diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/check-commit-log.sh b/.gitlab-ci/check-commit-log.sh
index cc3bcee60..8d0e2ee03 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/check-commit-log.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/check-commit-log.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fi
 function commit_message_has_url() {
   commit=$1
   commit_message=$(git show -s --format='format:%b' $commit)
-  echo "$commit_message" | grep -qe "\($CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_URL/\(issues\|merge_requests\)/[0-9]\+\|https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=[0-9]\+\)"
+  echo "$commit_message" | grep -qe "\($CI_MERGE_REQUEST_PROJECT_URL/\(-/\)\?\(issues\|merge_requests\)/[0-9]\+\|https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=[0-9]\+\)"
   return $?
 }