diff --git a/src/Writer/EnvWriter.php b/src/Writer/EnvWriter.php
index 1307828..662054a 100644
--- a/src/Writer/EnvWriter.php
+++ b/src/Writer/EnvWriter.php
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ protected function escapeValue(string $value, bool $forceQuote): string
         // Quote the values if
         // it contains white-space or the following characters: " \ = : . $
         // or simply force quote is enabled
-        if (preg_match('/\s|"|\\\\|=|:|\.|#|\$/u', $value) || $forceQuote) {
+        if (preg_match('/\s|"|\\\|=|:|\.|#|\$/u', $value) || $forceQuote) {
             // Replace backslashes with even more backslashes so when writing we can have escaped backslashes
             // damn.. that rhymes
             $value = str_replace('\\', '\\\\\\\\', $value);