diff --git a/lib/hexo/post.js b/lib/hexo/post.js
index 5ee75cf9fb..20ba888a29 100644
--- a/lib/hexo/post.js
+++ b/lib/hexo/post.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const { copyDir, exists, listDir, mkdirs, readFile, rmdir, unlink, writeFile } =
 const yfm = require('hexo-front-matter');
 
 const preservedKeys = ['title', 'slug', 'path', 'layout', 'date', 'content'];
-const rEscapeContent = /<escape(?:[^>]*)>([\s\S]*?)<\/escape>/g;
+const rEscapeContent = /<escape>([\s\S]*?)<\/escape>/g;
 const rPlaceholder = /(?:<|&lt;)!--hexoPostRenderEscape:(\d+)--(?:>|&gt;)/g;
 
 class PostRenderCache {