diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index fc801fab05..2e5acb5bd5 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ strikethrough_regex = re.compile('(^|\s|>)~{1,2}([^~]+)~{1,2}(?!([^<]*<\/(code|p
 
 mute_regex = re.compile("\/mute @?([a-z0-9_\-]{3,30}) ([0-9]+)", flags=re.A|re.I)
 
-emoji_regex = re.compile(f"<p>\s*(:[!#@a-zA-Z0-9]{{1,36}}:\s*)+<\/p>", flags=re.A)
-emoji_regex2 = re.compile(f'(?<!"):([!#@a-zA-Z0-9]{{1,36}}?):(?!([^<]*<\/(code|pre|a)>|[^`]*`))', flags=re.A)
-emoji_regex3 = re.compile(f'(?<!"):([!@a-zA-Z0-9]{{1,35}}?):', flags=re.A)
+emoji_regex = re.compile(f"<p>\s*(:[!#@a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{{1,36}}:\s*)+<\/p>", flags=re.A)
+emoji_regex2 = re.compile(f'(?<!"):([!#@a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{{1,36}}?):(?!([^<]*<\/(code|pre|a)>|[^`]*`))', flags=re.A)
+emoji_regex3 = re.compile(f'(?<!"):([!@a-zA-Z0-9_\-]{{1,35}}?):', flags=re.A)
 
 snappy_url_regex = re.compile('<a href="(https?:\/\/.+?)".*?>(.+?)<\/a>', flags=re.A)
 snappy_youtube_regex = re.compile('<lite-youtube videoid="(.+?)" params="autoplay=1', flags=re.A)