgoogleapisAcom/compute/v1/projects/project/global/images/image",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testCases {