diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-hyperlinks.md b/.github/workflows/test-hyperlinks.md
index 2b6f9386317..b7302dd21ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-hyperlinks.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-hyperlinks.md
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ In case of workflow_call, the event type of called workflow shares the same even
       done
     elif [[ "${EVENT_TYPE}" == "pull_request" ]]; then
       git diff --name-only HEAD^1 HEAD > updatedFiles.txt
-      cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*.xml" | tee xmlFilesList.txt
-      cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*.md"  | tee mdFilesList.txt
-      cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*.rst" | tee rstFilesList.txt
+      cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*\.xml" | tee xmlFilesList.txt
+      cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*\.md"  | tee mdFilesList.txt
+      cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*\.rst" | tee rstFilesList.txt
     fi  
 ```
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-hyperlinks.yml b/.github/workflows/test-hyperlinks.yml
index 840892f681c..81666e2562e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-hyperlinks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-hyperlinks.yml
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ jobs:
             done
           elif [[ "${EVENT_TYPE}" == "pull_request" ]]; then
             git diff --name-only HEAD^1 HEAD > updatedFiles.txt
-            cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*.xml" | tee xmlFilesList.txt
-            cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*.md"  | tee mdFilesList.txt
-            cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*.rst" | tee rstFilesList.txt
+            cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*\.xml" | tee xmlFilesList.txt
+            cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*\.md"  | tee mdFilesList.txt
+            cat updatedFiles.txt | grep -E "*\.rst" | tee rstFilesList.txt
           fi  
 
       - name: List links from Documentation files