diff --git a/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/fixtures/text-highlight.component.fixture.html b/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/fixtures/text-highlight.component.fixture.html
index bf39f394..2fdc4054 100644
--- a/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/fixtures/text-highlight.component.fixture.html
+++ b/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/fixtures/text-highlight.component.fixture.html
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
   class="sky-test-div-container"
   [skyHighlight]="searchTerm"
 >
-  Here is some test text.
+  {{innerText1}}
   <div *ngIf="showAdditionalContent">
-    Here is (additional) {{"{text}"}} that was previously hidden in src\app.
+    {{innerText2}}
   </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/fixtures/text-highlight.component.fixture.ts b/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/fixtures/text-highlight.component.fixture.ts
index e102ef3d..1317451d 100644
--- a/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/fixtures/text-highlight.component.fixture.ts
+++ b/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/fixtures/text-highlight.component.fixture.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 export class SkyTextHighlightTestComponent {
   public searchTerm: string;
   public showAdditionalContent: boolean = false;
+  public innerText1: string = 'Here is some test text.';
+  public innerText2: string = 'Here is additional text that was previously hidden in src\\app.';
 }
diff --git a/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/text-highlight.directive.spec.ts b/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/text-highlight.directive.spec.ts
index 229be420..1d7180d0 100644
--- a/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/text-highlight.directive.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/text-highlight.directive.spec.ts
@@ -140,33 +140,19 @@ describe('Text Highlight', () => {
 
     const text = '<mark class="sky-highlight-mark">Here</mark> is some test text.';
     // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
-    const additional = '<mark class="sky-highlight-mark">Here</mark> is (additional) {text} that was previously hidden in src\\app.';
+    const additional = `<mark class="sky-highlight-mark">Here</mark> is additional text that was previously hidden in src\\app.`;
     const expectedHtml = getHtmlOutputAdditionalText(text, additional);
 
     expect(containerEl.innerHTML.trim()).toBe(expectedHtml);
   });
 
   it('should support illegal characters in the search term', () => {
-    component.showAdditionalContent = true;
+    component.innerText1 = 'foo-\/^$*+?.()|{}[]bar';
     fixture.detectChanges();
 
-    // Check for \ and .
-    updateInputText(fixture, 'src\\app.');
-    const text = 'Here is some test text.';
-    let additional = 'Here is (additional) {text} that was previously hidden in <mark class="sky-highlight-mark">src\\app.</mark>';
-    let expectedHtml = getHtmlOutputAdditionalText(text, additional);
-    expect(containerEl.innerHTML.trim()).toBe(expectedHtml);
-
-    // Check for ()
-    updateInputText(fixture, '(additional)');
-    additional = 'Here is <mark class="sky-highlight-mark">(additional)</mark> {text} that was previously hidden in src\\app.';
-    expectedHtml = getHtmlOutputAdditionalText(text, additional);
-    expect(containerEl.innerHTML.trim()).toBe(expectedHtml);
-
-    // Check for {}
-    updateInputText(fixture, '{text}');
-    additional = 'Here is (additional) <mark class="sky-highlight-mark">{text}</mark> that was previously hidden in src\\app.';
-    expectedHtml = getHtmlOutputAdditionalText(text, additional);
+    updateInputText(fixture, '-\/^$*+?.()|{}[]');
+    const expectedHtml =
+      getHtmlOutput('foo<mark class="sky-highlight-mark">-\/^$*+?.()|{}[]</mark>bar');
     expect(containerEl.innerHTML.trim()).toBe(expectedHtml);
   });
 
@@ -215,7 +201,7 @@ describe('Text Highlight', () => {
 
     const text = 'Here <mark class="sky-highlight-mark">is</mark> some test text.';
     // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
-    const additional = 'Here <mark class="sky-highlight-mark">is</mark> (additional) {text} that was previously hidden in src\\app.';
+    const additional = 'Here <mark class="sky-highlight-mark">is</mark> additional text that was previously hidden in src\\app.';
     const expectedHtmlChanged = getHtmlOutputAdditionalText(text, additional);
 
     expect(containerElUpdated.innerHTML.trim()).toBe(expectedHtmlChanged);
@@ -249,7 +235,7 @@ describe('Text Highlight', () => {
 
     const text = 'Here is some test text.';
     // tslint:disable-next-line:max-line-length
-    const additional = 'Here is (<mark class="sky-highlight-mark">additional</mark>) {text} that was previously hidden in src\\app.';
+    const additional = 'Here is <mark class="sky-highlight-mark">additional</mark> text that was previously hidden in src\\app.';
     const expectedHtmlChanged = getHtmlOutputAdditionalText(text, additional);
 
     expect(containerElUpdated.innerHTML.trim()).toBe(expectedHtmlChanged);
diff --git a/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/text-highlight.directive.ts b/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/text-highlight.directive.ts
index 1558bc78..2d7b76fc 100644
--- a/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/text-highlight.directive.ts
+++ b/src/app/public/modules/text-highlight/text-highlight.directive.ts
@@ -149,12 +149,6 @@ export class SkyTextHighlightDirective
   }
 
   private static cleanRegex(regex: string) {
-    return regex
-      .replace(/\\/g, '\\\\')
-      .replace(/\(/g, '\\(')
-      .replace(/\)/g, '\\)')
-      .replace(/\{/g, '\\{')
-      .replace(/\}/g, '\\}')
-      .replace(/\./g, '\\.');
+    return regex.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&');
   }
 }